These teams have both had problems getting enough points so far, but three lovely points in this key game would definitely help. Get ready for Shrewsbury Town - Northampton Town!
- Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Northampton Town have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
It's no vacation for neither Shrewsbury nor Northampton 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.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The total League One stats at home this season for Shrewsbury Town are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Shrewsbury Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Carlisle United, Wigan Athletic, Burton Albion, Reading, Shrewsbury Town, Fleetwood Town and Cheltenham Town), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
Shrewsbury Town haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 499 minutes ago. Udoh scored that one.
The followers are hoping that Shrewsbury Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Oxford United (placed 1st). Kenneh (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Kenneh hit one key pass.
Before that, Shrewsbury drew at home versus Charlton Athletic.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Shrewsbury Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 0 and lost 3.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shrewsbury here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). From these home matches, Shrewsbury Town have conceded only 4 goals.
Northampton Town form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Northampton Town playing as the away team in the League One this season.
Impressive finishing from Appéré, Pinnock and Hoskins secured the home win 3-1 against Reading in their previous game. Hoskins got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, top player of the team. Hoskins scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Exeter City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Northampton Town wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Northampton Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: Shrewsbury won two, Northampton Town triumphed in four and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 5 goals |  L. Appere 3 goals |  M. Pinnock 2 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 6.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12 | 13.1 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 12% | 15% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 26% |
| 12.2 | 11.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.5 | 11.4 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
- Northampton Town have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
- Northampton Town 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 the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oxford United | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 22 | Reading | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 6 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 5 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -19 | 1 |
