📊 Form Guide

Bristol Rovers

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Bristol Rovers will be hoping for a better result after a 2-0 League One loss in their previous game against Port Vale.

Ben Garrity (42') and Baylee Dipepa (52') scored for Port Vale.

Bristol Rovers haven’t made the most of their chances in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opponents over their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Bristol Rovers have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 12. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether that pattern might persist in this upcoming game.

Shrewsbury Town

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In their last game, Shrewsbury Town drew 1-1 in the League One tie with Oxford United.

The only player to score from Shrewsbury Town was Jack Price (82'). Billy Bodin (53') scored for Oxford United.

Looking at their form, and Shrewsbury Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in all. At the back, Shrewsbury Town certainly have room for improvement.

Going into this contest, Shrewsbury Town haven't won against Bristol Rovers in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 29/02/2020 tells us that Bristol Rovers have won 3 of them & Shrewsbury Town 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for The Pirates and 5 coming from The Shrews. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league game between these sides was League One match day 8 on 16/09/2023 when the final score was Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Bristol Rovers.

The referee was Tom Reeves.

📰 Team News: Bristol Rovers

The Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this game thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from.

📰 Team News: Shrewsbury Town

Due to a mostly healthy group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Hurst to be concerned about. George Nurse (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

🧠 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.

We’re 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 under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:05 01/04/2024