Football betting preview: Oxford United vs Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 13.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Oxford United are in the 9th position while the guesting Shrewsbury Town worry at 17th.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oxford and Shrewsbury Town.

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Oxford United form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Oxford United are 9-4-6 (wins-draw-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Oxford, who won 6-0 against Crewe Alexandra (placed 15th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Accrington Stanley (1-2).

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Oxford played a great game against Crewe Alexandra and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Oxford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Gillingham in only four days. This game is also played here at The Kassam Stadium.

The Oxford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 19 matches. Oxford have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Playing away, Shrewsbury Town have won 7 games, drawn 7 and suffered 6 defeats in the League One this season.

Shrewsbury have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matija Sarkic. It's been 243 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gillingham (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Plymouth Argyle.

We have checked recent matches where Shrewsbury have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, five draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Doncaster Rovers in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury Town as they have only managed to score 18 times from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Shrewsbury as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Oxford United wins - draws - Shrewsbury Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Oxford United missing players

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Total First Half Second Half
Oxford United Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 6 Played P 6 20 38
17 9 5 Won W 1 7 12
8 4 0 Drew D 4 7 14
15 6 1 Lost L 1 6 12
59 25 14 Scored S 5 18 43
48 17 4 Conceded C 5 19 42
88% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 95%
80% 74% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 66%
45% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 25% 34%
28% 16% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 10% 13%
18% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
45% 37% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 55%
30% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 29%
38% 37% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.5 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.9 12.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.9 9.8
4.6 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 3.2
32% 31% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 41 24 7 10 71 32 20 12 3 5 25 10 21 12 4 5 46 22 39 79
2 Peterborough United 40 23 7 10 70 38 19 14 3 2 44 15 21 9 4 8 26 23 32 76
3 Sunderland 39 19 14 6 60 31 20 9 6 5 28 20 19 10 8 1 32 11 29 71
4 Blackpool 38 18 10 10 52 35 18 9 6 3 26 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 17 64
5 Portsmouth 39 19 7 13 57 42 21 8 5 8 28 23 18 11 2 5 29 19 15 64
6 Lincoln City 38 18 9 11 57 42 20 8 4 8 30 28 18 10 5 3 27 14 15 63
7 Charlton Athletic 39 17 11 11 57 51 18 6 5 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 62
8 Ipswich Town 39 17 9 13 41 38 21 11 4 6 22 17 18 6 5 7 19 21 3 60
9 Oxford United 40 17 8 15 59 48 19 9 4 6 25 17 21 8 4 9 34 31 11 59
10 Gillingham 41 17 8 16 56 54 21 9 4 8 28 28 20 8 4 8 28 26 2 59
11 Doncaster Rovers 38 17 6 15 55 52 20 11 4 5 33 24 18 6 2 10 22 28 3 57
12 Accrington Stanley 39 16 9 14 52 57 20 9 5 6 25 21 19 7 4 8 27 36 -5 57
13 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 43 33 21 9 7 5 25 14 19 6 4 9 18 19 10 56
14 Milton Keynes Dons 40 15 10 15 55 54 20 8 7 5 30 25 20 7 3 10 25 29 1 55
15 Crewe Alexandra 39 15 9 15 47 54 20 9 5 6 28 27 19 6 4 9 19 27 -7 54
16 Plymouth Argyle 41 14 10 17 50 66 21 11 4 6 30 30 20 3 6 11 20 36 -16 52
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 12 14 12 43 42 18 5 7 6 25 23 20 7 7 6 18 19 1 50
18 Burton Albion 39 13 9 17 50 63 19 6 2 11 25 37 20 7 7 6 25 26 -13 48
19 Northampton Town 41 10 10 21 34 58 21 7 5 9 17 23 20 3 5 12 17 35 -24 40
20 AFC Wimbledon 39 9 12 18 41 62 18 4 4 10 19 31 21 5 8 8 22 31 -21 39
21 Wigan Athletic 40 10 8 22 43 67 19 3 5 11 18 36 21 7 3 11 25 31 -24 38
22 Bristol Rovers 41 10 8 23 40 64 20 7 2 11 23 28 21 3 6 12 17 36 -24 38
23 Swindon Town 40 11 4 25 45 72 21 7 1 13 21 35 19 4 3 12 24 37 -27 37
24 Rochdale 39 7 12 20 47 70 19 1 9 9 20 38 20 6 3 11 27 32 -23 33

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 41 24 7 10 71 32 20 12 3 5 25 10 21 12 4 5 46 22 39 79
2 Peterborough United 40 23 7 10 70 38 19 14 3 2 44 15 21 9 4 8 26 23 32 76
3 Sunderland 39 19 14 6 60 31 20 9 6 5 28 20 19 10 8 1 32 11 29 71
4 Blackpool 38 18 10 10 52 35 18 9 6 3 26 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 17 64
5 Portsmouth 39 19 7 13 57 42 21 8 5 8 28 23 18 11 2 5 29 19 15 64
6 Lincoln City 38 18 9 11 57 42 20 8 4 8 30 28 18 10 5 3 27 14 15 63
7 Charlton Athletic 39 17 11 11 57 51 18 6 5 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 62
8 Ipswich Town 39 17 9 13 41 38 21 11 4 6 22 17 18 6 5 7 19 21 3 60
9 Oxford United 40 17 8 15 59 48 19 9 4 6 25 17 21 8 4 9 34 31 11 59
10 Gillingham 41 17 8 16 56 54 21 9 4 8 28 28 20 8 4 8 28 26 2 59
11 Doncaster Rovers 38 17 6 15 55 52 20 11 4 5 33 24 18 6 2 10 22 28 3 57
12 Accrington Stanley 39 16 9 14 52 57 20 9 5 6 25 21 19 7 4 8 27 36 -5 57
13 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 43 33 21 9 7 5 25 14 19 6 4 9 18 19 10 56
14 Milton Keynes Dons 40 15 10 15 55 54 20 8 7 5 30 25 20 7 3 10 25 29 1 55
15 Crewe Alexandra 39 15 9 15 47 54 20 9 5 6 28 27 19 6 4 9 19 27 -7 54
16 Plymouth Argyle 41 14 10 17 50 66 21 11 4 6 30 30 20 3 6 11 20 36 -16 52
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 12 14 12 43 42 18 5 7 6 25 23 20 7 7 6 18 19 1 50
18 Burton Albion 39 13 9 17 50 63 19 6 2 11 25 37 20 7 7 6 25 26 -13 48
19 Northampton Town 41 10 10 21 34 58 21 7 5 9 17 23 20 3 5 12 17 35 -24 40
20 AFC Wimbledon 39 9 12 18 41 62 18 4 4 10 19 31 21 5 8 8 22 31 -21 39
21 Wigan Athletic 40 10 8 22 43 67 19 3 5 11 18 36 21 7 3 11 25 31 -24 38
22 Bristol Rovers 41 10 8 23 40 64 20 7 2 11 23 28 21 3 6 12 17 36 -24 38
23 Swindon Town 40 11 4 25 45 72 21 7 1 13 21 35 19 4 3 12 24 37 -27 37
24 Rochdale 39 7 12 20 47 70 19 1 9 9 20 38 20 6 3 11 27 32 -23 33

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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.