Shrewsbury Town 0 Burton Albion 1 - Report and pictures

The home side, who have now failed to win any of their opening five league matches, will be wondering how they failed to take at least a point after dominating for large spells of the game though.

But having gone close to a winner on several occasions, they were hit with a 90th minute sucker-punch when Mark Duffy slotted home from close range.

It was more than the visitors had deserved from a disjointed game.

Both sides struggled to create chances for much of the first period.

Mark Ellis headed over the bar from a tight angle from Liam Lawrence's fine right-wing cross on 19 minutes.

It was the first chance of note for either side but Town were indebted to goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler for preventing a goal at the other end eight minutes later.

Nasser El-Khayati went one-on-one with him after Ellis had mis-judged a flighted ball into the box but Leutwiler got a foot to the Albion man's low strike.

Chances remained at a premium for much of the half, but Town finished it with a flourish.

Town: Leutwiler, Ellis, Grandison, Sadler, Tootle, Lawrence, Woods, Ogogo, Brown, Akpa-Akpro (McAlinden 82), Collins (Barnett 82).

Subs not used: Whalley, Wesolowski, Knight-Percival, Clark, Halstead (GK).

Burton Albion: McLaughlin, Edwards, Mousinho, Cansdell-Sherriff, McCrory, Duffy, Butcher, Weir, El-Khayati (Binnom-Williams), Thiele, Beavon (Joachim 88).

Matt Tootle did brilliantly to win the ball and release James Collins five minutes before the break.

The former Hibernian man could only fire just wide from a tight angle but Junior Brown went even closer when he rattled the crossbar from distance seconds later.

Lawrence then curled a delightful effort just wide from the edge of the box as Town poured on the pressure.

And Brown then rattled the post with an equally spectacular drive from 20 yards in stoppage time.

Town picked up where they had left off after the interval when Ryan Woods drilled just wide from distance with Burton goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin at full-stretch.

And Jean Louis Akpa-Akpro should have put the home side in front from a corner-kick on 54 minutes, only to head just wide from a great position.

Town kept the pressure on and their opponents struggled to stay with them, prompting Burton to make their first substitution on 60 mins.

Abu Ogogo went close with a diving header over from Lawrence's 68th-minute corner-kick as Town continued to press for a goal.

But it would not come, despite two late attacking substitutions from Town boss Micky Mellon.

Liam McAlinden, who replaced Akpa-Akpro in the final eight minutes, had a chance to snatch the points late on but could only fire straight at McLaughlin from 18 yards on 87 minutes.

And Duffy pounced to snatch the points for the visitors two minutes later when he slotted home from substitute Jerome Binnom-Williams'cut-back.

Town have now lost three home matches on the spin.