Getting closer to the top teams is the subject when these two mid-table teams duel. Both are trying to improve their league table standing, Fleetwood Town in 11th and Shrewsbury Town in 9th spot.
Fleetwood Town and Shrewsbury Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
Overall League One results at home this season for Fleetwood Town are 1-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Fleetwood Town coach Brown and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Portsmouth (placed 4th). Defender Nsiala got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.0/10. Nsiala served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Burton Albion.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 Fleetwood Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Manchester United U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at Highbury Stadium.
Fleetwood have scored {4 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Fleetwood Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highbury Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Shrewsbury Town had fun at their own home (Highbury Stadium) last time out, beating Milton Keynes Dons 2-1. Bayliss and Shipley scored. Midfield player Bayliss was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Bayliss scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cheltenham Town wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Shrewsbury in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Shrewsbury Town, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Stockport County.
Shrewsbury Town have the goal stats of 6-6 (for/against) from 6 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Fleetwood Town, three draws and three wins for Shrewsbury Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Batty 2 goals |   M. Pennington 2 goals |  R. Bowman 2 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 6.7 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 7.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 10.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.8 | 10 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| 35% | 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 46% | 35% |
| 12.6 | 11.3 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Derby County | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 11 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 7 |
