League One fixture tips and match guide for the Shrewsbury Town vs Oxford United duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

A swift look at the League One standings imply an advantage to Oxford United when they travel to Shrewsbury Town. However; let's wait before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (71) in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town have played 17 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Shrewsbury Town haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 211 minutes ago. Pennington scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marko Marosi not having conceded a league goal in 276 minutes.

The Shrewsbury Town coach Cotterill and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cambridge United (placed 13th). Midfield player Bennett got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Bennett hit seven key passes.

Before that, Shrewsbury drew at home versus Rotherham United.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Morecambe in only three days. This game is also played here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

Shrewsbury Town has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Shrewsbury Town have conceded only 16 goals.

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Oxford United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Oxford are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the game against Burton Albion (placed 15th). Baldock, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.6. Baldock scored two goals and hit two key passes.

A 2-3 defeat away at Portsmouth before that.

Oxford United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 18 games. 24 goals have been conceded by Oxford United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended Oxford United - Shrewsbury 2-0, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Shrewsbury Town won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Oxford United have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
18 goals
Oxford UnitedC. Brannagan
C. Brannagan
12 goals
Shrewsbury TownD. Udoh
D. Udoh
8 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Oxford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shrewsbury Town Oxford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 6 Played P 5 18 37
9 7 2 Won W 3 7 19
12 5 2 Drew D 0 4 8
15 5 2 Lost L 2 7 10
31 19 4 Scored S 11 28 71
35 16 6 Conceded C 8 24 47
83% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
58% 59% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 84%
33% 41% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 59%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 28% 43%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 24%
44% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 68%
31% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 22%
42% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 19%
 
5.3 5.7 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.6 6.4
5.1 5.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.4 4.4
1.6 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.8 1.7
6 5 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.7 11.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.1 14.8
3.6 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 5.1
24% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 32% 38%
 
12.4 12.8 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 11.3 10.8
3.8 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Oxford United have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (71) in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals in the first half (39) 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 (14) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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