League One preview: Can Blackpool edge out victory against Shrewsbury Town?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road

The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Blackpool leading Shrewsbury Town by 18 points. Match preview to follow:

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 Blackpool and Shrewsbury Town.

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Blackpool form and stats

10 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Blackpool have to build on here at Bloomfield Road in the League One. Blackpool has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Ipswich Town defeat 76 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Blackpool tasted defeat here at Bloomfield Road, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.

Blackpool are confident in defense, having played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Blackpool travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rochdale that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sunderland.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Blackpool matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, three draws and one defeat (from five games).

Blackpool are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Sunderland awaits in three days.

The Blackpool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 27 in 20 matches. From these home matches, Blackpool have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

7 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Shrewsbury Town playing as the away team in the League One this season. Recent form does not give Shrewsbury Town much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Blackpool will be a tough nut to crack.

Shrewsbury's previous game was their home loss versus Wigan Athletic (0-1). A loss against Doncaster Rovers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shrewsbury playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and one home win.

A new game in only three days for Shrewsbury, the League One home match versus Lincoln City. Busy days.

The attacking power of Shrewsbury when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 21 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Shrewsbury Town have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shrewsbury Town - Blackpool 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Blackpool, four draws and six wins for Shrewsbury Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.

Top Goalscorers

BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
18 goals
Shrewsbury TownS. Whalley
S. Whalley
7 goals
Shrewsbury TownH. Chapman
H. Chapman
7 goals

Blackpool missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 7 21 41
19 10 4 Won W 2 7 12
12 7 2 Drew D 2 7 14
10 3 0 Lost L 3 7 15
53 27 8 Scored S 5 19 44
35 17 2 Conceded C 11 23 49
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 95%
59% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 52% 66%
32% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 29% 34%
22% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 14% 15%
15% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 10% 10%
39% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 43% 48% 54%
46% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 43% 38% 27%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 24% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.9 1.5 1.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
11.3 11.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.9 8 9.7
3.9 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3.1
33% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 35% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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 Hull City 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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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.