Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Portsmouth welcomes Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Portsmouth leading Shrewsbury Town by 15 points.

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 Portsmouth and Shrewsbury Town.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth are steadily winning League One games and points here at Fratton Park. 9 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Ever since the Peterborough United game Portsmouth has been unbeatable here at Fratton Park producing four straight wins.

The fans are hoping that Portsmouth will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against Coventry City (placed 3rd). A strong away win before that one, visiting Tranmere Rovers and winning 2-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Exeter City are coming to town in three days.

The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 14 league matches. Portsmouth have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shrewsbury Town so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose). Shrewsbury Town has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager Sam Ricketts was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Montgomery Waters Meadow. Shrewsbury Town suffered a 0-2 loss to Accrington Stanley (placed 16th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Milton Keynes Dons.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury Town as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Shrewsbury Town - Portsmouth 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Portsmouth-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth two wins, Shrewsbury Town six wins, one draw. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
11 goals
PortsmouthJ. Marquis
J. Marquis
6 goals
PortsmouthG. Evans
G. Evans
5 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 15 29
14 9 4 Won W 0 3 8
8 5 0 Drew D 1 6 11
7 0 0 Lost L 2 6 10
43 26 9 Scored S 0 9 25
30 12 2 Conceded C 4 16 34
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 83%
69% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 47% 55%
41% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 28%
28% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 14%
14% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
48% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 38%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 34%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 1.9 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
415 217 64 Total Shots T S 32 182 326
139 79 22 Shots on Target S O 10 53 95
31% 33% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 26%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
  • Shrewsbury Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
  • Shrewsbury Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)

  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 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 28 13 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 56
2 Peterborough United 32 16 7 9 64 37 16 11 3 2 39 13 16 5 4 7 25 24 27 55
3 Coventry City 29 14 12 3 41 28 15 10 4 1 20 10 14 4 8 2 21 18 13 54
4 Wycombe Wanderers 31 15 8 8 39 36 17 12 3 2 31 19 14 3 5 6 8 17 3 53
5 Sunderland 30 14 9 7 41 26 16 9 6 1 29 10 14 5 3 6 12 16 15 51
6 Portsmouth 29 14 8 7 43 30 14 9 5 0 26 12 15 5 3 7 17 18 13 50
7 Ipswich Town 31 13 10 8 41 30 13 5 5 3 19 14 18 8 5 5 22 16 11 49
8 Doncaster Rovers 30 13 9 8 46 29 18 9 5 4 27 18 12 4 4 4 19 11 17 48
9 Fleetwood Town 29 13 9 7 44 34 15 8 6 1 22 12 14 5 3 6 22 22 10 48
10 Oxford United 29 12 9 8 47 33 13 8 3 2 23 11 16 4 6 6 24 22 14 45
11 Gillingham 30 10 13 7 36 29 15 8 3 4 24 14 15 2 10 3 12 15 7 43
12 Burton Albion 30 11 10 9 41 38 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 25 27 3 43
13 Bristol Rovers 30 10 9 11 33 41 15 5 6 4 19 17 15 5 3 7 14 24 -8 39
14 Lincoln City 32 11 5 16 38 40 15 9 2 4 25 16 17 2 3 12 13 24 -2 38
15 Blackpool 29 9 10 10 38 37 14 7 2 5 22 19 15 2 8 5 16 18 1 37
16 Accrington Stanley 30 9 9 12 41 43 14 6 2 6 27 20 16 3 7 6 14 23 -2 36
17 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 11 10 25 34 14 5 5 4 16 18 15 3 6 6 9 16 -9 35
18 Milton Keynes Dons 31 9 6 16 33 42 16 8 1 7 19 20 15 1 5 9 14 22 -9 33
19 Rochdale 31 9 6 16 35 51 14 4 4 6 15 19 17 5 2 10 20 32 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 30 7 8 15 35 44 16 5 7 4 18 18 14 2 1 11 17 26 -9 29
21 Tranmere Rovers 30 5 8 17 28 53 17 3 6 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 23
22 Southend United 30 3 7 20 33 76 13 1 4 8 13 35 17 2 3 12 20 41 -43 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 28 5 8 15 24 59 15 4 7 4 17 21 13 1 1 11 7 38 -35 11

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 Rotherham United 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 28 13 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 56
2 Peterborough United 32 16 7 9 64 37 16 11 3 2 39 13 16 5 4 7 25 24 27 55
3 Coventry City 29 14 12 3 41 28 15 10 4 1 20 10 14 4 8 2 21 18 13 54
4 Wycombe Wanderers 31 15 8 8 39 36 17 12 3 2 31 19 14 3 5 6 8 17 3 53
5 Sunderland 30 14 9 7 41 26 16 9 6 1 29 10 14 5 3 6 12 16 15 51
6 Portsmouth 29 14 8 7 43 30 14 9 5 0 26 12 15 5 3 7 17 18 13 50
7 Ipswich Town 31 13 10 8 41 30 13 5 5 3 19 14 18 8 5 5 22 16 11 49
8 Doncaster Rovers 30 13 9 8 46 29 18 9 5 4 27 18 12 4 4 4 19 11 17 48
9 Fleetwood Town 29 13 9 7 44 34 15 8 6 1 22 12 14 5 3 6 22 22 10 48
10 Oxford United 29 12 9 8 47 33 13 8 3 2 23 11 16 4 6 6 24 22 14 45
11 Gillingham 30 10 13 7 36 29 15 8 3 4 24 14 15 2 10 3 12 15 7 43
12 Burton Albion 30 11 10 9 41 38 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 5 4 6 25 27 3 43
13 Bristol Rovers 30 10 9 11 33 41 15 5 6 4 19 17 15 5 3 7 14 24 -8 39
14 Lincoln City 32 11 5 16 38 40 15 9 2 4 25 16 17 2 3 12 13 24 -2 38
15 Blackpool 29 9 10 10 38 37 14 7 2 5 22 19 15 2 8 5 16 18 1 37
16 Accrington Stanley 30 9 9 12 41 43 14 6 2 6 27 20 16 3 7 6 14 23 -2 36
17 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 11 10 25 34 14 5 5 4 16 18 15 3 6 6 9 16 -9 35
18 Milton Keynes Dons 31 9 6 16 33 42 16 8 1 7 19 20 15 1 5 9 14 22 -9 33
19 Rochdale 31 9 6 16 35 51 14 4 4 6 15 19 17 5 2 10 20 32 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 30 7 8 15 35 44 16 5 7 4 18 18 14 2 1 11 17 26 -9 29
21 Tranmere Rovers 30 5 8 17 28 53 17 3 6 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 23
22 Southend United 30 3 7 20 33 76 13 1 4 8 13 35 17 2 3 12 20 41 -43 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 28 5 8 15 24 59 15 4 7 4 17 21 13 1 1 11 7 38 -35 11

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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.