Cambridge United are believing in their home advantage to aid them during this fixture versus Shrewsbury Town. Who will win at Abbey Stadium?
- Shrewsbury Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Cambridge United form and stats
Cambridge United have collected 14 points from their League One home games so far after 4-2-5. Cambridge United are slowly digging their own grave here at Abbey Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cambridge, who played 0-0 against Plymouth Argyle. That match was also played at this venue (Abbey Stadium). Defender Dunk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.73/10. Dunk hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.
Before that fixture, a home loss in the FA Cup against Grimsby Town.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cambridge United as they are travelling to their away game against Derby County in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Cambridge United have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Shrewsbury Town are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the game against Bolton Wanderers (placed 5th). The end of the last match, against Bolton Wanderers, was very satisfying as Dunkley scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Dunkley was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Dunkley scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 7 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Lincoln City.A new game in only three days for Shrewsbury, the League One home match versus Cheltenham Town. Busy days.
The attacking power of Shrewsbury Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Cambridge-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Cambridge United one win, Shrewsbury Town two wins, three draws. one of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ironside 4 goals |  S. Smith 4 goals | H. Knibbs 4 goals |
Cambridge United missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Cambridge United | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 32 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 90% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 67% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 67% |
| 48% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 38% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 43% | 18% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 48% |
| 19% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 24% |
| 48% | 64% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 30% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 9.5 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 29% | 27% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | 37% |
| 13.3 | 12.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 13.5 | 13 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Shrewsbury Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 47 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Derby County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 31 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 21 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 20 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -17 | 16 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 15 |
