Shrewsbury Town take on guests Oxford United at The Croud Meadow in this League One game on Friday.
View all of the Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United predictions, poll and stats below (plus the best game 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 vs 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 go into this clash following on from a 0-2 League One win with the downing of Port Vale in their last outing.
For Oxford United, the goalscorers were 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
Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 01/05/2021 shows that Shrewsbury Town have won 1 of them and Oxford United 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 for The Shrews and 11 for The U's. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league encounter featuring the two was League One match day 11 on 03/10/2023 when it finished Oxford United 3-0 Shrewsbury Town.
The match was refereed by Charles Breakspear.
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Team News: Shrewsbury Town
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Shrewsbury Town gaffer Paul Hurst to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. George Nurse (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out.
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Team News: Oxford United
With a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Oxford United boss Des Buckingham doesnโt have any fitness worries to report ahead of this match.
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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,
11:33 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.