Shrewsbury Town receive Crewe Alexandra for another appealing League One match here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.
- Shrewsbury Town have the the worst goal difference (-7) in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have lost all their away matches so far.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Shrewsbury Town have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Shrewsbury are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Accrington Stanley. Midfielder Elliott Bennett was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.32 (out of ten) in that game. Bennett hit two key passes. Shrewsbury Town's goalkeeper Marko Maroši was extremely busy against Accrington Stanley, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Before that game, the home loss against Crewe Alexandra with the scoreline 0-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shrewsbury handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, four draws and four defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shrewsbury here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Shrewsbury have conceded 5 from these games.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
No League One points yet away for Crewe Alexandra, from their first 3 matches. With the Alexandra losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The attacking players of Alexandra have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 422 minutes.
Two travels in a row for Alexandra, whose manager D. Artell could celebrate last time after the EFL Trophy win against Shrewsbury Town. B. Knight came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Shrewsbury Town last time out, making the manager D. Artell feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when B. Knight scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Shrewsbury Town.
Prior to that match, the Alexandra manager D. Artell faced defeat when travelling to Charlton Athletic and losing 0-2.Alexandra are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.
Goals are few and far between in Alexandra's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Alexandra have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shrewsbury Town-Crewe Alexandra H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shrewsbury Town three wins, Crewe Alexandra five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Bloxham 1 goals |  S. Cosgrove 1 goals |   M. Mandron 1 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 6.2 | 8.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 13.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 12% | 22% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 8% |
- Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to score a single goal away.
- Crewe Alexandra have lost all their away matches so far.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shrewsbury Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shrewsbury Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have the the worst goal difference (-7) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | Sunderland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Accrington Stanley | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Burton Albion | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | AFC Wimbledon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Morecambe | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Fleetwood Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 1 |