Shrewsbury Town have struggled for points this season. Will the team get something when Sunderland stop by Montgomery Waters Meadow?
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Shrewsbury Town have played 8 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Shrewsbury bring valid hopes of a third.
Shrewsbury faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cheltenham Town (1-2). Shrewsbury's goalkeeper Marko Maroši was extremely busy against Cheltenham Town, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Luke Leahy (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.72/10. Leahy served one assist and hit five key passes.
Heartbreak before that as Shrewsbury lost 0-2 at Wigan Athletic's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Charlton Athletic are coming to town in four days.
Shrewsbury has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 10 in these home matches. When Shrewsbury Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra and Fleetwood Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Sunderland form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Sunderland seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Sunderland won their last game, 2-0 versus Ipswich Town played at home. Ron-Thorben Hoffmann (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.05. Hoffmann stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Bradford City (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sunderland manager L. Johnson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cambridge United.
The visiting Sunderland have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. The Sunderland manager L. Johnson has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Shrewsbury Town victories, one draw and three Sunderland wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 10 goals |   L. Leahy 4 goals | R. Bowman 4 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 24 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 47% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 59% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 31% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 12.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 13.1 | 14.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 25% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 28% | 34% |
| 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 15.4 | 14 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 18 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 17 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 12 |