Shrewsbury Town vs Portsmouth match preview: Even contest expected at Montgomery Waters Meadow

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Glory for the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a score draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Shrewsbury Town and Portsmouth battle at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The League One stats playing at home this season for Shrewsbury Town are 10-2-7 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Shrewsbury Town are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Shrewsbury are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Barnsley. Midfielder Shipley was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Shipley served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Peterborough United with the scoreline 0-3.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Shrewsbury Town as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Plymouth Argyle are visiting.

Shrewsbury are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 19 games. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The visitors are W8-D5-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Portsmouth's last game was the home draw against Morecambe (0-0). Midfielder Pack was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Pack hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw at Milton Keynes Dons's stadium before that.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portsmouth manager Mousinho as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Oxford United.

Portsmouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 20 games (in the league). 25 goals have been conceded by Portsmouth in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Shrewsbury Town.

This duo faced each other previously this season: Portsmouth - Shrewsbury 1-1. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
19 goals
Shrewsbury TownL. Leahy
L. Leahy
8 goals
Shrewsbury TownC. Saydee
C. Saydee
7 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shrewsbury Town Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 6 20 41
16 10 2 Won W 3 8 16
7 2 0 Drew D 2 5 15
17 7 3 Lost L 1 7 10
48 28 5 Scored S 6 24 55
52 25 7 Conceded C 3 25 45
92% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 88%
70% 74% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 73%
50% 58% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 40% 41%
20% 26% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 32%
12% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
45% 47% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 49%
25% 16% 20% Clean Sheets C S 83% 45% 39%
38% 42% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 24%
 
4.8 6.1 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.9 5.1
5.6 5.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.8 5
2.2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.8
6 3 2 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
9.8 10.9 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.4 11.8
3.2 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.6
37% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 37%
 
13.1 12.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 14.3 11.2
3.6 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 41 24 12 5 71 32 21 14 6 1 46 15 20 10 6 4 25 17 39 84
2 Plymouth Argyle 40 25 8 7 70 44 20 17 1 2 38 15 20 8 7 5 32 29 26 83
3 Ipswich Town 40 23 13 4 79 32 20 13 6 1 46 12 20 10 7 3 33 20 47 82
4 Barnsley 40 24 6 10 69 37 20 15 1 4 43 19 20 9 5 6 26 18 32 78
5 Peterborough United 41 22 4 15 71 48 21 13 3 5 38 22 20 9 1 10 33 26 23 70
6 Bolton Wanderers 40 19 11 10 54 32 20 12 5 3 29 12 20 7 6 7 25 20 22 68
7 Derby County 41 19 11 11 62 42 21 12 5 4 38 19 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 68
8 Wycombe Wanderers 41 19 8 14 55 42 21 11 5 5 32 19 20 8 3 9 23 23 13 65
9 Portsmouth 41 16 15 10 55 45 21 8 10 3 31 20 20 8 5 7 24 25 10 63
10 Charlton Athletic 41 14 13 14 62 53 21 8 7 6 39 26 20 6 6 8 23 27 9 55
11 Shrewsbury Town 40 16 7 17 48 52 19 10 2 7 28 25 21 6 5 10 20 27 -4 55
12 Exeter City 41 14 11 16 59 55 20 9 5 6 32 22 21 5 6 10 27 33 4 53
13 Lincoln City 40 11 19 10 39 41 19 5 13 1 18 14 21 6 6 9 21 27 -2 52
14 Bristol Rovers 39 14 9 16 53 61 20 6 6 8 23 30 19 8 3 8 30 31 -8 51
15 Fleetwood Town 41 12 14 15 45 45 21 6 7 8 22 23 20 6 7 7 23 22 0 50
16 Cheltenham Town 41 12 10 19 35 52 21 7 7 7 20 24 20 5 3 12 15 28 -17 46
17 Port Vale 41 12 10 19 40 60 21 7 5 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 20 33 -20 46
18 Burton Albion 39 12 9 18 51 74 19 7 5 7 23 30 20 5 4 11 28 44 -23 45
19 Milton Keynes Dons 41 11 9 21 38 58 20 4 5 11 14 26 21 7 4 10 24 32 -20 42
20 Oxford United 40 9 13 18 40 50 19 5 4 10 23 27 21 4 9 8 17 23 -10 40
21 Accrington Stanley 40 9 11 20 33 66 20 6 5 9 23 30 20 3 6 11 10 36 -33 38
22 Cambridge United 40 10 7 23 33 61 20 7 4 9 19 24 20 3 3 14 14 37 -28 37
23 Morecambe 42 7 14 21 38 71 21 6 8 7 26 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -33 35
24 Forest Green Rovers 41 6 8 27 29 76 20 5 1 14 14 34 21 1 7 13 15 42 -47 26

Table
  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 41 24 12 5 71 32 21 14 6 1 46 15 20 10 6 4 25 17 39 84
2 Plymouth Argyle 40 25 8 7 70 44 20 17 1 2 38 15 20 8 7 5 32 29 26 83
3 Ipswich Town 40 23 13 4 79 32 20 13 6 1 46 12 20 10 7 3 33 20 47 82
4 Barnsley 40 24 6 10 69 37 20 15 1 4 43 19 20 9 5 6 26 18 32 78
5 Peterborough United 41 22 4 15 71 48 21 13 3 5 38 22 20 9 1 10 33 26 23 70
6 Bolton Wanderers 40 19 11 10 54 32 20 12 5 3 29 12 20 7 6 7 25 20 22 68
7 Derby County 41 19 11 11 62 42 21 12 5 4 38 19 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 68
8 Wycombe Wanderers 41 19 8 14 55 42 21 11 5 5 32 19 20 8 3 9 23 23 13 65
9 Portsmouth 41 16 15 10 55 45 21 8 10 3 31 20 20 8 5 7 24 25 10 63
10 Charlton Athletic 41 14 13 14 62 53 21 8 7 6 39 26 20 6 6 8 23 27 9 55
11 Shrewsbury Town 40 16 7 17 48 52 19 10 2 7 28 25 21 6 5 10 20 27 -4 55
12 Exeter City 41 14 11 16 59 55 20 9 5 6 32 22 21 5 6 10 27 33 4 53
13 Lincoln City 40 11 19 10 39 41 19 5 13 1 18 14 21 6 6 9 21 27 -2 52
14 Bristol Rovers 39 14 9 16 53 61 20 6 6 8 23 30 19 8 3 8 30 31 -8 51
15 Fleetwood Town 41 12 14 15 45 45 21 6 7 8 22 23 20 6 7 7 23 22 0 50
16 Cheltenham Town 41 12 10 19 35 52 21 7 7 7 20 24 20 5 3 12 15 28 -17 46
17 Port Vale 41 12 10 19 40 60 21 7 5 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 20 33 -20 46
18 Burton Albion 39 12 9 18 51 74 19 7 5 7 23 30 20 5 4 11 28 44 -23 45
19 Milton Keynes Dons 41 11 9 21 38 58 20 4 5 11 14 26 21 7 4 10 24 32 -20 42
20 Oxford United 40 9 13 18 40 50 19 5 4 10 23 27 21 4 9 8 17 23 -10 40
21 Accrington Stanley 40 9 11 20 33 66 20 6 5 9 23 30 20 3 6 11 10 36 -33 38
22 Cambridge United 40 10 7 23 33 61 20 7 4 9 19 24 20 3 3 14 14 37 -28 37
23 Morecambe 42 7 14 21 38 71 21 6 8 7 26 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -33 35
24 Forest Green Rovers 41 6 8 27 29 76 20 5 1 14 14 34 21 1 7 13 15 42 -47 26

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