Oxford United head to The Croud Meadow on Friday for the League One clash with home side Shrewsbury Town.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Shrewsbury Town
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Shrewsbury Town, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-0 League One victory over Carlisle United.
The only scorer from Shrewsbury Town was Daniel Udoh (40').
It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Shrewsbury Town have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Shrewsbury Town have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals in the process.
Oxford United
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Oxford United will go into this encounter following on from a 0-2 League One win to defeat Port Vale in their previous game.
For Oxford United, goals were scored by Ciaron Brown (16') and Josh Murphy (49').
In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Oxford United, at least three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match in that time is 3.33, with the average number of goals for Oxford United working out to 1.33. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall continue on in this upcoming match.
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Head to head
Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 01/05/2021 shows that Shrewsbury Town have won 1 of these games & Oxford United 4, with the tally of draws being 1.
A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 of them from The Shrews and 11 belonging to The U's. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The previous league meeting featuring the two was League One match day 11 on 03/10/2023 when it ended Oxford United 3-0 Shrewsbury Town.
The referee was Charles Breakspear.
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Team News: Shrewsbury Town
Itโs a low absenteeism rate, with just one fitness concern for the Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. George Nurse (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out.
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Team News: Oxford United
Due to a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Oxford United manager Des Buckingham has zero fitness concerns to report before this game.
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Prediction
In our opinion, Shrewsbury Town will need to push hard to break down this Oxford United team who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
Thatโs why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Oxford United at the conclusion of the game.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
00:06 29/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Shrewsbury Town
Formed: 1886
Stadium: The Croud Meadow (9,877)
Captain: Chey Dunkley
Chairman: Roland Wycherley
Manager: Paul Hurst
Competitions: League One position 17
๐ Key Player: Daniel Udoh
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Daniel Udoh was born in England. Having made his senior debut playing for Crewe Alexandra in the 2015 - 2016 season, the accomplished Forward has struck 7 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season to date in 33 appearances.