Shrewsbury Town vs Portsmouth: Match guide and preview

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow

Struggling Shrewsbury Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Portsmouth in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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

8 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Shrewsbury Town has to build on here at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

Shrewsbury Town's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Wycombe Wanderers (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Plymouth Argyle (1-2).

Shrewsbury Town has scored 22 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. From these home matches, Shrewsbury Town have conceded only 19 goals. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 10 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Portsmouth are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the League One against Scunthorpe United (placed 15th). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Walsall.

Portsmouth has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 33 goals from 19 games. Portsmouth have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Portsmouth - Shrewsbury Town 1-1 played earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 5 Shrewsbury Town victories, 1 draw and 1 Portsmouth win.

Top Goalscorers

J. Lowe
12 goals / 6 assists
R. Curtis
11 goals / 8 assists
G. Evans
9 goals / 5 assists

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Shrewsbury Town Portsmouth
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 18 37
84% 83% Over 0.5 94% 95%
76% 72% Over 1.5 83% 84%
51% 39% Over 2.5 44% 54%
19% 22% Over 3.5 28% 27%
11% 6% Over 4.5 11% 16%
57% 39% Both teams to score 56% 68%
30% 44% Clean Sheet 33% 24%
30% 33% Failed To Score 17% 14%

  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 38 23 11 4 72 31 19 14 5 0 46 14 19 9 6 4 26 17 41 80
2 Barnsley 38 21 12 5 64 28 19 12 7 0 30 10 19 9 5 5 34 18 36 75
3 Sunderland 37 19 16 2 64 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 18 8 8 2 26 16 30 73
4 Portsmouth 38 20 11 7 66 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 19 10 5 4 33 25 25 71
5 Charlton Athletic 38 19 10 9 55 37 19 12 5 2 29 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 18 67
6 Doncaster Rovers 37 15 12 10 61 46 18 9 7 2 33 17 19 6 5 8 28 29 15 57
7 Coventry City 38 16 8 14 43 42 19 8 5 6 21 18 19 8 3 8 22 24 1 56
8 Peterborough United 38 15 10 13 58 54 19 6 6 7 23 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 4 55
9 Blackpool 38 13 14 11 39 40 19 7 7 5 24 19 19 6 7 6 15 21 -1 53
10 Fleetwood Town 38 14 10 14 49 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 6 4 9 21 18 8 52
11 Burton Albion 38 13 11 14 48 44 19 8 5 6 24 17 19 5 6 8 24 27 4 50
12 Plymouth Argyle 38 12 9 17 47 59 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 4 4 11 16 30 -12 45
13 Bristol Rovers 37 11 11 15 37 37 19 4 6 9 18 22 18 7 5 6 19 15 0 44
14 Accrington Stanley 36 11 11 14 38 49 17 5 6 6 19 23 19 6 5 8 19 26 -11 44
15 Wycombe Wanderers 38 11 11 16 47 58 19 8 5 6 24 22 19 3 6 10 23 36 -11 44
16 Gillingham 38 12 8 18 49 61 19 6 3 10 23 30 19 6 5 8 26 31 -12 44
17 Scunthorpe United 38 12 8 18 46 64 19 6 6 7 28 34 19 6 2 11 18 30 -18 44
18 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 13 15 42 50 19 8 7 4 22 19 19 2 6 11 20 31 -8 43
19 Oxford United 38 10 13 15 44 54 19 9 2 8 28 23 19 1 11 7 16 31 -10 43
20 Southend United 38 12 6 20 47 55 19 6 2 11 27 27 19 6 4 9 20 28 -8 42
21 Walsall 38 11 9 18 42 60 19 6 4 9 25 32 19 5 5 9 17 28 -18 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 38 11 6 21 32 53 19 5 3 11 18 30 19 6 3 10 14 23 -21 39
23 Rochdale 37 10 8 19 44 75 19 5 4 10 19 34 18 5 4 9 25 41 -31 38
24 Bradford City 38 10 6 22 42 63 19 7 2 10 23 25 19 3 4 12 19 38 -21 36

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