Shrewsbury Town favourites for feisty fight facing Burton Albion

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 24.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Shrewsbury Town have won 4 of their 12 in total here at their familiar ground. Will they claim the win versus Burton Albion?

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (22) in League One

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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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Shrewsbury Town have to build on here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the League One.

The Shrewsbury Town fans got no joy from their last game, a EFL Trophy duel also played here at Montgomery Waters Meadow: A 0-4 defeat against Port Vale. The first defeat after going undefeated in three league matches.

Heartbreak before that as Shrewsbury lost 1-2 at Port Vale's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shrewsbury Town handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shrewsbury Town here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

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Burton Albion form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Burton Albion, who have the most conceded goals (22) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Two away matches in a row for Burton, whose coach Hasselbaink could celebrate last time after the EFL Trophy win against Sheffield Wednesday. That win was so important for this club, after a painful sequence of ten league rounds in a row not winning.

Prior to that result Burton Albion won their away game at Exeter City in the League One. The scoreline was 2-0.

Burton Albion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

The opposition has been scoring high and low on Burton's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 13 goals in 5 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Shrewsbury Town won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Burton Albion got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionD. Keillor-Dunn
D. Keillor-Dunn
4 goals
Shrewsbury TownM. Pennington
M. Pennington
2 goals
ShrewsburyL. Leahy
L. Leahy
1 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Shrewsbury Town Burton Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 3 5 9
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 1 Lost L 2 3 7
9 3 0 Scored S 5 10 10
10 6 1 Conceded C 7 13 22
78% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 56%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 33%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 22%
44% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 33%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 11%
44% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 56%
 
4.8 5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.4 5.1
7.3 8.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.2 6.1
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 11.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.2 10.9
3.3 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 2.7
30% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 62% 42%
 
12.4 12.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 16.2 15.3
4 3.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.8 4.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Burton Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Burton Albion have scored at least twice as many goals away as Shrewsbury Town have scored home.
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (13) away in League One
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (22) in League One
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Burton Albion have the the worst goal difference (-12) in League One
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Ipswich Town 9 6 3 0 18 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 10 3 12 21
2 Portsmouth 9 6 3 0 19 8 5 3 2 0 11 5 4 3 1 0 8 3 11 21
3 Plymouth Argyle 9 6 1 2 16 11 4 4 0 0 6 0 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 19
4 Sheffield Wednesday 9 5 2 2 17 9 5 2 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 6 2 8 17
5 Bolton Wanderers 9 5 2 2 11 6 5 4 0 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 17
6 Barnsley 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 8 5 4 14
7 Derby County 9 4 2 3 9 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 14
8 Lincoln City 9 3 4 2 14 14 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 10 0 13
9 Cambridge United 9 4 1 4 12 15 5 4 0 1 9 7 4 0 1 3 3 8 -3 13
10 Peterborough United 9 4 0 5 14 10 4 3 0 1 9 1 5 1 0 4 5 9 4 12
11 Fleetwood Town 9 2 6 1 9 8 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 1 12
12 Shrewsbury Town 9 3 3 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 2 2 1 6 4 -1 12
13 Port Vale 9 3 3 3 10 12 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 -2 12
14 Charlton Athletic 9 2 5 2 13 11 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 0 3 2 5 8 2 11
15 Exeter City 9 3 2 4 12 10 5 3 0 2 8 4 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 11
16 Wycombe Wanderers 9 3 2 4 12 12 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 6 9 0 11
17 Accrington Stanley 9 2 4 3 10 12 5 1 3 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 10
18 Milton Keynes Dons 9 3 1 5 9 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 2 0 3 6 6 -2 10
19 Oxford United 9 3 1 5 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 2 4 -2 10
20 Cheltenham Town 9 2 2 5 8 12 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -4 8
21 Bristol Rovers 9 2 2 5 13 19 5 1 2 2 8 11 4 1 0 3 5 8 -6 8
22 Forest Green Rovers 9 2 2 5 8 18 5 1 0 4 4 10 4 1 2 1 4 8 -10 8
23 Morecambe 9 1 4 4 6 16 4 0 2 2 1 8 5 1 2 2 5 8 -10 7
24 Burton Albion 9 1 1 7 10 22 4 0 0 4 0 9 5 1 1 3 10 13 -12 4

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