League One preview and data: Rotherham United - Shrewsbury Town at AESSEAL New York Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

A home victory is expected from this fixture if the league table is a guide to future results. The Rotherham United regulars are hoping that the difference between 1st and Shrewsbury Town's 17th position in the table will be revealed on the arena.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (22) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in League One

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 Rotherham United and Shrewsbury Town.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at AESSEAL New York Stadium as Rotherham United have scored 40 goals to get 42 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the League One are 13-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Rotherham United last time playing, versus Lincoln City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Wiles and Ogbene scoring for the victors. Ogbene (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Ogbene scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Wycombe Wanderers that finished 0-0.

Rotherham can score goals in their home matches. After 19 league matches they have found the net 40 times. From these home matches, Rotherham United have conceded only 17 goals.

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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 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-10 (win-draw-lose).

Shrewsbury Town won their last game, 5-0 versus Morecambe played at home. Midfielder Leahy was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.8. Leahy scored two goals, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Oxford United.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury as they have only managed to score 12 times from 19 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the result Shrewsbury Town - Rotherham United 0-0 entered in the official records. Rotherham United-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rotherham United five wins, Shrewsbury Town two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
17 goals
RotherhamF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
11 goals
Shrewsbury TownD. Udoh
D. Udoh
10 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 7 Played P 5 19 38
24 13 5 Won W 0 2 10
8 3 1 Drew D 2 7 12
6 3 1 Lost L 3 10 16
64 40 17 Scored S 2 12 37
22 17 7 Conceded C 6 19 37
89% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 84%
66% 84% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 58% 61%
32% 53% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 26% 37%
18% 32% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
13% 21% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
34% 58% 57% BTTS BTTS 40% 37% 45%
55% 37% 43% Clean Sheets C S 20% 32% 32%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 53% 39%
 
6.5 6.3 5.9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 5 5.3
3.5 2.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.6 4.9
1.5 1.4 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.5
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
14.6 15.2 17.9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10 10.9
4.8 5.3 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.7
35% 40% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 26%
 
8.9 7.8 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.1 12.2
3.1 2.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.7 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (22) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the most clean sheets (21) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the most points (42) at home in League One
  • Rotherham United have the the best goal difference (+42) in League One
  • Rotherham United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals (12) away in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in League One

  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 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

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 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

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