Accrington Stanley vs Shrewsbury Town: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Accrington Stanley leading Shrewsbury Town by 12 points.

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town has the fewest scored goals (11) away in League One

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Doncaster Rovers, so at least Accrington are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Accrington Stanley have collected 24 points from their League One home games so far after 7-3-3.

It's back home for Accrington, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Doncaster Rovers away with the result 1-0. Paul Smyth found the net in that victory. 2-2 away at Lincoln City before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Accrington Stanley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Accrington Stanley as a small favourite), we find eight games. Accrington has won three of these, drawn one and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Accrington as they are travelling to their away game against Crewe Alexandra in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

The Accrington Stanley fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Accrington Stanley have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

5-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shrewsbury Town, who have the fewest scored goals (11) away in League One, in their League One matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Shrewsbury's previous game versus Sunderland (placed 7th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Swindon Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Shrewsbury Town in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Shrewsbury Town, three draws and three defeats.

After this away game Shrewsbury return home for a League One game against Milton Keynes Dons. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Shrewsbury have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Shrewsbury Town - Accrington 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Accrington-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Accrington Stanley two wins, Shrewsbury Town five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AccringtonD. Charles
D. Charles
13 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
7 goals
Accrington StanleyJ. Pritchard
J. Pritchard
6 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 6 13 25
13 7 2 Won W 3 5 8
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
7 3 0 Lost L 2 4 8
38 17 8 Scored S 4 11 26
27 9 2 Conceded C 6 13 28
88% 77% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 92% 96%
65% 46% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 17% 38% 56%
46% 31% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 23% 32%
23% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 16%
12% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 8% 8%
38% 31% 67% BTTS BTTS 17% 38% 52%
46% 54% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 46% 32%
27% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.7 1.9
4 3 1 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
14.3 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.5 10.4
4.5 4.2 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3.2
33% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Shrewsbury Town has the fewest scored goals (11) away in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lincoln City 27 16 5 6 40 22 14 7 2 5 21 17 13 9 3 1 19 5 18 53
2 Hull City 29 16 4 9 46 24 14 8 2 4 15 8 15 8 2 5 31 16 22 52
3 Peterborough United 27 16 4 7 43 25 13 10 2 1 29 10 14 6 2 6 14 15 18 52
4 Portsmouth 27 14 6 7 45 26 15 6 4 5 22 15 12 8 2 2 23 11 19 48
5 Doncaster Rovers 26 15 3 8 43 31 14 9 2 3 25 14 12 6 1 5 18 17 12 48
6 Accrington Stanley 26 13 6 7 38 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 3 4 21 18 11 45
7 Sunderland 27 11 11 5 39 24 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 6 6 1 21 8 15 44
8 Oxford United 26 13 4 9 43 34 12 7 2 3 19 11 14 6 2 6 24 23 9 43
9 Charlton Athletic 28 12 7 9 43 38 13 4 4 5 23 24 15 8 3 4 20 14 5 43
10 Plymouth Argyle 28 11 8 9 39 43 15 8 4 3 23 19 13 3 4 6 16 24 -4 41
11 Ipswich Town 26 12 4 10 30 27 15 8 1 6 16 14 11 4 3 4 14 13 3 40
12 Crewe Alexandra 28 11 7 10 36 35 14 7 4 3 22 14 14 4 3 7 14 21 1 40
13 Milton Keynes Dons 28 10 8 10 38 33 13 4 6 3 19 15 15 6 2 7 19 18 5 38
14 Blackpool 25 11 4 10 29 26 11 7 1 3 14 10 14 4 3 7 15 16 3 37
15 Gillingham 28 11 4 13 36 40 15 5 2 8 17 23 13 6 2 5 19 17 -4 37
16 Fleetwood Town 28 9 8 11 32 25 14 6 5 3 19 9 14 3 3 8 13 16 7 35
17 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 9 8 26 28 12 3 5 4 15 15 13 5 4 4 11 13 -2 33
18 Bristol Rovers 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 1 8 14 21 14 3 5 6 13 23 -17 27
19 Rochdale 28 6 8 14 41 55 14 1 6 7 17 31 14 5 2 7 24 24 -14 26
20 AFC Wimbledon 26 6 7 13 29 47 11 2 2 7 14 23 15 4 5 6 15 24 -18 25
21 Northampton Town 28 6 7 15 20 43 14 3 3 8 8 20 14 3 4 7 12 23 -23 25
22 Swindon Town 28 7 3 18 32 53 15 5 1 9 15 23 13 2 2 9 17 30 -21 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 6 6 16 28 54 14 2 4 8 14 32 14 4 2 8 14 22 -26 24
24 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 51 13 3 2 8 18 28 13 2 5 6 14 23 -19 22

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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 Lincoln City 27 16 5 6 40 22 14 7 2 5 21 17 13 9 3 1 19 5 18 53
2 Hull City 29 16 4 9 46 24 14 8 2 4 15 8 15 8 2 5 31 16 22 52
3 Peterborough United 27 16 4 7 43 25 13 10 2 1 29 10 14 6 2 6 14 15 18 52
4 Portsmouth 27 14 6 7 45 26 15 6 4 5 22 15 12 8 2 2 23 11 19 48
5 Doncaster Rovers 26 15 3 8 43 31 14 9 2 3 25 14 12 6 1 5 18 17 12 48
6 Accrington Stanley 26 13 6 7 38 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 3 4 21 18 11 45
7 Sunderland 27 11 11 5 39 24 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 6 6 1 21 8 15 44
8 Oxford United 26 13 4 9 43 34 12 7 2 3 19 11 14 6 2 6 24 23 9 43
9 Charlton Athletic 28 12 7 9 43 38 13 4 4 5 23 24 15 8 3 4 20 14 5 43
10 Plymouth Argyle 28 11 8 9 39 43 15 8 4 3 23 19 13 3 4 6 16 24 -4 41
11 Ipswich Town 26 12 4 10 30 27 15 8 1 6 16 14 11 4 3 4 14 13 3 40
12 Crewe Alexandra 28 11 7 10 36 35 14 7 4 3 22 14 14 4 3 7 14 21 1 40
13 Milton Keynes Dons 28 10 8 10 38 33 13 4 6 3 19 15 15 6 2 7 19 18 5 38
14 Blackpool 25 11 4 10 29 26 11 7 1 3 14 10 14 4 3 7 15 16 3 37
15 Gillingham 28 11 4 13 36 40 15 5 2 8 17 23 13 6 2 5 19 17 -4 37
16 Fleetwood Town 28 9 8 11 32 25 14 6 5 3 19 9 14 3 3 8 13 16 7 35
17 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 9 8 26 28 12 3 5 4 15 15 13 5 4 4 11 13 -2 33
18 Bristol Rovers 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 1 8 14 21 14 3 5 6 13 23 -17 27
19 Rochdale 28 6 8 14 41 55 14 1 6 7 17 31 14 5 2 7 24 24 -14 26
20 AFC Wimbledon 26 6 7 13 29 47 11 2 2 7 14 23 15 4 5 6 15 24 -18 25
21 Northampton Town 28 6 7 15 20 43 14 3 3 8 8 20 14 3 4 7 12 23 -23 25
22 Swindon Town 28 7 3 18 32 53 15 5 1 9 15 23 13 2 2 9 17 30 -21 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 6 6 16 28 54 14 2 4 8 14 32 14 4 2 8 14 22 -26 24
24 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 51 13 3 2 8 18 28 13 2 5 6 14 23 -19 22

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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.