Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Barnsley welcomes Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23009 seats)

Barnsley perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Shrewsbury Town can look both up and down from their 13th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley, who have the fewest conceded goals (35) in League One, are steadily winning games and points here at Oakwell Stadium. 13 wins, 8 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 21 games. In general it's been a long time since Barnsley tasted defeat here at Oakwell Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 29 home games.

Barnsley's last game was hosting Fleetwood Town and winning 4-2. Heartbreak before that as Barnsley lost 1-3 at Burton Albion's place.

Barnsley are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Plymouth Argyle awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Barnsley in their home games so far, with 36 goals from 21 matches. Barnsley have only conceded 14 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town have only collected 18 points from their away games after 4-6-11 (21 played). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Shrewsbury Town are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Two travels in a row for Shrewsbury Town, whose manager S. Ricketts could celebrate last time after the League One win against Gillingham. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Scunthorpe United.

A quick return to home after this game, as Shrewsbury Town are hosting Oxford United in the League One only three days away.

Shrewsbury Town have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. 31 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley and Shrewsbury Town have met before this season: Shrewsbury Town - Barnsley 3-1. Barnsley-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Barnsley 1 win, Shrewsbury Town 2 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

K. Moore
16 goals / 3 assists
C. Woodrow
10 goals / 1 assists
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals / 1 assists

Barnsley missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Barnsley Shrewsbury Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
72 36 Scored 24 47
35 14 Conceded 31 53
86% 86% Over 0.5 86% 86%
71% 76% Over 1.5 81% 76%
48% 43% Over 2.5 57% 45%
33% 19% Over 3.5 14% 17%
12% 10% Over 4.5 14% 10%
45% 52% Both teams to score 67% 52%
48% 48% Clean Sheet 24% 31%
21% 14% Failed To Score 24% 31%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Shrewsbury Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  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 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 42 23 13 6 72 35 21 13 8 0 36 14 21 10 5 6 36 21 37 82
3 Sunderland 41 21 17 3 74 41 21 11 9 1 43 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 33 80
4 Portsmouth 41 23 11 7 75 44 20 11 6 3 37 17 21 12 5 4 38 27 31 80
5 Charlton Athletic 42 23 10 9 62 38 21 14 5 2 33 15 21 9 5 7 29 23 24 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 42 19 12 11 71 52 21 12 7 2 42 19 21 7 5 9 29 33 19 69
7 Peterborough United 41 18 10 13 63 54 21 8 6 7 27 26 20 10 4 6 36 28 9 64
8 Coventry City 42 17 10 15 50 49 21 8 6 7 21 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 1 61
9 Burton Albion 42 16 12 14 60 48 21 10 5 6 32 20 21 6 7 8 28 28 12 60
10 Blackpool 42 14 16 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 7 8 6 21 24 1 58
11 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 54 47 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 56
12 Oxford United 42 13 14 15 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 24 21 3 11 7 20 32 -6 53
13 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 14 16 47 53 21 8 8 5 23 22 21 4 6 11 24 31 -6 50
14 Bristol Rovers 42 12 13 17 44 47 21 5 6 10 22 26 21 7 7 7 22 21 -3 49
15 Gillingham 42 13 9 20 54 68 21 6 4 11 24 33 21 7 5 9 30 35 -14 48
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Wycombe Wanderers 42 12 11 19 52 64 21 8 5 8 26 26 21 4 6 11 26 38 -12 47
18 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 11 19 51 67 21 8 6 7 33 33 21 4 5 12 18 34 -16 47
19 Scunthorpe United 42 12 9 21 49 73 21 6 6 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 45
20 Rochdale 42 12 9 21 51 83 21 6 4 11 23 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -32 45
21 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 8 22 37 59 21 5 4 12 21 35 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 44
22 Southend United 42 12 7 23 49 63 21 6 2 13 27 31 21 6 5 10 22 32 -14 43
23 Walsall 42 11 9 22 45 69 21 6 4 11 26 36 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 42
24 Bradford City 42 10 6 26 45 72 21 7 2 12 24 30 21 3 4 14 21 42 -27 36

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