Delightful dogfight as daring Cambridge United duel with determined Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (8127 seats)

Cambridge United have claimed 10 of their 14 in total here at their precious home ground. Will they claim the win versus Shrewsbury Town?

Insights:
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United have collected 10 points from their League One home games so far after 3-1-2.

Cambridge United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Burton Albion. The attacking player Okenabirhie was named "man of the match" for Cambridge with the rating of 7.11/10. Okenabirhie scored one goal.

Before that game, the home loss against Barnsley with the scoreline 0-4.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Colchester United are coming to town in three days.

Cambridge United has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shrewsbury Town in their League One matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Shrewsbury's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Udoh scored in Shrewsbury Town's previous match, the home game against Northampton Town that ended 1-0. That victory felt good as this side had gone five league matches without winning. Late drama in the previous game, when Udoh scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Northampton Town. Dunkley was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Dunkley won 15 of 18 duels.

A 0-3 defeat away at Oxford United before that.

We have checked recent matches where Shrewsbury have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

Shrewsbury Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 5 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Shrewsbury Town have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous eight meetings with these teams: Cambridge won two, Shrewsbury Town were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
5 goals
Cambridge UnitedG. Ahadme
G. Ahadme
2 goals
Shrewsbury TownD. Udoh
D. Udoh
2 goals

Cambridge United missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Cambridge United Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 1 5 11
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
11 7 1 Scored S 0 1 5
13 7 0 Conceded C 1 8 12
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 45%
36% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 18%
9% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 9%
45% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 36%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 64%
 
5.5 6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.2 4.6
6.1 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8.2 6.5
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 13.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.4 10
4.2 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.4 3.2
24% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 14%
 
10.8 10 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.6 12.6
3.7 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cambridge United have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 12 8 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 13 28
2 Oxford United 11 9 0 2 23 9 6 5 0 1 12 4 5 4 0 1 11 5 14 27
3 Barnsley 12 7 1 4 25 12 6 2 0 4 13 10 6 5 1 0 12 2 13 22
4 Peterborough United 12 6 3 3 18 12 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 21
5 Stevenage 12 6 3 3 18 12 6 2 3 1 7 6 6 4 0 2 11 6 6 21
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 19 15 7 4 1 2 13 12 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 20
7 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 1 4 16 15 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 3 0 3 9 10 1 19
8 Derby County 11 5 3 3 18 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 6 4 1 1 14 6 7 18
9 Port Vale 12 5 2 5 11 20 5 3 0 2 5 4 7 2 2 3 6 16 -9 17
10 Blackpool 11 4 4 3 12 12 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 3 7 0 16
11 Exeter City 12 5 1 6 11 14 6 2 1 3 4 6 6 3 0 3 7 8 -3 16
12 Charlton Athletic 11 4 3 4 17 14 7 4 1 2 15 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 15
13 Bristol Rovers 11 4 3 4 16 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 3 15
14 Lincoln City 10 4 3 3 14 11 4 3 1 0 9 1 6 1 2 3 5 10 3 15
15 Cambridge United 11 4 2 5 11 13 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 14
16 Leyton Orient 11 4 2 5 10 15 5 3 0 2 5 8 6 1 2 3 5 7 -5 14
17 Northampton Town 11 4 1 6 11 11 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 4 4 0 13
18 Burton Albion 12 3 4 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 4 8 -6 13
19 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 1 6 5 12 6 3 1 2 4 4 5 1 0 4 1 8 -7 13
20 Carlisle United 12 2 5 5 11 15 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 6 8 -4 11
21 Fleetwood Town 11 2 2 7 8 18 5 1 0 4 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -10 8
22 Reading 11 3 1 7 9 15 5 3 1 1 5 2 6 0 0 6 4 13 -6 6
23 Wigan Athletic 11 4 1 6 15 17 4 2 0 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 10 11 -2 5
24 Cheltenham Town 12 0 2 10 1 20 6 0 1 5 1 12 6 0 1 5 0 8 -19 2

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.