Possible nail-biting contest in Accrington Stanley - Shrewsbury Town game

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5397 seats)

The League One league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 19th and 12th respectively.

It's no vacation for neither Accrington Stanley nor Shrewsbury Town 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.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The home team returns to Wham Stadium after sharing the points with AFC Wimbledon on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Accrington Stanley lost 1-3 at home to Sunderland.

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 Accrington Stanley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 8 Drawn 2 Lost 3.

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

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Shrewsbury Town had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 4, drew 7 and lost 12.

There were no winners in Shrewsbury Town's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Rochdale. Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Rotherham United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shrewsbury Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 8 Shrewsbury Town wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Shrewsbury Town, the League One home match versus Burton Albion. Busy days.

0 goals so far away for Shrewsbury Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 2 - 5 (Accrington Stanley wins - draws - Shrewsbury Town wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Bishop
1 goals
R. Giles
1 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury Town
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 0 0 Played 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 67%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 67%
 
8.5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 8 5.3
11 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7
1.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Accrington Stanley Last season Shrewsbury Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
46 23 8 Played 8 23 46
14 7 5 Won 1 4 12
13 6 2 Drew 2 7 16
19 10 1 Lost 5 12 18
51 26 17 Scored 7 26 51
67 33 9 Conceded 12 34 59
96% 96% 100% Over 0.5 88% 87% 85%
76% 78% 100% Over 1.5 88% 83% 76%
46% 48% 75% Over 2.5 62% 57% 46%
20% 17% 25% Over 3.5 0% 13% 17%
11% 9% 12% Over 4.5 0% 13% 11%
54% 57% 100% BTTS 62% 70% 54%
13% 9% 0% Clean Sheets 25% 22% 30%
37% 39% 0% Failed To Score 25% 22% 30%
 
5.4 5.3 5.9 Corners For (avg) 4.9 4.9 5.5
5.4 4.9 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 3.6 5 4.7
1.7 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 1.4 1.5
4 2 0 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats last season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Accrington Stanley
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
22-07-19 CF Warrington Town 0 - 0 Accrington Stanley
27-07-19 CF Morecambe 0 - 2 Accrington Stanley
03-08-19 LO Lincoln City 2 - 0 Accrington Stanley
13-08-19 CC Accrington Stanley 1 - 3 Sunderland
17-08-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 1 Accrington Stanley
20-08-19 LO Accrington Stanley 18:45 Shrewsbury Town
24-08-19 LO Fleetwood Town 14:00 Accrington Stanley
31-08-19 LO Accrington Stanley 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
03-09-19 EFL Accrington Stanley 18:45 Fleetwood Town
07-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Accrington Stanley
Shrewsbury Town
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
23-07-19 CF Cheltenham Town 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town
03-08-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth
10-08-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
13-08-19 CC Shrewsbury Town 0 - 4 Rotherham United
17-08-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Rochdale
20-08-19 LO Accrington Stanley 18:45 Shrewsbury Town
24-08-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 14:00 Burton Albion
31-08-19 LO Ipswich Town 14:00 Shrewsbury Town
03-09-19 EFL Port Vale 18:45 Shrewsbury Town
07-09-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 14:00 Peterborough United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Blackpool 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
4 Coventry City 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Fleetwood Town 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
7 Doncaster Rovers 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
8 Ipswich Town 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
9 Rochdale 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
10 Sunderland 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
11 Oxford United 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Shrewsbury Town 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
14 Milton Keynes Dons 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
15 Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
16 Burton Albion 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
17 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 AFC Wimbledon 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
19 Accrington Stanley 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
20 Peterborough United 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
21 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 1
22 Bolton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 1
24 Southend United 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41

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