Coventry City vs Shrewsbury Town: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (32500 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Coventry City fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Shrewsbury Town's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Coventry City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. Andrew's Stadium as Coventry City have scored 22 goals to get 38 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the League One are 11-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Coventry City tasted defeat here at St. Andrew's Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. Coventry City haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Shrewsbury Town, 91 days ago.

The Coventry City goalkeeper Marko Marosi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 247 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.

Happy days for Coventry City in their previous game, a League One match away at Ipswich Town (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sunderland in a game that was won 1-0.

Coventry City has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 11 goals.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Shrewsbury Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Oxford United proved too strong as Shrewsbury Town slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Montgomery Waters Meadow. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Bristol Rovers.

A huge disappointment for Shrewsbury Town in their last match (vs Oxford United). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.

The attacking power of Shrewsbury Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shrewsbury Town - Coventry City 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Coventry City victory, five draws and four Shrewsbury Town wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
14 goals
Coventry CityJ. Shipley
J. Shipley
5 goals
Coventry CityZ. Westbrooke
Z. Westbrooke
4 goals

Coventry City missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 7 Played P 4 17 34
18 11 4 Won W 0 4 10
13 5 2 Drew D 3 6 11
3 1 1 Lost L 1 7 13
48 22 8 Scored S 2 10 31
30 11 5 Conceded C 4 18 42
85% 94% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 82% 85%
62% 59% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 56%
41% 29% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 18% 29%
21% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 18%
15% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
53% 53% 57% BTTS BTTS 25% 24% 38%
41% 41% 29% Clean Sheets C S 50% 35% 35%
21% 12% 29% Failed to Score F T 75% 59% 41%
 
4.7 4.7 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.4 4.4
4.8 4.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.9 5.3
1.4 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
429 220 88 Total Shots T S 37 206 397
150 70 26 Shots on Target S O 13 61 119
32% 31% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 16% 26%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Coventry City has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home
  • Coventry City has the fewest conceded goals (30)
  • Coventry City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
  • Coventry City is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Shrewsbury Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (11)
  • Shrewsbury Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (10)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

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 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

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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.