Betting preview: Shrewsbury Town vs Oxford United should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (10361 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Shrewsbury Town in 15th and Oxford United in 12th place.

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

8 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Shrewsbury Town have to build on here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

Shrewsbury Town lost their last game at Barnsley after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Gillingham.

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 twelve games. Shrewsbury Town has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Shrewsbury Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 23 goals in 21 matches. On the other hand, Shrewsbury Town have conceded 22 goals.

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Oxford United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oxford United so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 3-11-7 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Oxford United, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Oxford United's previous game versus Charlton Athletic, a League One 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs AFC Wimbledon.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oxford United playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 3 Oxford United wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oxford United as they have only managed to score 20 times from 21 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Oxford United have conceded 32 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Oxford United - Shrewsbury Town 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shrewsbury Town 4 wins, 2 draws and Oxford United 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

J. Henry
10 goals / 1 assists
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals / 1 assists
O. Norburn
8 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Oxford United missing players

Shrewsbury Town Oxford United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
48 23 Scored 20 52
55 22 Conceded 32 57
86% 86% Over 0.5 76% 86%
77% 71% Over 1.5 62% 70%
47% 33% Over 2.5 48% 51%
16% 19% Over 3.5 38% 28%
9% 5% Over 4.5 14% 12%
53% 38% Both teams to score 48% 51%
30% 38% Clean Sheet 33% 30%
30% 38% Failed To Score 43% 33%
 
5.3 5.7 Corners For (avg) 6.2 6
4.6 4 Corners Against (avg) 4.3 4.7
1.4 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2
2 0 Red Cards (total) 1 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 43 24 13 6 74 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 21 10 5 6 36 21 38 85
3 Sunderland 42 22 17 3 76 41 22 12 9 1 45 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 35 83
4 Portsmouth 42 24 11 7 77 45 20 11 6 3 37 17 22 13 5 4 40 28 32 83
5 Charlton Athletic 43 23 10 10 63 40 21 14 5 2 33 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 23 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 42 18 11 13 64 55 21 8 6 7 27 26 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 65
8 Coventry City 43 18 10 15 52 49 22 9 6 7 23 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 3 64
9 Burton Albion 43 16 12 15 61 50 22 10 5 7 33 22 21 6 7 8 28 28 11 60
10 Blackpool 43 14 17 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 22 7 9 6 21 24 1 59
11 Fleetwood Town 42 15 12 15 55 48 21 8 8 5 31 26 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 57
12 Oxford United 43 14 14 15 52 57 22 11 3 8 32 25 21 3 11 7 20 32 -5 56
13 Gillingham 43 14 9 20 57 69 22 7 4 11 27 34 21 7 5 9 30 35 -12 51
14 Bristol Rovers 43 12 14 17 45 48 21 5 6 10 22 26 22 7 8 7 23 22 -3 50
15 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 14 17 48 55 21 8 8 5 23 22 22 4 6 12 25 33 -7 50
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Rochdale 43 13 9 21 52 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -31 48
18 Wycombe Wanderers 43 12 11 20 52 65 21 8 5 8 26 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -13 47
19 Plymouth Argyle 43 12 11 20 52 70 21 8 6 7 33 33 22 4 5 13 19 37 -18 47
20 Scunthorpe United 43 12 10 21 49 73 22 6 7 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 46
21 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
22 Southend United 43 12 8 23 50 64 21 6 2 13 27 31 22 6 6 10 23 33 -14 44
23 Walsall 43 11 10 22 46 70 22 6 5 11 27 37 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 43
24 Bradford City 43 10 6 27 45 74 21 7 2 12 24 30 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 36

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