Shrewsbury 2 Huddersfield 1: Town suffer through Louis Dodds's strike

Ajay Leitch-Smith had given the Shrews a flying start with a first-minute opener, but Elias Kachunga hauled the Terriers level six minutes before the break.

Dodds was to be the hero when he latched onto Ivan Toney’s ball to win it.

Shrewsbury stunned the Terriers by taking the lead after just 20 seconds when Joe Riley and Jim O’Brien combined neatly before Leitch-Smith’s shot from 12 yards took a deflection on its way past Danny Ward.

The visitors responded by controlling the first half for long stages but Jack Payne, a summer signing from Southend, was unable to make the most of a succession of chances.

He flicked narrowly wide of the far post with only Jayson Leutwiler to beat before seeing two other efforts saved by the Swiss goalkeeper.

But Huddersfield’s pressure finally told with a 39th-minute equaliser as Aaron Mooy’s cross from the left was headed in from close range by Elias Kachunga.

Shrewsbury delivered the knockout blow in the 77th minute when Ward was unable to keep out a low shot from 15 yards from Dodds.

Shrewsbury: Leutwiler, Riley, McGivern, El-Abd, Brown, Deegan, Sarcevic, O’Brien, Dodds (Ogogo 79), Whalley (Jones 74), Leitch-Smith (Toney 46). Unused substitutes: Lancashire, Black, Mangan, Halstead.

Huddersfield: Ward, Cranie, Schindler, Stankovic, Lowe (Hefele 84), Payne (Palmer 58), Hogg (Paurevic 46), van La Parra, Mooy, Scannell, Kachunga. Unused substitutes: Smith, Coleman, Lolley, Wells.

Referee: Graham Salisbury (Lancashire).