Shrewsbury Town vs Accrington Stanley Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Shrewsbury Town

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Shrewsbury Town will play in this match after a 0-0 League One drawn result vs Morecambe.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Shrewsbury Town haven’t conceded. In fact, Shrewsbury Town have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 12 goals along the way.

A look at their previous results shows us that Shrewsbury Town:

• have left without a victory over Accrington Stanley in their last 5 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Accrington Stanley

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In their previous game, Accrington Stanley drew 2-2 in the League One tie with Charlton Athletic.

For Accrington Stanley, the scorers were Sean McConville (69') and Korede Adedoyin (96'). Scott Fraser (36') and Miles Leaburn (94') scored for Charlton Athletic.

Accrington Stanley have regularly broken through opposing defences leading up to this encounter, scoring 11 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Accrington Stanley have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same matches. Historical results aside, time will tell whether such a trend might be replicated in this upcoming match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Accrington Stanley:

• are winless against Shrewsbury Town when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been beaten by Shrewsbury Town when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes going back to 20/08/2019 shows that Shrewsbury Town have won 1 of them and Accrington Stanley 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 for The Shrews and 8 belonging to Stanley. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

🗞️ Team News: Shrewsbury Town

The Shrewsbury Town boss Steve Cotterill doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Accrington Stanley

Due to a mostly healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman to be concerned with. Joe Pritchard (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Accrington Stanley will have a tough ask to find the net against this Shrewsbury Town lineup who will likely score at least once to put them ahead.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Shrewsbury Town after 90 minutes.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:50 02/08/2022