Northampton Town vs Shrewsbury Town Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 21)

📏 Form Guide

Northampton Town

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Northampton Town will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 League One loss in their previous game against Charlton Athletic.

The only player to score from Northampton Town was Dara Costelloe (15'). Luke Berry (9') and Matt Godden (71') scored for Charlton Athletic.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Northampton Town have taken part. In terms of the goal weighting during that period, opposition teams scored a total of 6 and Northampton Town managed a tally of 6.

Their prior results show that Northampton Town:

• have not won against Shrewsbury Town in their last 3 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 6 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Shrewsbury Town

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Since a loss in their previous game against Wigan Athletic in League One competition, Shrewsbury Town and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Dale Taylor (71') was the scorer for Wigan Athletic.

It has become apparent that Shrewsbury Town have struggled for goals over their previous six encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 3. In those fixtures, The Shrews have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 11. Nonetheless, time will tell whether that trend will be maintained in this upcoming match.

Their past results show that Shrewsbury Town:

• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 20/03/2018, there has been little between the sides with Northampton Town winning 2 of those games, Shrewsbury Town 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 11 goals were produced between them in these games, with 5 of them from The Cobblers and 6 belonging to The Shrews. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The last league match between the two was League One match day 23 on 29/12/2024 and the score finished Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Northampton Town.

The referee was Seb Stockbridge.

📰 Team News: Northampton Town

Ali Koiki (Muscle injury), Patrick Brough (Broken leg) and Callum Morton (unknown injury) are not available for Northampton Town boss Kevin Nolan.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Northampton Town will likely get a couple of goals in this one when they face Shrewsbury Town, who may well find it hard to score themselves.

Our tip is for a comfortable 2-0 win for Northampton Town at the end of the 90 minutes.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the win-draw-win market, the win for Northampton Town is best priced at 1.57, a bet on a drawn result is 3.7 & betting on a win for Shrewsbury Town gets you 6.25. These are the best returns available at this very moment.

Renata Leite, 15:05 19/04/2025