📏 Form Guide

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth prepare for this fixture after a 2-2 League One tied result against Derby County.

For Portsmouth, the goals were scored by Abu Kamara (27') and Owen Moxon (77'). Joe Ward (23', 35') was the scorer for Derby County.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that huge efforts have been put in by the Portsmouth backline. Portsmouth have been stingy, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six matches standing at 3. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern will be maintained in this game.

Coming into this clash, Portsmouth haven't lost in the league to Shrewsbury Town in their last 8 games. A decent run, indeed.

Shrewsbury Town

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In their previous fixture, Shrewsbury Town drew 0-0 in the League One tie with Bristol Rovers.

The forward players for Shrewsbury Town have made hard work of scoring goals in their past six clashes, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those fixtures, The Shrews have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 7.

Leading up to this clash, Shrewsbury Town:

• have not won against Portsmouth when they've played them away from home in the last 5 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head results going back to 27/03/2021 shows that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Shrewsbury Town. They’ve not been able to come away with any wins at all whereas Portsmouth have just been too good for them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those matches played.

A total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 for Pompey and 4 being from The Shrews. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league game featuring these clubs was League One match day 22 on 16/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Portsmouth.

The referee was Lee Swabey.

🗞️ Team News: Portsmouth

Regan Poole (Cruciate ligament tear), Lee Evans (Knee problems), Josh Dockerill (Cruciate ligament tear) and Alex Robertson (Torn thigh muscle) are unavailable for Portsmouth boss John Mousinho.

ℹ️ Team News: Shrewsbury Town

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst to contend with. George Nurse (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

It certainly seems that Shrewsbury Town may well find it hard to be scoring even one goal against a Portsmouth side who should be able to boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We are predicting a very comfortable 3-0 margin for Portsmouth when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:03 06/04/2024