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Luton Town Letdown

Posted on September 27, 2014 at 02:31 PM.

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Luton Town led for nearly 75 minutes during this game, but a late goal by Akpa Akpro in the 90th minute stole 2 points from Luton Town. League leading Shrewsbury Town tied the game 2-2.

The scoring began in the 7th minute when Luke Guttridge curled a shot just out of the reach of the Shrewsbury GK Leutweiler.

The score would remain 0-1 until the 71st minute, when Shrewsbury's Wildig sent a clever cross to Singer, who headed the ball beyond the hard-charge GK Tyler.

Luton Town would answer back 7 minutes later, when Rooney fired a shot from the right side of the box. Leutweiler made the save, but was unable to control the ball. Newly acquired and fresh off the bench M Jake Hessenthaler got his head to the ball first and guided it gently under the crossbar. Luton Town felt the win was inevitable.

But Shrewsbury, who had been scrappy all day, wouldn't have it. As th clock ticked into the 2nd minute of extra time, Wesolowski sent a ball ahead down the middle ad into the box. Luton midfielder Jonathan Smith got his head to it, but sent the ball directly to Shrewsbury's Akpa Akpro, who had time to settle the ball and send a strike just inside the left post to finalize a 2-2 draw.

With the draw, Luton Town has 9 points through 6 games and finds itself in 11th place. Shrewsbury Town remains on top of the League 2 table with 13 points.

Sep 6, 2014 - Shrewsbury Town vs Luton Town
TEAM	1	2	SCORE
Shrewsbury Town ()	0	2	2
Luton Town (2-3-1)	1	1	2

Team Stats Comparison
Shrewsbury Town		Luton Town
2	Goals	2
5	Shots	15
2	Shots on Target	9
15	Tackles	19
3	Fouls	0
1	Yellow Cards	0
1	Red Cards	0
0	Injuries	0
40%	Shot Accuracy	60%
82%	Passing Percentage	75%