Football tips: Shrewsbury Town vs Scunthorpe United - predictions and betting guide

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Montgomery Waters Meadow (10361 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Shrewsbury Town are in the 15th position while the guests worry at 19th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

When playing at home, Shrewsbury Town have managed 8 wins, 7 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 20 games.

Happy days for Shrewsbury Town in their previous game, a League One match away at Southend United that ended with a 2-0 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Portsmouth that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shrewsbury Town handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L0.

Shrewsbury Town has scored 22 goals at home this season, in 20 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Scunthorpe United so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 6-2-12 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Scunthorpe United as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Fleetwood Town. Recent form does not give Scunthorpe United much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Shrewsbury Town will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager A. Dawson was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Montgomery Waters Meadow. Scunthorpe United suffered a 1-2 loss to AFC Wimbledon. A 1-3 defeat away at Rochdale before that.

Scunthorpe United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 15 defeats. From a total of 23 matches.

The visitors have scored 19 goals from 20 away games, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Scunthorpe United have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Scunthorpe United - Shrewsbury Town 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Shrewsbury Town, 2 draws and 4 wins for Scunthorpe United.

Top Goalscorers

L. Novak
11 goals / 1 assists
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals / 1 assists
O. Norburn
8 goals / 3 assists

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Shrewsbury Town Scunthorpe United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 20 40
43 22 Scored 19 48
49 20 Conceded 33 69
84% 84% Over 0.5 95% 98%
76% 74% Over 1.5 80% 82%
47% 37% Over 2.5 50% 50%
18% 21% Over 3.5 20% 28%
11% 5% Over 4.5 15% 22%
53% 37% Both teams to score 45% 52%
32% 42% Clean Sheet 15% 15%
32% 37% Failed To Score 45% 35%

  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 40 25 11 4 78 32 20 15 5 0 50 14 20 10 6 4 28 18 46 86
2 Barnsley 40 22 13 5 67 30 20 12 8 0 32 12 20 10 5 5 35 18 37 79
3 Sunderland 38 20 16 2 67 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 19 9 8 2 29 16 33 76
4 Portsmouth 39 21 11 7 68 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 20 11 5 4 35 25 27 74
5 Charlton Athletic 39 20 10 9 56 37 20 13 5 2 30 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 19 70
6 Doncaster Rovers 40 17 12 11 68 52 20 11 7 2 40 19 20 6 5 9 28 33 16 63
7 Peterborough United 39 16 10 13 60 54 20 7 6 7 25 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 6 58
8 Blackpool 40 14 15 11 45 43 20 7 8 5 26 21 20 7 7 6 19 22 2 57
9 Coventry City 40 16 9 15 45 45 20 8 5 7 21 19 20 8 4 8 24 26 0 57
10 Fleetwood Town 39 15 10 14 50 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 20 7 4 9 22 18 9 55
11 Burton Albion 39 14 11 14 53 46 20 9 5 6 29 19 19 5 6 8 24 27 7 53
12 Oxford United 40 12 13 15 47 55 20 10 2 8 30 24 20 2 11 7 17 31 -8 49
13 Gillingham 40 13 9 18 54 64 20 6 4 10 24 31 20 7 5 8 30 33 -10 48
14 Plymouth Argyle 40 12 11 17 51 63 20 8 6 6 33 31 20 4 5 11 18 32 -12 47
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 11 13 16 44 52 20 8 7 5 22 21 20 3 6 11 22 31 -8 46
16 Bristol Rovers 40 11 12 17 41 45 20 4 6 10 19 24 20 7 6 7 22 21 -4 45
17 Wycombe Wanderers 39 11 11 17 48 60 19 8 5 6 24 22 20 3 6 11 24 38 -12 44
18 Accrington Stanley 39 11 11 17 40 58 19 5 6 8 19 27 20 6 5 9 21 31 -18 44
19 Scunthorpe United 40 12 8 20 48 69 20 6 6 8 29 36 20 6 2 12 19 33 -21 44
20 Southend United 40 12 6 22 47 59 20 6 2 12 27 29 20 6 4 10 20 30 -12 42
21 Walsall 40 11 9 20 43 64 20 6 4 10 25 33 20 5 5 10 18 31 -21 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 12 6 22 36 58 20 5 3 12 20 34 20 7 3 10 16 24 -22 42
23 Rochdale 39 11 9 19 48 77 20 6 4 10 22 35 19 5 5 9 26 42 -29 42
24 Bradford City 40 10 6 24 43 68 20 7 2 11 24 29 20 3 4 13 19 39 -25 36

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