Shrewsbury Town welcome Forest Green Rovers to Montgomery Waters Meadow this Saturday in the Sky Bet League One. Kick-off is at 3pm.
Shrewsbury come into the game after their 1-0 win away at MK Dons on Tuesday night. Tom Bayliss scored in the 89th minute to secure a third consecutive win for Salop. This comes after Town thrashed Cambridge United 5-1 at the Meadow last Saturday.
Meanwhile, visitors Forest Green were beaten in the week as they lost 1-0 away at Bolton Wanderers. Last Saturday, they suffered a 2-1 defeat at home against Milton Keynes Dons with Myles Peart-Harris scoring the opener for Forest Green.
This will be just the second time in the Football League these sides have faced each other. Earlier on in the season, Shrewsbury won 2-0 at The New Lawn Stadium. Previously, the sides met in the Conference in the 2003/2004 campaign with Salop winning the home fixture 2-0 and the away fixture ending in a 1-1 draw.
Name: Forest Green Rovers
Stadium: The New Lawn Stadium
Founded: 25th October 1889
Chairman: Dale Vince
Record win: 18-1 vs Dursley, Stroud League, March 1946.
Record defeat: 0-10 vs Gloucester City, Mid-Gloucestershire League, 13th January 1900.
Highest League finish: Promoted as League Two champions
One to watch: Myles Peart-Harris
Attacking midfielder Myles Peart-Harris has scored four times in the league this season and once in the EFL Trophy. The 20-year-old joined the Greens in August last year on loan from Premier League side Brentford. Peart-Harris was part of the Chelsea Academy before joining Brentford in June 2021 on a four-year contract.
