League One duel: Close contest expected between Shrewsbury Town and Bristol Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Shrewsbury Town have taken 6 of their 9 in total here at their own stadium. What will happen against Bristol Rovers?

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League One
  • Bristol Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.

This should be an engaging match with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three League One games here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

The fans hope that Shrewsbury will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the EFL Trophy fixture against Forest Green Rovers.

A League One defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Carlisle United.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Shrewsbury Town, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Brighton U21 is only three days away.

Shrewsbury Town have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Things could have gone better for Bristol Rovers in their League One away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

The fans enjoyed Bristol's previous fixture versus Cheltenham Town, a EFL Trophy win (4-1) played at home.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Lincoln City.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting West Ham United U21 in just three days.

4 goals have been conceded by Bristol Rovers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Shrewsbury Town-Bristol Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shrewsbury Town four wins, Bristol Rovers three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
2 goals
ShrewsburyR. Bowman
R. Bowman
1 goals
Shrewsbury TownD. Udoh
D. Udoh
1 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Shrewsbury Town Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 0 3 6
3 2 2 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 3 3 Scored S 0 3 6
6 2 1 Conceded C 0 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
17% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 83%
33% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
4.2 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.5
6.3 2.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.7
2.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.3 11.5
2.3 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 4.3
29% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 23%
 
12.5 11.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.3 14.3
3.3 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Bristol Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bristol Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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.