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Barnsley v Shrewsbury Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 26th Apr, 15:00 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

Shrewsbury Town pay League One competitors Barnsley a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Gareth Ainsworth leads his men into an away clash with Darrell Clarke & co. at the Oakwell. Stats drive the algorithmic predictions below for seventeen markets, and flipping between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and a whole lot more besides. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to find out more.


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Barnsley
49%
--
Draw
25%
--
Shrewsbury
26%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Barnsley 1-0
11%
--
Barnsley 2-1
9%
--
Barnsley 2-0
9%
--
Shrewsbury 1-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Shrewsbury 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Barnsley 3-1
5%
--
Barnsley 3-0
5%
--
Shrewsbury 2-0
4%
--
Barnsley 3-2
3%
--
Shrewsbury 3-1
2%
--
Barnsley 4-1
2%
--
Barnsley 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
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BTTS - Away Win
12%
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Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
51%
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Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
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Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
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Over 0.5 Goals
93%
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Under 0.5 Goals
7%
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Home DNB
67%
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Away DNB
43%
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Barnsley win to nil
27%
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Shrewsbury win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 5 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Barnsley have outscored their opponents by 60 goals to 37 goals.

Home League Performance

Barnsley have played 21 games at home winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 8 games. They have scored 31 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 33 goals at home.

Shrewsbury are in 24th position in the League One on 30 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

13 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 37 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 10 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

42 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 26 games, drawn 9 and won 7. Shrewsbury have conceded 71 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 19 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Barnsley
Shrewsbury
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham4029834495 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
6-2A
w
 
3-2F
l
 
4-1A
2
Wrexham42241082782 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
3
Wycombe42231273081 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-4A
d
 
0-00-0
4
Stockport42221192677 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
5
Charlton422210102076 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
6
Reading42191211869 
d
 
2-2F
May 3
l
 
1-3A
d
 
1-1A
7
L Orient42206161866 
l
 
0-4A
Apr 18
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
8
Bolton4220616166 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
9
Huddersfield42197161064 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
10
Blackpool411515111060 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
11
Barnsley Home4216917-457 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Apr 26
12
Lincoln42141315855 
w
 
4-3F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
13
Rotherham4215918-554 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
14
Stevenage41141017-652 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
15
Exeter42141018-1352 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
16
Peterborough4113919-1048 
Apr 21
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-4F
l
 
3-1A
17
Wigan41111416-447 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
18
Mansfield4113820-1047 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
19
Northampton42111417-1747 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 21
20
Burton41101219-1542 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
21
Bristol R4212624-2642 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
22
Crawley429924-3236 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
May 3
w
 
3-5F
23
Cambridge4281123-2635 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
24
Shrewsbury Away427926-3430 
Apr 26
w
 
