League One: What this fixture might miss in elegance it should pay back in energy and commitment. Get ready for Shrewsbury Town - Bolton Wanderers!
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Shrewsbury Town and Bolton Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The complete League One statistics at home this season for Shrewsbury Town are 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marko Marosi not having conceded a league goal in 434 minutes.
Shrewsbury Town drew their last game, 0-0 away at Crewe Alexandra (placed 22nd). Midfielder Bennett was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Bennett hit three key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Liverpool (1-4).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Shrewsbury Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won four, drawn six and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shrewsbury Town as they are travelling to their away game against Gillingham in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
The Shrewsbury Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Shrewsbury Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bolton Wanderers so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-9 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Bolton Wanderers, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
Bolton Wanderers had fun at their own home (Montgomery Waters Meadow) last time out, beating Ipswich Town 2-0. Lee and Afolayan scored. Defender Santos was the best team player with a rating of 7.73. Santos won 1 of 3 duels.
A loss against Wycombe Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Bolton Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Wanderers, three draws and two defeats.
The visiting Bolton Wanderers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 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. In the opposite end, Wanderers have conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent recorded result involving both these contenders is the Bolton Wanderers - Shrewsbury Town 2-1 played previously this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Shrewsbury Town victory, one draw and four Bolton Wanderers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Afolayan 8 goals |  D. Udoh 7 goals | R. Bowman 6 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 26 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | 32 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 37 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 46% | 68% |
| 42% | 46% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 46% | 52% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 23% | 28% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 23% | 16% |
| 50% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 31% | 36% |
| 23% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 62% | 48% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 11 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12 | 13.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 26% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 33% | 32% |
| 12 | 12.8 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 52 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 51 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 50 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 46 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 35 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 31 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 28 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 24 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 30 | -29 | 16 |
