Home advantage could prove decisive in Fleetwood Town - Shrewsbury Town battle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

Let's look at this engaging game in the League One. Fleetwood Town is in the 21st position from playing four matches. They welcome Shrewsbury Town who are placed 12th from four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first League One game of the season here at Highbury Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses from Fleetwood Town's 23 home games.

Fleetwood Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Derby County. Midfield player Robertson got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Robertson hit one key pass.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Bolton Wanderers.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fleetwood have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Fleetwood Town has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League One were 6 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Shrewsbury Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lincoln City proved too strong as Shrewsbury Town slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Montgomery Waters Meadow. Defender Dunkley was the best team player with a rating of 7.73. Dunkley won 17 of 23 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Burton Albion.

Shrewsbury are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

{0 goals} so far away for Shrewsbury Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Fleetwood Town victories, three draws and two Shrewsbury Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownJ. Earl
J. Earl
1 goals
FleetwoodB. Sarpong Wiredu
B. Sarpong Wiredu
1 goals
Shrewsbury TownR. Bowman
R. Bowman
1 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Fleetwood Town Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
8 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.5
5.8 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 13 5.2
3.2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 10
4 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.5
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 30%
 
13.5 16 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 13.8
5.2 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One
Fleetwood Town Last season Shrewsbury Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 7   Won W   6 17
16 8   Drew D   5 8
16 8   Lost L   12 21
53 25   Scored S   20 52
51 25   Conceded C   29 61
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 93%
70% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 70%
43% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 50%
13% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 17%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 11%
57% 57%   BTTS BTTS   39% 46%
28% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 22%
24% 22%   Failed to Score F T   39% 39%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.6
5.5 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.7
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
5 2   Red cards R C   4 8
 
11.6 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.7
3.3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.2
35% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%
 
13.3 13.1   Shots against (avg) S A   13.5 13.5
3.7 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Bolton Wanderers 4 3 0 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Peterborough United 4 3 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 9
4 Oxford United 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 9
5 Stevenage 4 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 9
6 Portsmouth 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 8
7 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 7
8 Lincoln City 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 7
9 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 9 -5 7
10 Derby County 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 6
11 Blackpool 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
12 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6
13 Reading 4 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
14 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Barnsley 4 1 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
16 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Wycombe Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 4
18 Charlton Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
19 Wigan Athletic 4 3 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 2
20 Carlisle United 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
21 Fleetwood Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 1
22 Cheltenham Town 4 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 -5 1
23 Leyton Orient 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 1
24 Burton Albion 4 0 1 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27

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.