This looks to be an appealing game as Peterborough United have their supposed home advantage, while Shrewsbury Town have an edge of 1 point in the League One table.
- Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town have the most points from losing position (18) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Peterborough United nor Shrewsbury Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Peterborough United form and stats
Peterborough United have performed here at London Road Stadium this season with 10 wins from 16 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4.
Peterborough are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 192 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Taylor).
Peterborough United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sheffield Wednesday. The first loss after going undefeated in three league rounds.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Charlton Athletic.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 Peterborough United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
It should be considered that a peek at the 11 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cheltenham Town are coming to town in four days.
The Peterborough United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches. Peterborough's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Shrewsbury Town playing as the away team in the League One this season.
Shrewsbury Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Derby County (placed 5th). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Shrewsbury's duel with Derby County. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Leahy found the equalizer. Bayliss, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.25. Bayliss scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Wycombe Wanderers.Shrewsbury Town 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.
A new game in only four days for Shrewsbury, the League One home match versus Morecambe. Busy days.
Shrewsbury Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 18 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shrewsbury Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Peterborough United wins - draws - Shrewsbury Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke-Harris 18 goals |  L. Leahy 7 goals |  C. Saydee 7 goals |
Peterborough United missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Peterborough United | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 53 | 31 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 43 |
| 41 | 17 | 12 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 36 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 91% |
| 79% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 59% | 65% |
| 58% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 35% | 44% |
| 27% | 31% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 18% | 19% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 45% | 38% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 41% | 44% |
| 30% | 44% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 41% | 29% |
| 27% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 35% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14.1 | 16.6 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 35% | 37% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 40% |
| 10.2 | 8.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
- Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town have the most points from losing position (18) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 38 | 74 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 71 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 65 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 34 | 66 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 63 |
| 5 | Derby County | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 61 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 60 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 54 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 52 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 51 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 51 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 33 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 44 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 43 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -14 | 43 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -8 | 42 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 41 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 36 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 26 | -20 | 36 |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 39 | -22 | 35 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 34 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -20 | 32 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | -23 | 30 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 35 | -29 | 29 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 35 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -39 | 23 |
