Can Shrewsbury Town knock Portsmouth in Montgomery Waters Meadow clash?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (9875 seats)

Here's everything you should learn, and even more, before the Shrewsbury Town - Portsmouth fixture!

Insights:
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in League One

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

The story so far in the League One for Shrewsbury Town at their home stadium (Montgomery Waters Meadow) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Shrewsbury are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 222 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Leahy).

The supporters are hoping that Shrewsbury Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Plymouth Argyle (placed 5th). Ebanks-Landell was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Ebanks-Landell won 2 of 2 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Wycombe Wanderers that finished 0-0.

Shrewsbury Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Burton Albion awaits in four days.

Shrewsbury has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 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. Shrewsbury Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Portsmouth form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Portsmouth have produced an overall stat of 4-5-6 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Portsmouth have lost on their last two travels.

Impressive finishing from Hackett-Fairchild, Hirst, O'Brien and Raggett secured the home win 4-0 against Doncaster Rovers in their previous game. Raggett was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.02. The defender Raggett scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.

Before that, Portsmouth secured a home win against Burton Albion with the score 2-1.

After this away game Portsmouth return home for a League One game against Fleetwood Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portsmouth as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Portsmouth in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other before this season: Portsmouth - Shrewsbury Town 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Shrewsbury Town victories, two draws and four Portsmouth wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
9 goals
ShrewsburyD. Udoh
D. Udoh
8 goals
Shrewsbury TownR. Bowman
R. Bowman
6 goals

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shrewsbury Town Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 6 Played P 5 15 30
8 7 3 Won W 3 4 12
10 4 1 Drew D 2 5 8
14 4 2 Lost L 0 6 10
28 18 8 Scored S 5 14 38
33 14 4 Conceded C 0 16 31
88% 93% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 80% 87%
59% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 40% 60%
34% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 50%
6% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 27%
3% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 7%
47% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 40%
25% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 47% 47%
41% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 27%
 
5.1 5.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.6 5.1
4.8 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.5 5.1
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.5 11.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.7 12.9
3.7 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.6
24% 27% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 35%
 
12.5 12.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 12.3 11.3
4.1 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4.3 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) 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 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.