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

Wed 1st Jan, 15:00 BST, Bloomfield Road (Blackpool, Lancashire),

Wednesday afternoon sees Neil Critchley’s Blackpool and Paul Hurst’s Shrewsbury Town go up against one another in a League One battle at the Bloomfield Road (Blackpool, Lancashire). Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with additional weight assigned to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) statistics for this fixture are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Blackpool
50%
--
Draw
24%
--
Shrewsbury
26%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Blackpool 1-0
10%
--
Blackpool 2-1
10%
--
Blackpool 2-0
9%
--
Shrewsbury 1-0
7%
--
Shrewsbury 2-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Blackpool 3-1
5%
--
Blackpool 3-0
5%
--
Shrewsbury 2-0
4%
--
Blackpool 3-2
3%
--
Shrewsbury 3-1
2%
--
Blackpool 4-1
2%
--
Shrewsbury 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
43%
--
Blackpool win to nil
26%
--
Shrewsbury win to nil
13%
--
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Win / draw / win League One table

Blackpool have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Blackpool have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackpool have played 9 games at home winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 11 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Shrewsbury are in 24th position in the League One on 12 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Shrewsbury have conceded 41 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackpool
Shrewsbury
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham1914321945 
Apr 12
Dec 29
w
 
3-2F
Mar 29
2
Wycombe2013522144 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 4
l
 
1-4A
Apr 1
3
Wrexham2112631742 
Apr 21
Dec 26
Jan 16
l
 
3-0A
4
Huddersfield2012351639 
Jan 18
w
 
0-2F
Jan 11
l
 
1-0A
5
Stockport2110651236 
l
 
0-3A
Mar 1
l
 
0-2A
Jan 28
6
Lincoln21876331 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 28
Dec 26
Apr 12
7
Reading20947031 
Apr 1
w
 
0-3F
Mar 22
Feb 11
8
Bolton19946-131 
Mar 29
l
 
2-1F
Feb 15
d
 
2-2F
9
Barnsley21867-130 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 8
l
 
0-2A
Apr 26
10
Mansfield19847128 
Feb 15
l
 
2-0A
Feb 1
l
 
2-1F
11
Charlton20767427 
Feb 1
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
Jan 25
12
Blackpool Home20767-227 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Jan 1
13
Exeter20839-327 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 25
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
14
Stevenage19757-226 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
Feb 22
l
 
1-0A
15
L Orient20749325 
Mar 15
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-0F
Jan 4
16
Peterborough207310124 
Mar 4
l
 
5-1A
l
 
1-4F
Mar 1
17
Wigan20668124 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
18
Rotherham19658-223 
-
Apr 5
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
19
Bristol R206410-1122 
May 3
w
 
0-2F
Mar 4
l
 
1-0A
20
Northampton215610-1321 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
Dec 29
Apr 21
21
Crawley205411-1319 
Feb 22
l
 
2-1A
May 3
w
 
3-5F
22
Cambridge204511-1517 
Jan 11
d
 
4-4F
Apr 5
l
 
4-1A
23
Burton202612-1512 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 6
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
24
Shrewsbury Away203314-2012 
Jan 1
w
 
1-2A
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Blackpool have drawn 3 consecutive home league games
5
Blackpool have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Blackpool 12TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
9
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool0 - 0Stevenage
Blackpool0 - 0Northampton
Blackpool2 - 2Wigan
Blackpool1 - 2Barnsley
Blackpool1 - 1Lincoln
Blackpool3 - 0Burton
Blackpool2 - 1Exeter
Blackpool2 - 2Wycombe
Blackpool0 - 3Stockport
Blackpool3 - 2Barnsley
Blackpool1 - 0Fleetwood
Blackpool1 - 0Cambridge
Blackpool0 - 0Wycombe
Blackpool0 - 0Portsmouth
Blackpool4 - 1Bolton
Blackpool1 - 1Oxford Utd
Blackpool1 - 1Charlton
Blackpool2 - 0Exeter
Blackpool2 - 0Lincoln
Blackpool3 - 1Bristol R
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBlackpool0 - 0Stevenage
ABlackpool3 - 0Reading
ABlackpool2 - 1Shrewsbury
ABlackpool2 - 0Bristol R
ABlackpool1 - 2Bolton
HBlackpool0 - 0Northampton
ABlackpool0 - 3L Orient
HBlackpool2 - 2Wigan
ABlackpool1 - 5Peterborough
HBlackpool1 - 2Barnsley
ABlackpool0 - 2Mansfield
HBlackpool1 - 1Lincoln
HBlackpool3 - 0Burton
ABlackpool2 - 0Huddersfield
ABlackpool2 - 1Charlton
HBlackpool2 - 1Exeter
HBlackpool2 - 2Wycombe
ABlackpool4 - 4Cambridge
HBlackpool0 - 3Stockport
ABlackpool1 - 2Crawley
Shrewsbury 24TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
Cambridge4 - 1Shrewsbury
Burton2 - 0Shrewsbury
Bristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
Crawley3 - 5Shrewsbury
Bolton2 - 2Shrewsbury
Mansfield2 - 1Shrewsbury
Wrexham3 - 0Shrewsbury
Huddersfield1 - 0Shrewsbury
Stevenage1 - 0Shrewsbury
Charlton1 - 1Shrewsbury
Bolton2 - 2Shrewsbury
Portsmouth3 - 1Shrewsbury
Bristol R0 - 0Shrewsbury
Port Vale1 - 2Shrewsbury
Lincoln3 - 0Shrewsbury
Reading2 - 3Shrewsbury
Derby1 - 1Shrewsbury
Northampton0 - 2Shrewsbury
Peterborough2 - 1Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AShrewsbury2 - 2Wigan
HShrewsbury1 - 4Wycombe
AShrewsbury1 - 4Cambridge
HShrewsbury1 - 2Blackpool
HShrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
AShrewsbury0 - 2Burton
HShrewsbury0 - 2Barnsley
AShrewsbury0 - 1Bristol R
HShrewsbury0 - 2Exeter
AShrewsbury5 - 3Crawley
AShrewsbury2 - 2Bolton
HShrewsbury0 - 2Stockport
HShrewsbury1 - 1Rotherham
AShrewsbury1 - 2Mansfield
HShrewsbury0 - 1Charlton
AShrewsbury0 - 3Wrexham
HShrewsbury3 - 0L Orient
AShrewsbury0 - 1Huddersfield
HShrewsbury1 - 4Peterborough
AShrewsbury0 - 1Stevenage
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Blackpool have beaten Shrewsbury in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Blackpool since 2016
Blackpool
Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
7
6
Games: Scored
3 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
3 / 6
BLP
1
D
2
SHR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Blackpool4 - 0
0 - 1Shrewsbury
0 - 1Shrewsbury
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3Shrewsbury
League games at Shrewsbury since 2015
Shrewsbury
Blackpool
Goals: Scored
5
4
Games: Scored
4 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
2 / 6
BLP
2
D
1
SHR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shrewsbury
1 - 2Blackpool
0 - 2Blackpool
Shrewsbury1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Shrewsbury1 - 0
Shrewsbury2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Blackpool's fans will be hoping for goals on Wednesday afternoon, not least because Shrewsbury Town have conceded in each of their last 16 League One games. A PG of 1.6 for Neil Critchley's side suggests that run should continue.

