Afternoon all, a write up of Northampton v Shrewsbury is below.
Even though there is little football on today there are still 71 matches covered on the quick stats
Northampton Town vs Shrewsbury Town
Kick off 7:45 p.m.
This evening we’re going to take a look at this interesting League One fixture. A beleaguered Northampton Town Host high-flying Shrewsbury Town.
These sides sit at opposite ends of the league table with Northampton in the thick of a relegation battle sitting in 21st position with just the 39 points. Shrewsbury meanwhile lie second, just two points behind the leaders Blackburn Rovers. This being their game in hand. A win for Shrewsbury this evening would leave them sitting on top of the table.
These two last met in the reverse fixture on the opening day of the season which ended with a narrow 1-0 victory for Shrewsbury.
Form
Northampton at home have won one, lost three and drawn one of the last five games in the league. Shrewsbury, on the other hand, are in a rich vein of form having won the last 5 away games on the bounce. All these wins were pretty tight affairs with a one-goal margin except for the 2-0 victory away to Charlton at the end of last month.
Northampton’s home record this season reads as P19, W6, D3 & L10. They have been goal shy and weak defensively throughout the season, only keeping four clean sheets and failing to score on 10 occasions. They average just the 0.8 goals scored per game at home.
Shrewsbury’s away record reads as follows; P19, W11, D5, L3. They have only failed to score on three occasions and are averaging 1.3 goals per game but they are also susceptible at the back, only keeping four clean sheets so far away this season.
Team News
Taking all of the above into consideration it’s easy to make a case to back Shrewsbury to win this evening, but let’s take a look at team news, and the price first.
Northampton are still without midfielder Matt Crooks who is suspended. Another potential absentee is top scorer Chris Long, who is still a doubt after missing last weekend’s game with a minor back injury. Shrewsbury have no players suspended, nor do they have any significant injury concerns. However, Ben Godfrey went off with a knock on the weekend.
Today’s Pick
Both sides will be determined to take 3 points from this fixture comma for very different reasons. I feel that Shrewsbury are overpriced here. I am happy to have a play on them to win at 2.2.
Shrewsbury to win @ 2.2
Points Staked 1