MK Dons kept hot on the heels of the top two in League One after a comfortable win over Shrewsbury Town.
Mo Eisa opened the scoring on 17 minutes before Scott Twine netted his 15th league goal of the season as the Dons closed the gap on Wigan and Rotherham to just one point.
It was Twine’s sublime pass to pick out Eisa inside the first 20 minutes that allowed the Sudanese forward to calmly slot past Shrewsbury goalkeeper Marko Marosi.
Daniel Udoh almost brought Salop level before the break when he was denied by a superb save from Jamie Cumming inside the six-yard box.
It was more delightful Dons play that wrapped up the points on 55 minutes, as Troy Parrott picked out Josh McEachran who then fed Twine, who composed himself before finishing with his right foot to make it seven wins in eight for Liam Manning’s side.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
MK Dons
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Cumming
- 5O’Hora
- 6Darling
- 3Lewington
- 29HaydenSubstituted forCorbeanuat 65′minutes
- 16McEachranSubstituted forKasumuat 72′minutes
- 14Coventry
- 21Harvie
- 20Parrott
- 10EisaSubstituted forWickhamat 81′minutes
- 9Twine
Substitutes
- 7Smith
- 8Kasumu
- 11Corbeanu
- 17Kemp
- 18Boateng
- 19Wickham
- 23Ravizzoli
Shrewsbury
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Marosi
- 5Pennington
- 4Ebanks-LandellSubstituted forJannehat 45′minutes
- 33FlanaganBooked at 54mins
- 17BennettBooked at 71mins
- 10VelaBooked at 78mins
- 8Fornah
- 3LeahyBooked at 90mins
- 23Nurse
- 12BowmanBooked at 10mins
- 11UdohSubstituted forDanielsat 81′minutes
Substitutes
- 6Pierre
- 7Whalley
- 13Burgoyne
- 18Bloxham
- 19Caton
- 22Daniels
- 28Janneh
Live Text
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Match ends, MK Dons 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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Second Half ends, MK Dons 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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Attempt missed. Saikou Janneh (Shrewsbury Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Joshua Daniels.
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Luke Leahy (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Troy Parrott (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Luke Leahy (Shrewsbury Town).
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Attempt blocked. Saikou Janneh (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyrese Fornah.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Daniel Harvie.
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Offside, Shrewsbury Town. George Nurse tries a through ball, but Luke Leahy is caught offside.
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Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Joshua Daniels replaces Daniel Udoh.
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Substitution, MK Dons. Connor Wickham replaces Mohamed Eisa.
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Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Matthew Pennington.
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Josh Vela (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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David Kasumu (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Josh Vela (Shrewsbury Town).
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Attempt saved. Conor Coventry (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Troy Parrott.
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Substitution, MK Dons. David Kasumu replaces Josh McEachran.
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Elliott Bennett (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Scott Twine (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Elliott Bennett (Shrewsbury Town).
