Season ticket holders at Montgomery Waters Meadow haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Shrewsbury Town languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Milton Keynes Dons will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
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
The story so far in the League One for Shrewsbury Town at their home stadium (Montgomery Waters Meadow) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Shrewsbury Town travelled for their previous game, a trip to Accrington Stanley that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Shrewsbury won a home game hosting Sunderland (2-1).
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 eleven games. Shrewsbury has won zero of these, drawn eight and lost three.
There will be little rest for Shrewsbury Town after this match as they are travelling to Bristol Rovers for a League One game in only four days.
The Shrewsbury fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Shrewsbury's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Milton on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Cameron Jerome, Charlie Brown, Andrew Surman and Will Grigg scored in Milton's previous match, the home game against Northampton Town that ended 4-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hull City at their stadium, the result 1-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Milton, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager R. Martin when Charlie Brown scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Milton Keynes Dons playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were two Milton Keynes Dons wins, two draws and ten defeats.
A new game in only four days for Milton Keynes Dons, the League One home match versus Oxford United. Busy days.
Milton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 18 goals have been conceded by Milton Keynes Dons in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Milton Keynes Dons - Shrewsbury 2-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Shrewsbury wins - draws - Milton Keynes Dons wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Jerome 10 goals |  S. Fraser 9 goals |   S. Whalley 6 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Milton Keynes Dons | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 42 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 97% |
| 58% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 79% |
| 31% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 45% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 28% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 14% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 59% |
| 31% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 24% |
| 19% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 13.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.1 | 11.2 |
| 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 33% | 31% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 36% | 37% |
- Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
- Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 56 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Hull City | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 22 | 53 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 48 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 47 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 44 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 44 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 41 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 41 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 40 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 40 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 34 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 27 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -19 | 27 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 29 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -20 | 27 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -21 | 25 |
| 22 | Northampton Town | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 25 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -27 | 24 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -22 | 22 |