0-2F
-
-
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Barnsley 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley4 - 1Bolton
Barnsley1 - 2Exeter
Barnsley1 - 1Cambridge
Barnsley0 - 3Blackpool
Barnsley4 - 3Lincoln
Barnsley1 - 2Huddersfield
Barnsley0 - 0Burton
Barnsley0 - 1Stevenage
Barnsley3 - 0Crawley
Barnsley2 - 1Wrexham
Barnsley0 - 4L Orient
Barnsley1 - 2Birmingham
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Barnsley0 - 1Wigan
Barnsley2 - 0Rotherham
Barnsley2 - 2Charlton
Barnsley2 - 2Wycombe
Barnsley1 - 1Stockport
Barnsley2 - 1Bristol R
Barnsley2 - 2Northampton
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnsley4 - 1Bolton
ABarnsley2 - 6Birmingham
HBarnsley1 - 2Exeter
ABarnsley1 - 1Wigan
HBarnsley1 - 1Cambridge
ABarnsley1 - 2Mansfield
HBarnsley0 - 3Blackpool
ABarnsley0 - 1Charlton
HBarnsley4 - 3Lincoln
ABarnsley2 - 1Northampton
ABarnsley1 - 0Rotherham
HBarnsley1 - 2Huddersfield
ABarnsley1 - 2Stockport
HBarnsley0 - 0Burton
ABarnsley1 - 2Wycombe
HBarnsley0 - 1Stevenage
ABarnsley1 - 3Bristol R
HBarnsley3 - 0Crawley
HBarnsley2 - 1Wrexham
ABarnsley3 - 1Peterborough
Shrewsbury 24TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
2
Draw
6
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln1 - 1Shrewsbury
Wycombe0 - 0Shrewsbury
Birmingham4 - 1Shrewsbury
Exeter2 - 0Shrewsbury
Peterborough3 - 1Shrewsbury
Reading1 - 1Shrewsbury
Rotherham1 - 2Shrewsbury
Stockport1 - 0Shrewsbury
Charlton1 - 0Shrewsbury
L Orient1 - 0Shrewsbury
Blackpool1 - 1Shrewsbury
Wigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
Cambridge4 - 1Shrewsbury
Burton2 - 0Shrewsbury
Bristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
Crawley3 - 5Shrewsbury
Bolton2 - 2Shrewsbury
Mansfield2 - 1Shrewsbury
Wrexham3 - 0Shrewsbury
Huddersfield1 - 0Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AShrewsbury1 - 1Lincoln
HShrewsbury1 - 3Reading
HShrewsbury0 - 1Cambridge
AShrewsbury0 - 0Wycombe
AShrewsbury1 - 4Birmingham
HShrewsbury0 - 2Burton
AShrewsbury0 - 2Exeter
HShrewsbury0 - 0Bristol R
AShrewsbury1 - 3Peterborough
HShrewsbury0 - 1Stevenage
HShrewsbury0 - 1Huddersfield
HShrewsbury2 - 3Bolton
AShrewsbury1 - 1Reading
AShrewsbury2 - 1Rotherham
HShrewsbury2 - 1Mansfield
AShrewsbury0 - 1Stockport
AShrewsbury0 - 1Charlton
HShrewsbury2 - 1Wrexham
AShrewsbury0 - 1L Orient
AShrewsbury1 - 1Blackpool
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Barnsley have beaten Shrewsbury in 3 consecutive home league meetings
6
Barnsley have not lost to Shrewsbury in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Barnsley since 2015
Barnsley
Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
4 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
0 / 4
BAR
3
SHR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Barnsley3 - 0
Barnsley2 - 1
Barnsley2 - 1
1 - 2Shrewsbury
League games at Shrewsbury since 2016
Shrewsbury
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
4
8
Games: Scored
2 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
3 / 5
BAR
3
D
1
SHR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shrewsbury
0 - 2Barnsley
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Barnsley
Shrewsbury3 - 1
0 - 3Barnsley
Goal Statistics

Barnsley have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 6 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Shrewsbury Town on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been a problem for Shrewsbury Town of late. It has been 10 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Barnsley.

Barnsley 11th Shrewsbury 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Shrewsbury will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
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Barnsley’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-7
Shrewsbury’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Barnsley
PG (predicted goals)
Shrewsbury
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
30%
better
BAR
SHR
view stats
Games scored33
23
Failed to score9
19
Scored first22
13
Goals scored60
37
Avg. goals scored1.4
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
6
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.1
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
14%
better
BAR
SHR
view stats
Games conceded36
38
Clean sheets6
4
Conceded first19
27
Goals conceded64
71
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against18%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+14%

Barnsley v Shrewsbury League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3715710
D Keillor-DunnD Keillor-DunnC O'KeeffeC O'Keeffe
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C O'Keeffe DEF387
10
-
D Keillor-Dunn MID37153
2
-
M Gevigney DEF36
6
2
L Connell MID3624
10
-
J Russell MID3562
4
-
S Humphrys FWD3462
3
-
M Roberts DEF323
2
1
A Phillips MID3195
2
1
J Earl DEF2921
7
-
M Watters FWD2752
-
G. Gent DEF251
2
-
D Pines DEF242
5
-
K Nwakali MID221
4
-
C McCarthy DEF181
8
-
B Cotter DEF162
2
-
J Benson MID1311
1
-
F Jaló FWD132
4
-
N Farrugia MID9
1
-
D Lembikisa DEF7
-
J Smith GLK6
-
C Rodrigues FWD6
-
J Lewis FWD51
-
J Gauci GLK4
-
Shrewsbury League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
368511
M BenningJ MarquisM BenningM Benning
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Benning DEF3825
11
-
G Lloyd FWD3852
5
-
A Gilliead MID361
5
-
J Marquis FWD3481
4
1
L Hoole DEF3311
8
-
M Feeney DEF3311
6
-
J Feeney DEF3111
4
-
J Shipley MID3122
3
-
F Ojo MID302
7
-
T Perry MID2821
6
-
A Pierre DEF272
10
-
L. Castledine MID222
4
-
J Blackman GLK21
1
-
T Nsiala DEF171
3
1
G Nurse DEF16
-
D Gape MID13
3
-
H Biggins MID13
3
-
V Oliver FWD112
1
-
C. Stewart FWD9
3
-
D Wheeler MID8
1
-
R Dinanga FWD1
-
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