Blackpool 12th Shrewsbury 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Blackpool will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Shrewsbury will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-13
Blackpool have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted
+20
Shrewsbury have scored 20% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Blackpool
PG (predicted goals)
Shrewsbury
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
20%
better
BLP
SHR
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Games scored15
11
Failed to score5
9
Scored first9
8
Goals scored29
21
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
6
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
17
Avg. XG for1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
29%
better
BLP
SHR
view stats
Games conceded14
19
Clean sheets6
1
Conceded first9
12
Goals conceded31
41
Avg. goals conceded1.6
2.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
4
Conversion rate against20%
23%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+29%

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

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20657
K JosephK JosephL EvansL Evans
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Apter FWD202
-
K Joseph FWD2062
3
-
L Evans MID1925
7
-
O Casey DEF171
5
-
O Offiah DEF161
3
-
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF152
1
-
E Embleton MID151
-
D Ballard FWD151
1
-
A Fletcher FWD1523
-
H Coulson DEF14
2
-
J Husband DEF143
3
-
J Rhodes FWD141
2
-
H Tyrer GLK12
3
-
C Hamilton MID1221
-
S Carey MID11
1
-
M Pennington DEF101
1
-
A Morgan MID102
-
O Norburn MID81
5
-
J Beesley FWD811
-
R Finnigan MID7
-
R O'Donnell GLK6
-
Z Ashworth DEF5
1
-
D Thompson DEF3
-
E Baggott DEF2
1
-
Shrewsbury League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19435
T SavinG LloydM BenningM Benning
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Lloyd FWD2041
4
-
T Savin GLK19
2
-
M Benning DEF1813
5
-
T Bloxham FWD1831
-
L. Castledine MID172
3
-
A Gilliead FWD17
2
-
J Marquis FWD1741
4
-
M Feeney DEF151
3
-
L Hoole DEF141
2
-
F Ojo MID141
3
-
J Shipley MID142
1
-
A Pierre DEF131
5
-
T Perry MID13
1
-
T O'Reilly MID121
3
-
C Winchester MID121
2
-
C Junior FWD12
-
J Feeney DEF111
2
-
T Nsiala DEF111
2
-
J Rossiter MID11
1
-
G Nurse DEF8
-
J Kayode FWD2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
L Orient v Crawley
Thu 26th Dec, 13:00
Stevenage v Wycombe
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Rotherham v Wigan
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Wrexham v Blackpool
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Exeter v Bristol R
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Lincoln
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Bolton v Barnsley
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Charlton v Cambridge
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Peterborough v Mansfield
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Burton
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Reading v Northampton
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Huddersfield v Stockport
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Rotherham v Stockport
Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
Charlton v Wycombe
Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
Wrexham v Wigan
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Exeter v Crawley
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Northampton
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Stevenage v Bristol R
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
L Orient v Cambridge
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Peterborough v Barnsley
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Blackpool
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Reading v Mansfield
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Huddersfield v Burton
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Bolton v Lincoln
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Blackpool v Shrewsbury
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Wigan v Huddersfield
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Mansfield v Bolton
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Burton v Peterborough
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Crawley v Charlton
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Northampton v Stevenage
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Exeter
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Lincoln v Rotherham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Bristol R v L Orient
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Cambridge v Reading
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Stockport v Birmingham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Barnsley v Wrexham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Burton v Northampton
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
Cambridge v Bristol R
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
Stockport v Mansfield
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Barnsley v Crawley
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wrexham v Peterborough
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wigan v Birmingham
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Exeter v Bolton
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
L Orient v Shrewsbury
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Blackpool
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Lincoln v Stevenage
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Charlton v Reading
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Huddersfield v Rotherham
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Huddersfield
Tue 7th Jan, 19:45