Open game expected at Prenton Park: Tranmere Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

Season ticket holders at Prenton Park haven't seen too many victories this season, with Tranmere Rovers languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Shrewsbury Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Tranmere Rovers so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Tranmere Rovers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the League One game against Ipswich Town (placed 1st). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Burton Albion in a game that was won 2-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Aston Villa U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at Prenton Park.

Tranmere Rovers are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Prenton Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 attempts. Tranmere Rovers have conceded 8 from these games.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Shrewsbury Town playing as the away team in the League One this season. Two points from the last two away games for Shrewsbury Town, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Fleetwood Town with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Before that, Shrewsbury Town travelled to Rotherham United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newcastle United U21 in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury Town as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 3 Tranmere Rovers victories, 1 draw and 3 Shrewsbury Town wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Payne
4 goals / 1 assists
O. Banks
3 goals / 1 assists
C. Jennings
3 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Tranmere Rovers Shrewsbury Town
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
2 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
15 13 4 Scored S 4 4 9
20 8 3 Conceded C 3 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 70%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 50%
70% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 40%
50% 80% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
30% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
60% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 30%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 60%
 
4.5 4.8 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 8 7 5.6
5.5 4.4 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.5 6.2 6.2
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.8
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Tranmere Rovers's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Shrewsbury Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Tranmere Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Vanarama National League Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Gillingham
14-09-19 LO Oxford United 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
17-09-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Peterborough United
21-09-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Burton Albion
28-09-19 LO Ipswich Town 4 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
05-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 14:00 Shrewsbury Town
08-10-19 EFL Tranmere Rovers 18:45 Aston Villa U21
13-10-19 LO Coventry City 11:00 Tranmere Rovers
18-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 18:45 Southend United
22-10-19 LO Sunderland 18:45 Tranmere Rovers
Shrewsbury Town
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Port Vale 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
14-09-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
17-09-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 4 - 3 Southend United
21-09-19 LO Rotherham United 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
28-09-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 0 - 3 Fleetwood Town
05-10-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 14:00 Shrewsbury Town
08-10-19 EFL Shrewsbury Town 18:30 Newcastle United U21
18-10-19 LO Lincoln City 18:45 Shrewsbury Town
22-10-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 18:45 Gillingham
26-10-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 14:00 Sunderland

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 10 7 3 0 20 5 5 3 2 0 10 3 5 4 1 0 10 2 15 24
2 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 4 1 18 10 6 5 1 0 14 7 5 1 3 1 4 3 8 22
3 Fleetwood Town 10 6 2 2 20 13 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 11 9 7 20
4 Coventry City 10 5 5 0 16 10 6 5 1 0 10 4 4 0 4 0 6 6 6 20
5 Sunderland 10 5 4 1 16 12 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 19
6 Blackpool 11 5 4 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 19
7 Bristol Rovers 11 5 3 3 14 12 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 18
8 Peterborough United 10 5 2 3 23 12 5 3 1 1 15 7 5 2 1 2 8 5 11 17
9 Doncaster Rovers 9 4 4 1 12 8 6 4 1 1 10 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 16
10 Oxford United 11 4 3 4 22 15 5 3 1 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 10 8 7 15
11 Lincoln City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 3 0 2 8 7 6 1 1 4 7 10 -2 13
12 Shrewsbury Town 10 3 4 3 9 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 -4 13
13 Rotherham United 9 3 3 3 12 9 4 1 2 1 7 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 12
14 Burton Albion 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 12
15 Milton Keynes Dons 10 4 0 6 12 15 6 3 0 3 5 8 4 1 0 3 7 7 -3 12
16 Gillingham 10 2 4 4 14 13 5 2 1 2 10 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 1 10
17 Accrington Stanley 10 2 4 4 12 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 6 9 -5 10
18 Rochdale 10 2 4 4 10 17 5 0 3 2 3 7 5 2 1 2 7 10 -7 10
19 Portsmouth 8 2 3 3 10 10 4 2 2 0 8 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 0 9
20 Tranmere Rovers 10 2 3 5 15 20 5 2 2 1 13 8 5 0 1 4 2 12 -5 9
21 Southend United 10 1 1 8 11 25 5 0 1 4 4 12 5 1 0 4 7 13 -14 4
22 AFC Wimbledon 11 0 3 8 11 21 5 0 3 2 4 7 6 0 0 6 7 14 -10 3
23 Bolton Wanderers 9 0 3 6 2 25 4 0 3 1 1 6 5 0 0 5 1 19 -23 -9

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