Bristol City Match Preview

14 January 2020

Marcus Braddock looks ahead to this evenings Emirates FA Cup replay with Bristol City

Tonight Shrewsbury Town face Bristol City in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup with a home game against the World Champions awaiting the winner. When we last met, a week or so ago, City were in a bit of a rough patch, form-wise but they've since beaten Wigan away with a couple of late goals that will help confidence-wise. As you'll probably know, Town lost 2-0 away to Doncaster and drew at home with Lincoln City in their two games since playing Bristol City.

Bristol's away winning on Saturday means that their away record is better than their home record to the tune of just one game. They've also scored more goals away with 22 on the road but having also conceded 22, their away goal difference is zero.

Head to Head

We've played each-other three times this century, two 1-1 draws at Ashton Gate and a 3-2 win at Montgomery Waters Meadow in 2014. Town last beat City in 1998 in the League Cup, 4-3 but were beaten 4-0 at Ashton gate and went out of the competition.

Top Scorers (cup goals in brackets)

Andreas Weimann 9
Famara Diedhiou 7(2))

Assists

Niclas Eliasson 10
Jack Hunt 4

Stats

Bristol City have failed to score in just two of their away games this season.

They've also kept two clean sheets away from home this season.

The second half of their games have seen far more activity with 13 scored in the first half as opposed to 31 scored in the second half.

The final 15 minutes of away games have seen City score 8 goals but concede 10.

Referee

David Webb from Lancashire. Games this season: 19. Yellow cards: 53. Red cards: 0.

Squad News

Max O'Leary will be cup-tied again.

Neither manager has reported any new injuries from the weekend.

Summary

You'd imagine that neither of the managers involved tonight will have to motivate the players to a great extent with a huge game the reward for the winners. We played really well at Ashton Gate but since then, result's haven't been too great since. By contrast, City had a good away win at the weekend and had a weeks rest before it so are rightly favourites to progress. However, we've been here before, we know what can happen occasionally for teams like us, under the lights in front of a home crowd. Will there be the proverbial fairytale? If we can make life difficult for them from the first minute, we have a chance.

COYB!!!

Marcus

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MATCH REPORT: Shrewsbury Town 1 Bristol City 0

14 January 2020

Town: Joe Murphy, Aaron Pierre, Scott Golbourne, Ro-Shaun Williams, Ollie Norburn, Ryan Giles (Shaun Whalley, 68), Donald Love, Sean Goss (Jason Cummings, 88), Daniel Udoh (Callum Lang, 68), Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Josh Laurent.

Subs: Cameron Gregory, Dave Edwards, Omar Beckles, Shaun Whalley, Callum Lang, Brad Walker, Jason Cummings.

City: Daniel Bentley, Jack Hunt, Adam Nagy, Nathan Baker (Taylor Moore, 39), Josh Brownhill, Famara Diedhiou, Andreas Weimann, Niclas Eliasson, Jamie Paterson (Kasey Palmer, 66), Tommy Rowe, Ashley Williams.

Subs: Niki Maenpa, Jay Dasilva, Callum O’Dowda, Antoine Semenyo, Taylor Moore, Pedro Pereira, Kasey Palmer.

Referee: David Webb

Assistants: Sam Lewis and Akil Howson

Fourth official: Josh Smith

Attendance:

Team News: Sam Ricketts named the same team to take on The Robins as he did in the reverse fixture at Ashton Gate.

First Half:

From the outset, it seemed everyone in the Montgomery Waters Meadow were in for a thrilling 90-minutes of football. Within seven minutes, Joe Murphy had to fling himself across goal to save a powerful effort from Josh Brownhill. At the other end of the pitch, Daniel Udoh nearly found the target for Town with a curling effort but saw his well-hit shot blocked.

Aaron Pierre had everyone on their toes in the 19^th minute. The defender ventured forward towards the opposition box and let off a powerful-driven shot towards the City net. Unfortunately for the Salop man, his effort darted narrowly wide.

Town’s defence were made to work as the half ticked towards the halfway mark. Ever dangerous Jamie Paterson drifted into Town’s box from the wide area to unleash a shot. Ro-Shaun Williams had to be aware and intelligently moved over to block the shot.

Sean Goss was shown a yellow card in the 30^th minute for a foul just inside The Robins’ half.

Another yellow card was brandished just five minutes later. Jack Hunt fouling Udoh as Town broke up the pitch.

