League One: Shrewsbury Town are 8 points behind Accrington Stanley, but are set to go full throttle. Let's go!
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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 Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
All-inclusive League One results at home this season for Shrewsbury Town are 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.
It's back home for Shrewsbury Town, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fleetwood Town away with the result 3-0. Udoh, Vela and Bowman found the net in that victory. Midfielder Vela was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Vela scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 31 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cheltenham Town in a game that was won 3-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Shrewsbury Town as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Sheffield Wednesday are visiting.
Shrewsbury has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
The Accrington goalkeeper Toby Savin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from McConville secured the home win 1-0 against Rotherham United in their previous game. Attacker McConville got a player rating of 8.3 in the game. "Man of the match" McConville scored one goal and hit six key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Bolton Wanderers.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Accrington manager Coleman as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Wigan Athletic.
The visiting Accrington have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Accrington Stanley have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Accrington Stanley - Shrewsbury Town 1-0 was the outcome when these two contenders formerly did battle, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Shrewsbury Town victories, three draws and three Accrington Stanley wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Udoh 7 goals | R. Bowman 6 goals |  C. Bishop 6 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Accrington Stanley missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 25 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 96% |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 65% |
| 48% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 55% | 57% |
| 9% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 39% |
| 4% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| 57% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 52% |
| 13% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 27% | 30% |
| 30% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 14.4 | 13.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 22% | 28% |
| 12 | 12.7 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 14.9 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4 |
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 47 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 38 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 33 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 22 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 20 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 17 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 16 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 15 |
