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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Sheffield Wednesday journey to Shrewsbury Town and Montgomery Waters Meadow brimming with confidence, but the team playing at home is hard to beat. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (22) in League One

Sheffield are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Both squads have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town have played 21 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-3-8 (wins-draws-losses).

Shrewsbury Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bolton Wanderers (0-1).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Plymouth Argyle (1-2).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Bristol Rovers in only three days. This game is also played here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

Shrewsbury are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 30 goals in 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 28 goals have been conceded.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

11-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday, who have the most clean sheets (22) in League One, in their League One matches away.

Sheffield Wednesday won their last game, 2-1 versus Exeter City played at home. Midfield player Vaulks was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Vaulks hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Bristol Rovers with the score of 2-1.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

The visiting Sheffield Wednesday have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 29 goals from 22 games. Sheffield Wednesday are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 21 times in 22 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met earlier this season: Sheffield Wednesday - Shrewsbury 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the previous four meetings): Shrewsbury Town won two games, one match ended with a tie and Sheffield Wednesday managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayM. Smith
M. Smith
12 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
11 goals
Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
10 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Shrewsbury Town Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 22 44
16 10 1 Won W 4 11 26
8 3 2 Drew D 3 6 12
19 8 4 Lost L 0 5 6
50 30 5 Scored S 10 29 77
56 28 12 Conceded C 6 21 37
93% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
70% 76% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 64% 68%
49% 57% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 36% 43%
19% 24% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 25%
12% 19% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 16%
47% 52% 43% BTTS BTTS 71% 45% 43%
23% 14% 14% Clean Sheets C S 29% 45% 50%
37% 38% 57% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 11%
 
4.6 5.7 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 5.6 5.7
5.7 5.3 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4.4 3.2
2.3 2.1 2.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.6
7 4 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.7 10.6 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.4 14.5
3.2 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.1 4.2 4.7
37% 36% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 32% 37%
 
13.1 12.7 12.9 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 10.6 9.3
3.7 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (10) away in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (22) in League One
  • 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 Plymouth Argyle 43 28 8 7 76 46 21 18 1 2 41 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 30 92
2 Ipswich Town 43 26 13 4 90 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 21 11 7 3 36 20 57 91
3 Sheffield Wednesday 44 26 12 6 77 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 22 11 6 5 29 21 40 90
4 Barnsley 43 26 7 10 76 38 21 16 1 4 45 19 22 10 6 6 31 19 38 85
5 Bolton Wanderers 43 21 12 10 57 33 21 13 5 3 30 12 22 8 7 7 27 21 24 75
6 Derby County 44 21 12 11 66 44 22 13 5 4 39 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 75
7 Peterborough United 44 23 4 17 73 54 22 13 3 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 73
8 Portsmouth 44 17 17 10 58 47 22 9 10 3 32 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 11 68
9 Wycombe Wanderers 44 20 8 16 57 46 22 11 5 6 32 21 22 9 3 10 25 25 11 68
10 Lincoln City 43 13 20 10 44 43 21 6 14 1 21 16 22 7 6 9 23 27 1 59
11 Charlton Athletic 44 15 13 16 65 62 22 8 7 7 41 29 22 7 6 9 24 33 3 58
12 Fleetwood Town 44 14 15 15 51 47 22 7 7 8 23 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 4 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 43 16 8 19 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 28 22 6 5 11 20 28 -6 56
14 Exeter City 44 14 11 19 61 60 22 9 5 8 33 25 22 5 6 11 28 35 1 53
15 Bristol Rovers 42 14 10 18 55 66 22 6 7 9 25 33 20 8 3 9 30 33 -11 52
16 Cheltenham Town 43 13 11 19 40 55 22 8 7 7 23 25 21 5 4 12 17 30 -15 50
17 Port Vale 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 8 5 9 22 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -20 49
18 Burton Albion 42 13 10 19 55 78 21 8 6 7 27 33 21 5 4 12 28 45 -23 49
19 Milton Keynes Dons 44 11 10 23 40 62 22 4 6 12 16 29 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 43
20 Oxford United 43 9 14 20 41 54 21 5 5 11 24 29 22 4 9 9 17 25 -13 41
21 Morecambe 44 9 14 21 42 73 22 7 8 7 27 29 22 2 6 14 15 44 -31 41
22 Cambridge United 43 11 7 25 37 66 22 8 4 10 22 26 21 3 3 15 15 40 -29 40
23 Accrington Stanley 43 9 11 23 36 74 22 6 5 11 26 37 21 3 6 12 10 37 -38 38
24 Forest Green Rovers 44 6 9 29 31 84 22 5 2 15 15 39 22 1 7 14 16 45 -53 27

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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.