Udoh forced Daniel Bentley into a great save with five minutes remaining in the first period. The striker struck a bouncing ball and Bentley had to stretch across the goal to parry away the danger.

The half came to an end with the two teams all-square. Each side had chances but both men in the sticks performed well for their team.

Second Half:

A competitive half continued for both sides after the break. Ryan Giles continued to use his pace on the wings to trouble the City back line, and the winger did have success in firing balls into the danger area.

Town came inches away from taking the lead with 20-minutes to go. Callum Lang got on the end of Shaun Whalley’s cross but the keeper made a great save to deny Salop the opening goal.

The Shrews were pushing for the breakthrough goal and nearly got it after a goalmouth scramble. Despite Pierre connecting with the ball, the away side managed to clear the ball away from goal

.A counter-attack nearly saw the first goal of the game come in the last 10-minutes. Josh Laurent broke well at pace down the right flank but couldn’t find a Town man with his cross.

Town finally break the deadlick with just a minute to go. Aaron Pierre lashes a shot from distance to smash home for his team in the final minutes of the game.

City tried all they could to put pressure on the Town goal the home side dug deep to see them them through to the win and book a Fourth Round Emirates FA Cup tie with Liverpool.

Full-time: 1-0

Ticket News

Bristol City Ticket Details

13 January 2020

The date and ticket details have been confirmed for the Emirates FA Cup Third Round replay with Bristol City.

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol City
Tuesday 14^th January – 7:45 pm Kick-Off
Montgomery Waters Meadow
Emirates FA Cup 3rd Round Replay

The game will be played on Tuesday 14^th January, with a 7:45 pm kick-off at the Montgomery Waters Meadow, after the initial tie ended with a 1-1 draw at Ashton Gate.

We have managed to secure a discounted ticket for ST holders for this match and we are grateful to Bristol City for agreeing to our pricing proposal.

This game is not included for Season Ticket holders and they will need to purchase a ticket to attend the game although this can be done by buying your seat and adding to your season ticket card.

Match tickets are available before the day of the game and on the day of the match.

Supporters are encouraged to buy in advance if they can to help beat the queues on matchday.

Matchday prices are

Adult - £15.00 (Adult Season Ticket Holder £10.00 when purchased in advance)

Concessions - £12.00 (Senior, £8 Season Ticket Holder when purchased in advance)

U18 - £6.00 (U18 Season Ticket Holder £4.00 when purchased in advance)

U12 - FREE

Ticket will go on sale from 11 am on Tuesday 7th, January.

Important Info For Season Ticket Holders Purchasing Online-

Season Ticket holders have up until Monday 13^th January at 11 am to get their tickets at the reduced rates, after that time they will have to pay full price and seats will be released for general sale.

Season Ticket holders do not need to travel to the Ticket Office to get your tickets for the game if you already have an online ticket account with the club and are an existing ST holder.

ST Holders can purchase their reserved seat online and get it added to their Season Ticket Card.

To do this, please follow the instructions below:-

Log in to your online ticking account.
In the ‘Notifications’ bar (under your name and Loyalty Points), you will see ‘Reserved Seats’.
Click on the ‘Reserved Seats’ and these will be added to your Basket.
Select the Seats you wish to purchase and ‘Proceed to Checkout’.
At ‘Checkout’, when choosing ‘Delivery Options’, select ‘Add Access to Card’.
This will add the seats to the relevant Season Ticket cards.
You will then be able to use your Season Ticket card for entry to the stadium on match day.

If you encounter any problems or need to set up an online account, call the Ticket Office for advice on 01743 273943.

Tickets can be purchased in the following ways:
•    In-person at the Montgomery Waters Meadow ticket office
•    By calling 01743 273943
•    Via our online ticketing site - click here

Tickets bought online can be printed at home and scanned for stadium entry.

When buying online the following costs apply-

Print at Home = Free
Collect from STFC = Free
Standard post = £2.60
Special Delivery = £9.00
Add to FanCard = Free

U12s go free to every home SkyBet League One game during the 2019/20 season.

There are several options for the game if you would like to sample our matchday hospitality, you can see this here - Matchday Hospitality - or contact our Commercial team here - commercial@shrewsburytown.co.uk

If you can't make it to the game you can listen to full match commentary on IFollow Shrews or download the app here to listen if you are out and about - IFollow App.

Travel - There are a number of matchday buses from around the county and buses from town centre, details here Matchday Travel Plan. There a number of parking options in and around the stadium, these can be viewed here Matchday Parking Options.

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