Shrewsbury Town are counting on their home fans to assist them in this meeting versus Cambridge United. Who will win at Montgomery Waters Meadow?
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Shrewsbury Town have collected 10 points from their League One home games so far after 3-1-3.
The fans are hoping that Shrewsbury will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League One game against Oxford United (placed 8th). Ethan Ebanks-Landell was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.02 out of 10. The defender Ebanks-Landell won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that, Shrewsbury had a home game versus Milton Keynes Dons which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Shrewsbury Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shrewsbury Town as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Shrewsbury Town has won four of these, drawn eight and lost seven.
The Shrewsbury Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Cambridge United form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cambridge United in their League One matches away. With three draws in a row for Cambridge the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Cambridge's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sheffield Wednesday that finished 1-1. Goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Sheffield Wednesday. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Dimitar Mitov (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.05. Mitov stopped the opponent with six saves.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Ipswich Town.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cambridge United playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Cambridge United wins, four draws and five defeats.
Cambridge United have another match away in just three sleeps, a League One game versus Doncaster Rovers. A hard itinerary for them!
The travelling fans enjoy Cambridge's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Cambridge have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior four meetings): Shrewsbury Town won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Cambridge United have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. Ironside 6 goals |  S. Whalley 2 goals | L. Leahy 2 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Cambridge United missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 8.2 | 6.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 11.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.2 | 10.9 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 46% | 40% |
- All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cambridge United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town have won significantly more corners at 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 7 |