League One game preview and numbers: Shrewsbury Town welcome Fleetwood Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Shrewsbury Town have harvested 17 of their 29 in total here at their precious home ground. Will they win more points versus Fleetwood Town?

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town 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.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Shrewsbury Town have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

The Shrewsbury Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Cheltenham Town here at Montgomery Waters Meadow. Dunkley was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.05 out of 10. The defender Dunkley won 5 of 5 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Cambridge United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shrewsbury 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, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Shrewsbury Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Shrewsbury's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Fleetwood Town have produced an overall stat of 3-6-3 so far.

There might be some fixture complaints from Fleetwood Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Barnsley. Midfield player Sarpong-Wiredu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.11/10. Sarpong-Wiredu hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Sheffield Wednesday was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Fleetwood have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 10 league matches.

Fleetwood Town have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Fleetwood Town have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Strangely enough, Fleetwood Town have scored at least one goal in every league fixture they've played since NOT scoring against today's hosts; the Fleetwood - Shrewsbury Town 0-1 game eleven fixtures ago. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Shrewsbury Town won three, Fleetwood Town triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownC. Gomes
C. Gomes
5 goals
Shrewsbury TownT. Bayliss
T. Bayliss
4 goals
Shrewsbury TownC. Saydee
C. Saydee
4 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Shrewsbury Town Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 6 12 23
8 5 2 Won W 0 3 5
5 2 0 Drew D 4 6 11
10 5 2 Lost L 2 3 7
23 13 4 Scored S 8 15 25
26 14 4 Conceded C 10 15 25
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
65% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 74%
39% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 43%
9% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 9%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 70%
22% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
39% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
4.7 5.8 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 5
6.2 6.2 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 5.9
1.9 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.9 10.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10 10.8
2.9 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3
34% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 47% 36%
 
12.4 11.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 13.3 12.7
3.3 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.1 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Fleetwood Town 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 24 16 5 3 43 25 12 11 0 1 22 8 12 5 5 2 21 17 18 53
2 Ipswich Town 24 14 7 3 46 24 12 7 4 1 22 9 12 7 3 2 24 15 22 49
3 Sheffield Wednesday 24 14 7 3 40 18 12 7 4 1 25 11 12 7 3 2 15 7 22 49
4 Barnsley 22 12 4 6 30 18 11 7 1 3 17 10 11 5 3 3 13 8 12 40
5 Bolton Wanderers 22 10 6 6 26 19 12 7 3 2 16 8 10 3 3 4 10 11 7 36
6 Derby County 22 9 8 5 28 17 10 6 2 2 18 10 12 3 6 3 10 7 11 35
7 Peterborough United 23 11 2 10 39 28 11 8 1 2 24 6 12 3 1 8 15 22 11 35
8 Wycombe Wanderers 24 10 5 9 30 26 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 4 2 6 11 14 4 35
9 Port Vale 23 9 5 9 24 31 11 5 3 3 13 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -7 32
10 Portsmouth 21 7 10 4 28 24 11 3 7 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 12 12 4 31
11 Exeter City 24 8 7 9 37 36 12 5 3 4 18 16 12 3 4 5 19 20 1 31
12 Bristol Rovers 24 8 7 9 38 41 12 4 4 4 19 21 12 4 3 5 19 20 -3 31
13 Oxford United 23 7 8 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 16 12 12 3 5 4 13 14 3 29
14 Shrewsbury Town 23 8 5 10 23 26 12 5 2 5 13 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -3 29
15 Cheltenham Town 22 8 4 10 17 23 11 5 1 5 11 13 11 3 3 5 6 10 -6 28
16 Lincoln City 21 6 9 6 21 26 10 2 8 0 11 8 11 4 1 6 10 18 -5 27
17 Fleetwood Town 23 5 11 7 25 25 11 2 5 4 10 10 12 3 6 3 15 15 0 26
18 Charlton Athletic 23 5 10 8 33 34 12 4 5 3 22 16 11 1 5 5 11 18 -1 25
19 Cambridge United 22 7 3 12 21 33 12 5 2 5 11 14 10 2 1 7 10 19 -12 24
20 Accrington Stanley 22 5 7 10 21 34 11 2 5 4 14 18 11 3 2 6 7 16 -13 22
21 Burton Albion 24 5 7 12 32 45 12 3 4 5 14 19 12 2 3 7 18 26 -13 22
22 Milton Keynes Dons 23 6 3 14 22 33 12 2 2 8 10 20 11 4 1 6 12 13 -11 21
23 Forest Green Rovers 24 5 5 14 20 46 12 4 0 8 9 20 12 1 5 6 11 26 -26 20
24 Morecambe 23 3 9 11 19 34 11 2 5 4 9 15 12 1 4 7 10 19 -15 18

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.