The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Fleetwood Town are in the 11th position while the guesting Shrewsbury Town worry at 16th.
Shrewsbury Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
Fleetwood Town have performed here at Highbury Stadium this season with 7 wins from 12 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Highbury Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Fleetwood Town.
In their previous game, the manager J. Barton led his Fleetwood Town to a defeat in the League One match away at Burton Albion. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Highbury Stadium. In the match before that, Fleetwood Town hosted Accrington Stanley and drew the EFL Trophy game 2-2.
Fleetwood Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Highbury Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Fleetwood Town have conceded only 9 goals.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Shrewsbury Town are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the FA Cup against Bristol City. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lincoln City in the League One.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shrewsbury Town playing away, we found one game. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 0 home wins.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Shrewsbury Town as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Shrewsbury Town - Fleetwood Town 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Fleetwood Town victories, 3 draws and 2 Shrewsbury Town wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Madden 13 goals |  C. Evans 8 goals |  J. Morris 6 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 37 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 30 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 79% |
| 83% | 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 42% | 50% |
| 61% | 42% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 30% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 70% | 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 17% | 25% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 42% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 58% | 42% |
| 5.7 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 312 | 167 | 79 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 148 | 254 |
| 100 | 55 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 45 | 79 |
| 37% | 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 16% | 28% |
- Fleetwood Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
- Shrewsbury Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 44 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 37 |
| 10 | Peterborough United | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 37 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 36 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 34 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 33 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 22 |
| 22 | Southend United | 25 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | -38 | 10 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 34 | -34 | 7 |