League One duel: Close contest expected between Shrewsbury Town and Wycombe Wanderers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

This pair of contenders are revelling in a quality season so far and fixtures like this one could be key. Here's the preview for Shrewsbury Town - Wycombe Wanderers!

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

This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

8 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Shrewsbury Town have to build on here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the League One. It’s been three wins in a row for Shrewsbury here at Montgomery Waters Meadow, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Phillips 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 227 minutes.

Shrewsbury Town lost their last game at Accrington Stanley (placed 20th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Up until that fixture this team had gone seven consecutive league matches without a loss. Bayliss (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Bayliss hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Exeter City that finished 0-0.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 1 and lost 6.

Shrewsbury Town has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

7-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wycombe Wanderers in their League One matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Shrewsbury Town.

The Wanderers goalkeeper Maksymilian Stryjek is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 181 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Wing scored in Wycombe Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Bolton Wanderers that ended 1-0. Midfield player Wing was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Wing scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Accrington Stanley with the score of 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wanderers playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Wycombe Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Highlight this: 12 of the last 14 league games featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Wycombe Wanderers have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Wycombe Wanderers as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Shrewsbury Town and Wycombe Wanderers have duelled previously this season: Wycombe Wanderers - Shrewsbury 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Shrewsbury Town wins - draws - Wycombe Wanderers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wycombe WanderersL. Wing
L. Wing
8 goals
Shrewsbury TownC. Saydee
C. Saydee
7 goals
Shrewsbury TownL. Leahy
L. Leahy
6 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Shrewsbury Town Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
14 8 1 Won W 1 7 16
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
12 6 2 Lost L 4 6 10
39 23 3 Scored S 5 19 44
34 21 6 Conceded C 9 14 29
91% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
62% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 68%
44% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 47% 45%
16% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 13% 19%
12% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 27% 39%
28% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 53% 45%
38% 44% 75% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 19%
 
4.8 6.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 5.4
5.8 5.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.4 7.5 6.6
1.9 1.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.9
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 10.9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.1 13.7
3.2 4 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.8
39% 36% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 30%
 
12.4 12.4 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 17.3 15.3
3.2 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.5 4.2
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.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 32 11 7 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 17 22 15 5 3 7 16 24 -13 40
13 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
14 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
15 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
16 Fleetwood Town 31 8 12 11 34 34 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 0 36
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
21 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
22 Cambridge United 31 8 5 18 26 51 16 6 3 7 15 19 15 2 2 11 11 32 -25 29
23 Morecambe 31 6 10 15 32 52 16 5 6 5 22 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -20 28
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

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.