[ 29 Nov 25 ] Shrewsbury Town v GILLS Match Thread

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- Shrewsbury lead the wins over the Gills by 26 wins to the Gills' 20 and 25 meetings were drawn. The Gills are winless in 4 meetings (1 defeat) and have won just 1 (January 2020) of the last 11. During this spell, there had been 7 draws.
- The Gills last played away at Shrewsbury in August 2021 - a 2-1 defeat that saw 3 red cards (1 for the Gills). It ended a sequence of 4 consecutive draws there and an away unbeaten run at Shrewsbury of 6 games, the last win coming in August 2016.
- Shrewsbury were relegated from League One last after losing 65% of their league and cup games. Since mid-December 2023, Shrewsbury have played 100 games in all competitions and have lost 61 of them, winning just 19. The last 9 have seen just 3 defeats but these came in the last 4 games.
- Shrewsbury beat Mansfield at home in February. A winless home league spell of 14 matches (including 11 defeats) followed before 3 successive victories in their most recent 3 matches.
- After 1 league win in their first 11 games, Shrewsbury have won 3 of the 6 league games played since including winning all 3 of their recent home league matches with clean sheets.
- Shrewsbury Town have seen the fewest amount of goals scored at their ground (13) of all League 2 sides. This is due to them having the most clean sheets in the division (5) whilst also scoring the joint fewest amount of home goals (6).
- Shrewsbury have been ahead for the shortest period of time in League 2 - 197 minutes. 123 of those minutes have come in their last 3 home games.

[Sat 29th November 2025] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham FC
Opposition Manager: Michael Appleton Matchday Team: Will Brook, [c] Will Boyle, Sam Stubbs, Tom Anderson, Sam Clucas, Josh Ruffels, Isaac England, Luca Hoole, Anthony Scully (Chuks Aneke), Ismeal Kabia (John Marquis), George Lloyd
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (22nd)
Referee: Aaron Farmer
Attendance: 5,217 (484)

(15.00) Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]
(15.08) Dack passes to Hutton inside the box and it is viewed as a back pass. The Gills clear for a throw which is scored.
(15.09) GOAL! Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Gillingham: Lloyd
(15.17) Good chance for McKenzie who strikes narrowly wide of the post.
(15.19) Anderson goes down under a heavy challenge. The hosts want a penalty but the ref waves play on.
(15.20) After Clark clears, Anderson receives the ball and strikes narrowly wide from a good position.
(15.22) GOAL! Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Gillingham: Hoole
(15.33) Andrews goes through on goal down the centre and is pulled down by Boyle. Appeals for a red card go unheeded and a yellow card is shown instead.
(15.37) GOAL! Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Gillingham: Stubbs (og)
(15.45) Five minutes will be added to the half.
(15.49) GOAL! Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Gillingham: Lloyd
(15.52) Half time 3-1

(16.07) The second half kicks off.
(16.26) Penalty! The Gills win a penalty after Andrews is fouled.
(16.28) GOAL! Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Gillingham: McKenzie (pen)
(16.48) GOAL! Shrewsbury Town 3-3 Gillingham: Nevitt
(16.52) The fourth official indicates a minimum of 5 additional minutes.
(16.58) FULL TIME 3-3

Gills' League Position After Game: 8th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c0edng2peqgt
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trrgGnB ... &index=112