Burton Albion vs Shrewsbury Town: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Burton Albion have enginereed 8 home victories so far this season, Shrewsbury Town have won 1 away. Who boosts their results after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Burton 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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Burton Albion form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Burton Albion have managed 8 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 17 games.

The home team returns to Pirelli Stadium after drawing with Sunderland (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Ipswich Town.

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

The manager Hasselbaink will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sheffield Wednesday in only three days.

Burton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pirelli Stadium with 28 goals in 17 league matches. On the other hand, Burton Albion have conceded 20 goals.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-6-10 (17 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Shrewsbury in their previous game as they lost hosting Portsmouth, 1-2. Leahy got a match rating of 7.21 in that game, top player of the team. Leahy scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Plymouth Argyle's place.

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

After this away game Shrewsbury Town return home for a League One game against Rotherham United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Shrewsbury Town - Burton 0-1. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Burton Albion won four, Shrewsbury Town triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Shrewsbury TownD. Udoh
D. Udoh
8 goals
Shrewsbury TownL. Leahy
L. Leahy
6 goals
Shrewsbury TownR. Bowman
R. Bowman
6 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 33
12 8 3 Won W 0 1 8
8 4 2 Drew D 0 6 10
14 5 1 Lost L 5 10 15
42 28 12 Scored S 3 10 29
45 20 7 Conceded C 8 19 35
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 88%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 59% 61%
50% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 29% 36%
24% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 65% 83% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 48%
18% 18% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 24%
26% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 53% 39%
 
5.5 6.1 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 5.2
6.1 5.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.3 4.9
2 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 6
 
12.9 14.2 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.5 10.4
3.9 4.6 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3 3.6
32% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 24%
 
14 12.3 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.5 12.6
4.1 3.9 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals (10) away in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) 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 Rotherham United 33 22 6 5 60 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 41 72
2 Wigan Athletic 31 20 6 5 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 14 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 34 18 9 7 55 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 20 63
4 Oxford United 34 17 8 9 61 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 17 7 4 6 26 21 20 59
5 Plymouth Argyle 32 16 8 8 54 38 14 8 3 3 20 13 18 8 5 5 34 25 16 56
6 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 58 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 33 15 10 8 53 43 17 9 4 4 30 26 16 6 6 4 23 17 10 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 34 14 10 10 52 38 17 8 7 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 52
10 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 6 13 55 45 17 10 4 3 35 19 17 5 2 10 20 26 10 51
11 Portsmouth 31 13 8 10 40 32 15 8 3 4 24 15 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 47
12 Cambridge United 33 11 11 11 44 45 17 7 6 4 23 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -1 44
13 Burton Albion 34 12 8 14 42 45 17 8 4 5 28 20 17 4 4 9 14 25 -3 44
14 Accrington Stanley 33 12 7 14 41 51 17 9 4 4 29 23 16 3 3 10 12 28 -10 43
15 Cheltenham Town 33 9 14 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 16 2 8 6 22 31 -11 41
16 Charlton Athletic 33 11 6 16 41 45 17 7 3 7 24 23 16 4 3 9 17 22 -4 39
17 Lincoln City 32 9 8 15 37 44 17 4 4 9 16 22 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 33 8 10 15 29 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 1 6 10 10 19 -6 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 33 6 14 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 32
21 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 43 63 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 30
22 Doncaster Rovers 35 8 4 23 26 66 18 5 3 10 15 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 28
23 Gillingham 34 5 12 17 26 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 27
24 Crewe Alexandra 33 5 7 21 26 59 16 4 4 8 15 26 17 1 3 13 11 33 -33 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 Rotherham United 33 22 6 5 60 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 41 72
2 Wigan Athletic 31 20 6 5 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 14 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 34 18 9 7 55 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 20 63
4 Oxford United 34 17 8 9 61 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 17 7 4 6 26 21 20 59
5 Plymouth Argyle 32 16 8 8 54 38 14 8 3 3 20 13 18 8 5 5 34 25 16 56
6 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 58 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 33 15 10 8 53 43 17 9 4 4 30 26 16 6 6 4 23 17 10 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 34 14 10 10 52 38 17 8 7 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 52
10 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 6 13 55 45 17 10 4 3 35 19 17 5 2 10 20 26 10 51
11 Portsmouth 31 13 8 10 40 32 15 8 3 4 24 15 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 47
12 Cambridge United 33 11 11 11 44 45 17 7 6 4 23 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -1 44
13 Burton Albion 34 12 8 14 42 45 17 8 4 5 28 20 17 4 4 9 14 25 -3 44
14 Accrington Stanley 33 12 7 14 41 51 17 9 4 4 29 23 16 3 3 10 12 28 -10 43
15 Cheltenham Town 33 9 14 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 16 2 8 6 22 31 -11 41
16 Charlton Athletic 33 11 6 16 41 45 17 7 3 7 24 23 16 4 3 9 17 22 -4 39
17 Lincoln City 32 9 8 15 37 44 17 4 4 9 16 22 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 33 8 10 15 29 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 1 6 10 10 19 -6 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 33 6 14 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 32
21 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 43 63 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 30
22 Doncaster Rovers 35 8 4 23 26 66 18 5 3 10 15 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 28
23 Gillingham 34 5 12 17 26 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 27
24 Crewe Alexandra 33 5 7 21 26 59 16 4 4 8 15 26 17 1 3 13 11 33 -33 22

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