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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Stumbling Shrewsbury Town will hope to pull off a surprise victory when they play high-flying Milton Keynes Dons in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 6th and the home supporters will have low expectations.

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.

Shrewsbury Town and Milton Keynes Dons should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town have collected 7 points from their League One home games so far after 2-1-3. Shrewsbury has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Cotterill and the players.

In their previous game, the manager S. Cotterill led his Shrewsbury to a defeat in the League One match away at Ipswich Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Montgomery Waters Meadow. The attacking player Shaun Whalley was announced as "man of the match" for Shrewsbury with the rating of 7.62/10. Whalley scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Previous to that game, a EFL Trophy home match hosting Wolves U21 in a game that was won 3-1.

There will be little rest for Shrewsbury after this match as they are travelling to Oxford United for a League One game in only three days.

The Shrewsbury fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shrewsbury Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Milton go into this game after a win, the home game against Wycombe Wanderers that ended 2-1.

It was a League One defeat before that one as the away game against Doncaster Rovers wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Wigan Athletic.

The Milton manager L. Manning has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. In the opposite end, Milton have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Shrewsbury victory, four draws and five Milton Keynes Dons wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Milton Keynes DonsS. Twine
S. Twine
6 goals
Milton Keynes DonsM. Eisa
M. Eisa
3 goals
Milton Keynes DonsT. Parrott
T. Parrott
3 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Shrewsbury Town Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 5 11
2 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
8 3 2 Lost L 1 1 2
9 6 1 Scored S 6 11 21
18 9 5 Conceded C 4 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 64%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 60% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 27%
58% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 73%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
42% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 7.3 9 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.8 5.2
3.6 3.7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.4 4.4
2.1 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 12.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 14.6 14.8
3.5 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.4 5.5
21% 24% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Milton Keynes Dons's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shrewsbury Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in League One
  • 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 12 6 5 1 19 11 7 4 3 0 11 5 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 23
2 Wycombe Wanderers 11 7 2 2 18 12 5 5 0 0 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 23
3 Wigan Athletic 10 7 1 2 17 7 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 10 22
4 Sunderland 10 7 1 2 18 11 6 6 0 0 14 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 7 22
5 Rotherham United 11 6 2 3 16 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 7 20
6 Milton Keynes Dons 11 5 4 2 21 15 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 11 9 6 19
7 Oxford United 11 5 3 3 17 12 6 4 2 0 12 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 18
8 Bolton Wanderers 12 5 3 4 20 16 5 2 2 1 7 7 7 3 1 3 13 9 4 18
9 Sheffield Wednesday 11 5 3 3 11 9 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 18
10 Burton Albion 12 4 4 4 11 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 1 2 3 3 8 -3 16
11 Accrington Stanley 11 5 1 5 14 20 5 4 0 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 7 14 -6 16
12 Portsmouth 11 4 3 4 14 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 15
13 Morecambe 11 4 2 5 20 18 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 1 1 3 9 10 2 14
14 Ipswich Town 11 3 4 4 21 19 7 2 4 1 17 13 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 13
15 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 4 4 17 19 5 1 3 1 8 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 -2 13
16 Cambridge United 10 3 4 3 14 16 6 2 2 2 8 10 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 13
17 Lincoln City 11 3 3 5 14 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 9 9 -1 12
18 Cheltenham Town 11 3 3 5 11 20 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 6 13 -9 12
19 Gillingham 12 2 5 5 11 17 5 1 2 2 5 9 7 1 3 3 6 8 -6 11
20 Fleetwood Town 10 2 4 4 17 18 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 1 3 2 11 11 -1 10
21 Charlton Athletic 11 2 3 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 -6 9
22 Crewe Alexandra 11 1 5 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 3 8 -6 8
23 Shrewsbury Town 12 2 2 8 9 18 6 2 1 3 6 9 6 0 1 5 3 9 -9 8
24 Doncaster Rovers 10 2 1 7 6 18 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 0 6 2 15 -12 7

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