Shrewsbury Town vs Reading Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Shrewsbury Town

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Shrewsbury Town will be looking for an improved result here after the 0-1 League One defeat in their last game at the hands of Cambridge United.

Dominic Ballard (76') was the scorer for Cambridge United.

Shrewsbury Town haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their goals record equals just 2 versus opposing sides during their previous six matches. In those games, Shrewsbury Town have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 11. That kind of trend won’t necessarily follow through here, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Shrewsbury Town:

• have not been beaten in the league by Reading in their last 3 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 5 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Reading

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Reading will come into the match following a 1-0 League One win in the defeat of Wycombe Wanderers in their previous game.

The only player to score from Reading was Harvey Knibbs (77').

Noel Hunt's Reading have converted a total of 8 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during that same period adds up to 6.

Ahead of this clash, Reading have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 07/05/1991 shows us that Shrewsbury Town have won 3 of these games and Reading 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The last league clash between the two was League One match day 16 on 11/02/2025 when it finished Reading 1-1 Shrewsbury Town.

The referee was Abigail Byrne.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Reading and Shrewsbury Town could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 draw at the conclusion of the game.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the full-time result market, putting your money on Shrewsbury Town can be had for 3, going for a drawn result is 3.2 and selecting a victory for Reading can get you 2.38. They are the top bets that can be secured as of now.

Andre Moura, 23:16 05/04/2025