National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shrewsbury Town or Lincoln City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shrewsbury and Lincoln City.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Last season, Shrewsbury's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 1st round.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Shrewsbury Town so far this season.
The Shrewsbury fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Montgomery Waters Meadow: A 0-1 defeat against Burton Albion. Ethan Ebanks-Landell was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Ebanks-Landell won 7 of 11 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Crewe Alexandra in the League One.This is expected to be a close game, with Shrewsbury Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shrewsbury Town as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Shrewsbury Town has won one of these, drawn seven and lost five.
Shrewsbury Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Morecambe awaits in four days.
At Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury Town has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Lincoln City form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Lincoln City playing as the away team in the League One this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gillingham in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. The attacker Tom Hopper got a match rating of 7.24 in that game. Hopper hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Blackpool before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lincoln in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Lincoln City, six draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Lincoln, the League One home match versus Fleetwood Town. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lincoln City has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Shrewsbury Town-Lincoln City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shrewsbury five wins, Lincoln City three wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Edun 1 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 48% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Burton Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |