Shrewsbury 1:3 Barnet: League Two Match Result

Match report

Barnet moved further clear of trouble in the League Two table as they secured a 3-1 victory away at Shrewsbury Town on Saturday. The visitors took control of the second-round fixture and had the game won inside twenty minutes after Jake Reeves opened the scoring. Shrewsbury pulled one back through Josh Davison before half-time, but Barnet restored their lead and then extended it to seal the result.

Reeves found the net in the thirteenth minute to give Barnet an early advantage. Davison responded for the hosts in the forty-first minute to level matters before the interval. Charlie Lakin restored Barnet's lead in the eighty-third minute, and Tom Knowles added a fourth in stoppage time to cap the visitors' performance.

Substitutions began in the sixty-first minute when Barnet brought on Idris Kanu and Zac Williams for Jake Reeves. Will Gray came on for Shrewsbury in the sixty-fifth minute, followed by Luca Hoole and Joe Gbode. Jay Turner-Cooke received a yellow card for the hosts in the sixty-eighth minute, and Barnet made four changes in the closing minutes.

Barnet dominated possession with 56 per cent of the ball and registered three shots on target from six attempts. Shrewsbury held 44 per cent possession but managed only one shot on target from six efforts. The visitors also won more corners, nine to seven, and completed 221 passes compared to Shrewsbury's 145.

The result leaves Barnet in second place with eight points from four games, while Shrewsbury remain rooted at twenty-second with just three points. The visitors have now gone four matches without defeat, whereas the hosts have won only once this season.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 44 – 56.00

Shots on target 1 – 3

Shots off target 5 – 3

Attacks 77 – 90

⚽ 13' Jake Reeves — Goal ⚽ 41' Josh Davison — Goal ⇄ 61' Jake Reeves — Substitution ⇄ 61' Idris Kanu — Substitution ⇄ 61' Zac Williams — Substitution ⇄ 65' Will Gray — Substitution 🟨 68' Jay Turner-Cooke — Yellow card ⇄ 72' Luca Hoole — Substitution ⇄ 79' Sam Stubbs — Substitution ⇄ 82' Joe Gbode — Substitution ⚽ 83' Charlie Lakin — Goal ⚽ 90' Tom Knowles — Goal ⇄ 90' Kabongo Tshimanga — Substitution ⇄ 90' Nikola Tavares — Substitution ⇄ 90' Nnamdi Ofoborh — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' N. Ofoborh — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' N. Tavares — Substitution ⇄ 90+5' K. Tshimanga — Substitution

Match events

13' 0:1 Barnet Goal Jake Reeves
41' 1:1 Shrewsbury Goal Josh Davison
61' 1:1 Barnet Substitution Jake Reeves off: Myles Kenlock
61' 1:1 Barnet Substitution Idris Kanu off: Jack Maskell
61' 1:1 Barnet Substitution Zac Williams off: Tom Knowles
65' 1:1 Shrewsbury Substitution Will Gray off: Jay Turner-Cooke
68' 1:1 Shrewsbury Yellow card Jay Turner-Cooke
72' 1:1 Shrewsbury Substitution Luca Hoole off: Sam Stubbs
79' 1:1 Shrewsbury Substitution Sam Stubbs off: Isaac Lee
82' 1:1 Shrewsbury Substitution Joe Gbode off: George Lloyd
83' 1:2 Barnet Goal Charlie Lakin assist: Kabongo Tshimanga
90' 1:3 Barnet Goal Tom Knowles assist: Charlie Lakin
90' 1:3 Barnet Substitution Kabongo Tshimanga off: Bright Siaw
90' 1:3 Barnet Substitution Nikola Tavares off: Will Wright
90' 1:3 Barnet Substitution Nnamdi Ofoborh off: Brandon Comley
90+1' 1:3 Barnet Substitution N. Ofoborh off: B. Comley
90+2' 1:3 Barnet Substitution N. Tavares off: W. Wright
90+5' 1:3 Barnet Substitution K. Tshimanga off: B. Siaw

Statistics

44 Possession, % 56.00

1 Shots on target 3

5 Shots off target 3

77 Attacks 90

7 Corners 9

14 Fouls 14

14 Free kicks 14

3 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 15

18 Throw-ins 23

All statistics

4 Blocked shots 9

105 Failed passes 110

0.10 Shot accuracy 0.20

3 Shots from outside the box 8

7 Shots inside the box 7

250 Total passes 331

Line-ups

Shrewsbury

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Will Brook	1
2	Luca Anthony Hoole	2
3	Joshua Andrew Bernard Ruffels	3
5	William Boyle	5
10	Thomas Roy Sang	10
11	Kevin Nana Yaw Berkoe	11
17	Arquell Judd-Boyd	17
21	W. Gray	21
8	Isaac Fletcher	8
13	Joshua Michael Blainey Davison	13
27	Joseph Gbode	27

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	S. Proctor	12
4	Isaac England	4
6	Sam Alan Stubbs	6
23	I. Lee	23
7	Jay Turner-Cooke	7
9	George Robert Lawrence Lloyd	9
46	Hugo Aiston	46

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Barnet

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Matthew Cox	13
4	Danny Collinge	4
6	Michael Issac Williams	6
25	Nikola Tavares	25
5	Adam Nicholas Senior	5
11	Idris Sheka Kanu	11
22	Oisín Gallagher	22
23	Jake Kenny Reeves	23
8	Charlie Lakin	8
10	Nathan Nnamdi Ugochukwu Benjam Asigboro Ofoborh	10
20	Kabongo Tshimanga	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Taye Ashby-Hammond	1
12	Will Wright	12
30	Myles Lewis George Kenlock	30
14	Brandon Comley	14
33	Bright Siaw	33
7	Tom Knowles	7
9	J. Maskell	9

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Barnet

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Salford City	11	7	1	3	22
2	Barnet	9	6	3	0	21
3	Crewe	11	5	6	0	21
4	York	10	4	4	2	16
5	Walsall	10	3	7	0	16
6	Gillingham	11	4	4	3	16
7	Chesterfield	11	4	3	4	15
8	Cheltenham	11	4	3	4	15
9	Bristol Rovers	11	5	0	6	15
10	Accrington ST	11	3	5	3	14

Shrewsbury — Barnet: 1:3, League Two

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