Bristol Rovers face off with visiting rivals Shrewsbury Town at Memorial Stadium in this League One tie on Monday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town can all be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Bristol Rovers
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Bristol Rovers wonโt want a repeat of their last result here after the 5-0 League One loss in their previous game against Lincoln City.
Paudie O'Connor (11'), Joe Taylor (19', 23', 55') and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (81') scored for Lincoln City.
Bristol Rovers havenโt made the most of their chances in recent times. Their โgoals forโ figure stands at just 4 vs opposition teams over the course of their previous six outings. In those games, Bristol Rovers have also seen the number of goals against them total 12.
Shrewsbury Town
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Shrewsbury Town come into this match after a 1-0 League One win in the defeat of Carlisle United in their most recent game.
The only scorer from Shrewsbury Town was Daniel Udoh (40').
The numbers tell their own story, and Shrewsbury Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in all. In defence, Shrewsbury Town can certainly do much better. We will find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 29/02/2020 tells us that Bristol Rovers have won 3 of these & Shrewsbury Town 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.
12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 of them from The Pirates and 5 coming from The Shrews. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 2.
The last league fixture between these clubs was League One match day 8 on 16/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers.
The referee was Tom Reeves.
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Team News: Bristol Rovers
The Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor doesnโt have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to select from.
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Team News: Shrewsbury Town
Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst to contend with. George Nurse (Cruciate ligament tear) wonโt be in action.
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Prediction
Here is a game where Shrewsbury Town will have a tough ask to score against this Bristol Rovers side who we reckon should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.
Weโre therefore expecting a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Bristol Rovers at the end of this game.
There should be little in it.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
19:03 28/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Bristol Rovers
Formed: 1883
Stadium: Memorial Stadium (9,832)
Captain: Sam Finley
Chairman: Wael al-Qadi
Manager: Matt Taylor
Competitions: League One position 14
๐ Key Man: Luke Thomas
Mostly playing in the Right Wing position, Luke Thomas was born in England. Having made his senior debut playing for Derby County in the 2017 - 2018 season, the goalscoring Forward has contributed 5 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 30 appearances.