Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shrewsbury Town & Carlisle United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Shrewsbury Town nor Carlisle United 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
Shrewsbury was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Carabao Cup.Shrewsbury Town have played 1 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Shrewsbury Town are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 408 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Whalley).
Shrewsbury's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Accrington Stanley. Pennington, defender, was given a rating of 7.24/10 in that game, top of the team. Pennington hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Morecambe that finished 0-0.There will be little rest for Shrewsbury Town after this match as they are travelling to Wycombe Wanderers for a League One game in only four days.
At Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury Town has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Carlisle United form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Carlisle has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Colchester United for a 1-1 draw. Midfielder Moxon was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Moxon served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Carlisle United secured a home win against Crawley Town with the score 1-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Carlisle when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
A new game in only four days for Carlisle United, the League Two home match versus Swindon Town. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Carlisle United has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Shrewsbury Town have won at least one point in the last 7 games (4-3-0) facing Carlisle United.Top Goalscorers
  K. Dennis 2 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 27 | 41 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Derby County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Walsall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Barrow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Salford City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Colchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Newport County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 21 | Stockport County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Crawley Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
