The home fans await a victory in this game, as the home advantage should work against a stumbling visitor. Cheltenham Town are in 16th position while the guesting Shrewsbury Town lose sleep at 21st.
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shrewsbury Town have yet to win a game away.
There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they played a FA Cup fixture only four days earlier. This match was also played here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shrewsbury Town have had more rest.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
All-inclusive League One statistics playing at home this season for Cheltenham Town are 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Cheltenham's last game was hosting Gillingham (placed 19th) and winning 1-0.
1-1 away at Gillingham before that.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 Cheltenham Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cheltenham as they are travelling to their away game against Gillingham in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
The Cheltenham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cheltenham have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Shrewsbury Town's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 8 away games in the League One. Shrewsbury Town only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Shrewsbury play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Wigan Athletic (placed 2nd).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stratford Town at their stadium, the result 5-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Shrewsbury Town in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Shrewsbury Town, three draws and three defeats.
After this away game Shrewsbury Town return home for a League One game against Sunderland. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Shrewsbury are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Shrewsbury Town have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Cheltenham-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cheltenham Town zero wins, Shrewsbury Town six wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Leahy 4 goals | R. Bowman 4 goals |  A. May 3 goals |
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| Cheltenham Town | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 27 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 25% | 44% |
| 38% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 56% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 6.4 | 7.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 11.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 16% | 24% |
| 12.8 | 12.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11 | 10.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- Cheltenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Shrewsbury Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Shrewsbury Town have yet to win a game away.
- Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 24 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -19 | 9 |
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