Box Occupation
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 11
- Share
- 73%
EFL Trophy · Group North · 5
Tranmere
D. Jones 69'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Shrewsbury
EFL Trophy
Group North · 5Tranmere1–0Shrewsbury
2
Shots in the box
8
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
69′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Tranmere 1-0 Shrewsbury
Tranmere edged out Shrewsbury 1-0 at Prenton Park in EFL Trophy. Jones opened the scoring for Tranmere on 69'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Tranmere took 2 of their 4 attempts inside the box, Shrewsbury 8 of 11.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Shrewsbury graded out for box occupation — 8 of 11 shots in the box.
G. Nevett came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.0 for Tranmere from 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Tranmere conceding the most free-kicks (13).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
47%Possession53%
4Shots11
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
🟨42'
Tom Anderson
Foul
Half-time
🔄46'
I. Fletcher ↑ G. Lloyd ↓
🔄46'
W. Gray ↑ T. Sang ↓
Oliver Scott
Foul
🟨50'
B. Faulkner ↑ O. Scott ↓
🔄63'
D. Jones ↑ J. Plant ↓
🔄64'
Z. Okoro ↑ C. Baker-Richardson ↓
🔄64'
🟨65'
Arkelle Jude-Boyd
Foul
🔄68'
B. Pendleton ↑ A. Jude-Boyd ↓
🔄68'
H. Aiston ↑ S. Stubbs ↓
D. Jones — assist: D. Kamara
⚽69'
S. Mann ↑ C. Veevers ↓
🔄89'
🟨90+2'
will gray
Foul
J. McEvilly ↑ D. Kamara ↓
🔄90+4'
Match info
Kickoff
VenuePrenton Park, Birkenhead
RefereeP. Marsden
CompetitionEFL Trophy
Season2026
RoundGroup North · 5
StatusMatch Finished