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- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cambridge United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an animated fixture!
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The complete League One results at home this season for Shrewsbury Town are 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Shrewsbury, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Shrewsbury Town are returning here after visiting Burton Albion and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Leahy, Saydee (2) and Dunkley scored the goal(s). Finally, a league victory after three matches without one. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shrewsbury played a great game against Burton Albion and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Defender Dunkley got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.72/10. Dunkley scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, a home loss in the FA Cup against Sunderland. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shrewsbury Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shrewsbury Town as they are travelling to their away game against Milton Keynes Dons in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
Shrewsbury's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cambridge United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cambridge United so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-9 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Cambridge United, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Bristol Rovers with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Brophy got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Brophy hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sheffield Wednesday wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.We have checked recent matches where Cambridge United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cambridge as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cambridge United have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Cambridge United - Shrewsbury 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Shrewsbury Town victories, three draws and two Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Saydee 6 goals |   S. Smith 6 goals |  T. Bayliss 4 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Cambridge United missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 29 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 41 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 68% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 68% |
| 44% | 46% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 67% | 52% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 16% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 16% |
| 44% | 38% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 44% |
| 24% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 40% | 54% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 48% |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 29% | 31% |
| 12.3 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
- Cambridge United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cambridge United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town have won significantly more corners at 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 58 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 55 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 51 |
| 4 | Derby County | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 44 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 44 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 35 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 15 | Portsmouth | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 30 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 25 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 21 | Cambridge United | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -19 | 24 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 22 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -22 | 22 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -28 | 21 |
