Betting preview: Rochdale vs Shrewsbury Town should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Rochdale and Shrewsbury Town experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 16th place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rochdale form and stats

Rochdale's struggle is real here at Crown Oil Arena with only 13 points collected from 13 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6.

In their previous game, the manager B. Barry-Murphy led his Rochdale to a defeat in the League One match away at Milton Keynes Dons. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Crown Oil Arena. Before that, Rochdale drew at home versus Gillingham.

Heartbreak for Rochdale in their last match as Milton Keynes Dons's R. Healey scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rochdale perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rochdale as a small favourite), we find ten games. Rochdale has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Rochdale has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Rochdale have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Shrewsbury Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Gillingham in the League One. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Liverpool.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shrewsbury Town playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 4 Shrewsbury Town wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Shrewsbury Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Liverpool is waiting in only three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury Town as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shrewsbury Town - Rochdale 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rochdale 5 wins, 1 draw and Shrewsbury Town 4 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RochdaleI. Henderson
I. Henderson
13 goals
RochdaleC. Camps
C. Camps
6 goals
Shrewsbury TownJ. Cummings
J. Cummings
4 goals

Rochdale missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rochdale Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 5 14 26
8 3 3 Won W 2 3 8
5 4 0 Drew D 2 6 10
15 6 0 Lost L 1 5 8
33 14 6 Scored S 6 9 24
47 19 1 Conceded C 5 15 30
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 81%
82% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 54%
68% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 21% 31%
25% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 14% 15%
14% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 12%
57% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 29% 38%
21% 23% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 36% 38%
29% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 57% 42%
 
3.8 4.5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 7.2 4.6 4.4
5.6 4.6 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.8 5.6 5.6
1.5 0.8 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.6 2 2.2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
303 143 39 Total Shots T S 83 167 273
95 44 8 Shots on Target S O 23 49 83
35% 32% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 18% 29%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Rochdale has the most dropped points from leading position (24)
  • Rochdale has the most matches over the total-line (19)
  • 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 28 15 5 8 50 28 14 7 3 4 25 11 14 8 2 4 25 17 22 50
2 Wycombe Wanderers 28 14 8 6 36 32 15 11 3 1 28 17 13 3 5 5 8 15 4 50
3 Ipswich Town 28 13 9 6 40 25 12 5 5 2 18 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 15 48
4 Peterborough United 29 13 7 9 52 36 14 9 3 2 31 13 15 4 4 7 21 23 16 46
5 Sunderland 27 12 9 6 37 24 14 7 6 1 25 10 13 5 3 5 12 14 13 45
6 Coventry City 26 11 12 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 13 3 8 2 19 17 10 45
7 Portsmouth 26 12 8 6 39 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 13 4 3 6 15 17 10 44
8 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
9 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 8 7 39 25 16 8 4 4 24 16 10 3 4 3 15 9 14 41
10 Burton Albion 27 11 8 8 37 33 13 6 4 3 14 9 14 5 4 5 23 24 4 41
11 Fleetwood Town 26 10 9 7 39 32 14 7 6 1 20 11 12 3 3 6 19 21 7 39
12 Gillingham 28 9 12 7 33 27 15 8 3 4 24 14 13 1 9 3 9 13 6 39
13 Bristol Rovers 27 10 8 9 31 36 14 5 6 3 18 15 13 5 2 6 13 21 -5 38
14 Lincoln City 29 11 4 14 36 36 13 9 1 3 24 14 16 2 3 11 12 22 0 37
15 Blackpool 26 8 10 8 33 31 12 6 2 4 18 15 14 2 8 4 15 16 2 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 10 8 24 30 12 5 4 3 15 15 14 3 6 5 9 15 -6 34
17 Accrington Stanley 28 7 9 12 37 42 13 5 2 6 25 19 15 2 7 6 12 23 -5 30
18 Rochdale 28 8 5 15 33 47 13 3 4 6 14 19 15 5 1 9 19 28 -14 29
19 AFC Wimbledon 27 7 7 13 33 40 14 5 6 3 17 16 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 28
20 Milton Keynes Dons 28 8 4 16 29 40 15 7 1 7 17 20 13 1 3 9 12 20 -11 28
21 Tranmere Rovers 26 5 7 14 28 46 14 3 5 6 19 21 12 2 2 8 9 25 -18 22
22 Southend United 27 2 7 18 30 69 12 0 4 8 11 34 15 2 3 10 19 35 -39 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 25 4 8 13 20 55 14 3 7 4 15 21 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 8

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 28 15 5 8 50 28 14 7 3 4 25 11 14 8 2 4 25 17 22 50
2 Wycombe Wanderers 28 14 8 6 36 32 15 11 3 1 28 17 13 3 5 5 8 15 4 50
3 Ipswich Town 28 13 9 6 40 25 12 5 5 2 18 10 16 8 4 4 22 15 15 48
4 Peterborough United 29 13 7 9 52 36 14 9 3 2 31 13 15 4 4 7 21 23 16 46
5 Sunderland 27 12 9 6 37 24 14 7 6 1 25 10 13 5 3 5 12 14 13 45
6 Coventry City 26 11 12 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 13 3 8 2 19 17 10 45
7 Portsmouth 26 12 8 6 39 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 13 4 3 6 15 17 10 44
8 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
9 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 8 7 39 25 16 8 4 4 24 16 10 3 4 3 15 9 14 41
10 Burton Albion 27 11 8 8 37 33 13 6 4 3 14 9 14 5 4 5 23 24 4 41
11 Fleetwood Town 26 10 9 7 39 32 14 7 6 1 20 11 12 3 3 6 19 21 7 39
12 Gillingham 28 9 12 7 33 27 15 8 3 4 24 14 13 1 9 3 9 13 6 39
13 Bristol Rovers 27 10 8 9 31 36 14 5 6 3 18 15 13 5 2 6 13 21 -5 38
14 Lincoln City 29 11 4 14 36 36 13 9 1 3 24 14 16 2 3 11 12 22 0 37
15 Blackpool 26 8 10 8 33 31 12 6 2 4 18 15 14 2 8 4 15 16 2 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 10 8 24 30 12 5 4 3 15 15 14 3 6 5 9 15 -6 34
17 Accrington Stanley 28 7 9 12 37 42 13 5 2 6 25 19 15 2 7 6 12 23 -5 30
18 Rochdale 28 8 5 15 33 47 13 3 4 6 14 19 15 5 1 9 19 28 -14 29
19 AFC Wimbledon 27 7 7 13 33 40 14 5 6 3 17 16 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 28
20 Milton Keynes Dons 28 8 4 16 29 40 15 7 1 7 17 20 13 1 3 9 12 20 -11 28
21 Tranmere Rovers 26 5 7 14 28 46 14 3 5 6 19 21 12 2 2 8 9 25 -18 22
22 Southend United 27 2 7 18 30 69 12 0 4 8 11 34 15 2 3 10 19 35 -39 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 25 4 8 13 20 55 14 3 7 4 15 21 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 8

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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.