Soccer betting preview: Shrewsbury Town welcomes Ipswich Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Lots of highs and lows for these two teams so far, placed in positions near the midpoint of the League One table. Here's the Shrewsbury Town - Ipswich Town latest:

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in League One

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!

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Shrewsbury Town have managed 9 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 20 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

No payout for Shrewsbury Town in their previous match, an away game at Milton Keynes Dons that ended in defeat 0-2. Flanagan, defender, was given a rating of 7.15/10 in that game, top of the team. Flanagan won 4 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Lincoln City.

Shrewsbury has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. More than 50 % of these goals (13 in all) came after at least one hour had been played. Shrewsbury Town have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

7-5-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ipswich Town in their League One matches away.

Ipswich Town have much to play for after their surprise loss (0-1) to Cambridge United in their previous match, played in front of their own supporters. The attacker Chaplin got a match rating of 7.4 in that game. Chaplin hit three key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Plymouth Argyle.

The visiting Ipswich have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 27 goals from 20 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Ipswich Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head encounter ended Ipswich Town - Shrewsbury Town 2-1, earlier this season. Shrewsbury Town-Ipswich Town H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Shrewsbury Town zero wins, Ipswich Town three wins, two draws. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ShrewsburyD. Udoh
D. Udoh
12 goals
Ipswich TownM. Bonne
M. Bonne
12 goals
Ipswich TownW. Burns
W. Burns
10 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shrewsbury Town Ipswich Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
12 9 3 Won W 1 7 17
12 5 1 Drew D 1 5 13
17 6 2 Lost L 4 8 11
41 26 9 Scored S 8 27 59
39 18 5 Conceded C 10 21 41
85% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
61% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
37% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 44%
7% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 22%
5% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 7%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 46%
34% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 35% 39%
39% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 24%
 
5.3 5.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.4 5.4
4.9 5.2 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.1 4.7
1.7 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.8
6 5 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11 11.8 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.3 11.9
3.7 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 3.8
27% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 36% 38%
 
12 11.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.8 9.1
3.6 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 2.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 38 24 8 6 67 35 20 12 4 4 31 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 80
3 Milton Keynes Dons 40 23 10 7 66 38 20 11 5 4 28 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 28 79
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
7 Oxford United 40 20 9 11 74 50 20 12 5 3 44 24 20 8 4 8 30 26 24 69
8 Wycombe Wanderers 40 19 12 9 64 47 21 12 5 4 36 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 17 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 40 17 8 15 61 50 19 10 5 4 36 21 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 59
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 40 13 12 15 48 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 21 6 5 10 25 39 -11 51
14 Accrington Stanley 40 14 9 17 52 69 21 11 5 5 39 32 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 51
15 Charlton Athletic 40 14 7 19 47 51 21 9 4 8 28 25 19 5 3 11 19 26 -4 49
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 40 12 9 19 45 53 20 5 5 10 19 25 20 7 4 9 26 28 -8 45
19 Fleetwood Town 39 8 13 18 53 68 18 5 6 7 26 27 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 37
20 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
21 Morecambe 40 8 11 21 50 79 20 6 7 7 30 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -29 35
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 6 15 19 41 64 19 2 11 6 21 27 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 33
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 40 6 7 27 31 74 21 4 4 13 18 38 19 2 3 14 13 36 -43 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 38 24 8 6 67 35 20 12 4 4 31 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 80
3 Milton Keynes Dons 40 23 10 7 66 38 20 11 5 4 28 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 28 79
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
7 Oxford United 40 20 9 11 74 50 20 12 5 3 44 24 20 8 4 8 30 26 24 69
8 Wycombe Wanderers 40 19 12 9 64 47 21 12 5 4 36 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 17 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 40 17 8 15 61 50 19 10 5 4 36 21 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 59
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 40 13 12 15 48 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 21 6 5 10 25 39 -11 51
14 Accrington Stanley 40 14 9 17 52 69 21 11 5 5 39 32 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 51
15 Charlton Athletic 40 14 7 19 47 51 21 9 4 8 28 25 19 5 3 11 19 26 -4 49
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 40 12 9 19 45 53 20 5 5 10 19 25 20 7 4 9 26 28 -8 45
19 Fleetwood Town 39 8 13 18 53 68 18 5 6 7 26 27 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 37
20 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
21 Morecambe 40 8 11 21 50 79 20 6 7 7 30 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -29 35
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 6 15 19 41 64 19 2 11 6 21 27 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 33
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 40 6 7 27 31 74 21 4 4 13 18 38 19 2 3 14 13 36 -43 25

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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.