League One duel: Close contest expected between Shrewsbury Town and Charlton Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Here's all you need to learn, and some more, ahead of the Shrewsbury Town - Charlton Athletic game!

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League One
  • Charlton Athletic have yet to win a game away.

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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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Shrewsbury Town so far this season. Shrewsbury has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Taylor and the players.

Udoh was the last player to score a league goal for Shrewsbury Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Shrewsbury Town haven't scored in 319 minutes.

Shrewsbury Town lost their last game at Leyton Orient (placed 15th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfield player Benning got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Benning hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-0 result against Brighton U21 (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) before that, played at home in the EFL Trophy.

Some betting-related information: This club have played 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) club finding the net.

Shrewsbury are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Oxford United awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shrewsbury Town here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games).

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The League One season is young and Charlton Athletic have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Impressive finishing from Tedić, Leaburn and Blackett-Taylor secured the home win 3-1 against Wycombe Wanderers in their previous game. The attacker Blackett-Taylor got a match rating of 7.75 in that game. Blackett-Taylor scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Before that, Charlton Athletic travelled to Stevenage and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Will both teams score? This side's fresh fixtures suggest that, having completed 6 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.

After this away game Charlton return home for a League One game against Exeter City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Charlton Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by Charlton Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Shrewsbury won three, Charlton Athletic were winners in five and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticA. May
A. May
4 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Taylor
C. Taylor
2 goals
Charlton AthleticD. Kanu
D. Kanu
2 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Shrewsbury Town Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 3 8
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 2 Lost L 0 2 4
4 3 0 Scored S 0 2 11
9 4 3 Conceded C 0 4 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
12% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 62%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 75%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
62% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 12%
 
4.6 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.3 6
6.4 3.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 5.1
2.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4.7 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.3 14.1
2.9 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4.2
17% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 32%
 
11.6 11 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.7 12.5
3.1 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
  • Charlton Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Charlton Athletic have yet to win a game away.
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) 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 Portsmouth 9 5 4 0 15 6 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 8 3 9 19
2 Oxford United 8 6 0 2 15 7 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 3 0 1 8 4 8 18
3 Stevenage 9 5 3 1 14 6 4 1 3 0 5 3 5 4 0 1 9 3 8 18
4 Port Vale 9 5 2 2 11 14 4 3 0 1 5 3 5 2 2 1 6 11 -3 17
5 Barnsley 9 5 1 3 20 11 5 2 0 3 13 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 9 16
6 Exeter City 9 5 1 3 10 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 6 4 3 16
7 Bolton Wanderers 8 4 2 2 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 14
8 Peterborough United 9 4 2 3 13 11 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 14
9 Derby County 8 4 1 3 14 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 3 0 1 10 4 5 13
10 Cambridge United 8 4 1 3 10 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 13
11 Wycombe Wanderers 8 4 1 3 9 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 0 2 4 7 -3 13
12 Lincoln City 8 3 3 2 12 9 3 2 1 0 7 1 5 1 2 2 5 8 3 12
13 Bristol Rovers 8 3 3 2 12 9 4 1 2 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 12
14 Blackpool 8 3 3 2 8 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 12
15 Leyton Orient 9 3 2 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 3 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 -5 11
16 Charlton Athletic 8 3 1 4 11 11 5 3 0 2 9 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 10
17 Shrewsbury Town 8 3 0 5 4 9 4 2 0 2 3 4 4 1 0 3 1 5 -5 9
18 Northampton Town 8 2 1 5 6 9 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 -3 7
19 Carlisle United 9 1 4 4 7 11 5 1 2 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 7
20 Burton Albion 9 1 3 5 6 14 4 0 2 2 2 6 5 1 1 3 4 8 -8 6
21 Wigan Athletic 8 4 1 3 13 12 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 2 1 2 9 8 1 5
22 Reading 8 3 0 5 7 10 4 3 0 1 5 2 4 0 0 4 2 8 -3 5
23 Fleetwood Town 8 0 2 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 0 2 3 4 8 -10 2
24 Cheltenham Town 9 0 1 8 0 15 4 0 0 4 0 9 5 0 1 4 0 6 -15 1

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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.