Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, AFC Wimbledon 0.
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Goals from Liam Lawrence and Scott Vernon maintained Shrewsbury Town's unbeaten home record in League Two to keep them top of the table.
AFC Wimbledon were hampered by the loss of goalkeeper James Shea, who was stretchered off in the 23rd minute and replaced by youngster Joe McDonnell.
The 20-year-old debutant was beaten in first-half stoppage time when Lawrence drilled the ball home from 12 yards.
Vernon then headed his first league goal of the season to seal the points.
Shrewsbury still boast the best home record in the country, having won 13 of their 16 league games, conceding just six goals.
Micky Mellon's men remain top only on goal difference from Burton Albion, who also enjoyed a 2-0 home win, against Oxford United.
Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"I'm very pleased. It's another hard-fought game against a team who came here with a very clear game plan. They tried to frustrate us and did that at times.
"There is never a perfect time to score - but it was certainly good to get in at half time one up. We got balls into the key areas and put Wimbledon under immense pressure.
"I am very pleased with our professionalism, as there was a lot of hard work, but we want more. This isn't my poker face. It makes no difference what other sides have done. We remain focused on what we need to do."
Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley told BBC London 94.9:
"In the first 15 minutes we didn't pass it well enough and didn't have enough quality about us, but we grew into the game.
"In the first half it was our decision making when we got in great areas. The final pass wasn't good enough.
"in the second half we started bright and then you concede from a set-piece which we haven't done lately. That's hard to take."
Line-ups
Shrewsbury
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 1Leutwiler
- 2GrandisonSubstituted forRandallat 90'minutes
- 6Goldson
- 5EllisBooked at 43mins
- 3Demetriou
- 4Woods
- 22Clark
- 11LawrenceSubstituted forGrantat 90+1'minutes
- 10Vernon
- 9Collins
- 23BarnettSubstituted forAkpa-Akproat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Vincent
- 12Gayle
- 21Halstead
- 24Grant
- 26Akpa-Akpro
- 27Randall
- 28Mandron
Wimbledon
Formation 4-3-3
- 20SheaSubstituted forMcDonnellat 23'minutes
- 2Fuller
- 36WinfieldBooked at 85mins
- 40Oshilaja
- 17Kennedy
- 7Francomb
- 4Bulman
- 19Reeves
- 14AzeezBooked at 2minsSubstituted forAkinfenwaat 63'minutes
- 34ConnollySubstituted forRiggat 68'minutes
- 27Tanner
Substitutes
- 3Smith
- 8Moore
- 10Akinfenwa
- 11Rigg
- 21Beere
- 26McDonnell
- 35Potter
- Referee:
- Andy Haines
- Attendance:
- 4,992
Match Stats
Home TeamShrewsburyAway TeamWimbledon
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away2
- Corners
- Home6
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home5
- Away7
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, AFC Wimbledon 0.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Adedeji Oshilaja.
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Attempt blocked. Bobby Grant (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Jordan Clark (Shrewsbury Town).
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Callum Kennedy (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. James Collins (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt missed. James Collins (Shrewsbury Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Bobby Grant replaces Liam Lawrence.
Substitution
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Connor Randall replaces Jermaine Grandison.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
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Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Connor Goldson.
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Foul by James Collins (Shrewsbury Town).
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Adedeji Oshilaja (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. James Collins (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Booking
Dave Winfield (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card.
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James Collins (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Dave Winfield (AFC Wimbledon).
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
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Attempt blocked. James Collins (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
