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

Sat 8th Feb, 15:00 BST, AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham

Gareth Ainsworth guides his Shrewsbury Town charges to the AESSEAL New York Stadium in the League One on Saturday afternoon, with Steve Evans's Rotherham United their challengers. You'll find stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a sneaky 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Rotherham and Shrewsbury will score a minimum of two between them during 90 minutes. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 76%. Bookmakers have it priced at 1.33.

In-Play
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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Rotherham are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.67.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Rotherham
57%
4/6
3%
13/20
Draw
23%
27/10
3%
29/10
Shrewsbury
20%
17/4
5%
17/4
Rotherham 1-0
12%
5/119/4
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1
7%
6/1
Rotherham 2-0
10%
13/2
7%
11/2
Rotherham 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Draw 0-0
6%
8/1
5%
15/2
Rotherham 3-0
6%
11/19/1
Shrewsbury 1-0
6%
11/19/1
Rotherham 3-1
6%
14/111/1
Shrewsbury 2-1
5%
16/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
18/114/1
Shrewsbury 2-0
3%
25/118/1
Rotherham 3-2
3%
28/122/1
Rotherham 4-0
3%
25/1
13%
18/1
Rotherham 4-1
3%
28/120/1
Shrewsbury 3-1
2%
40/133/1
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
21/201/1
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
3/48/11
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/9
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
41%
11/5
2%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
8/1
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
1/121/20
BTTS - No
49%
3/47/10
BTTS - Home Win
25%
3/114/5
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1
9%
17/4
BTTS - Away Win
10%
10/117/2
Home/draw
80%
1/6
3%
2/13
Away/draw
43%
23/20
4%
6/5
Home/away
77%
2/7
3%
1/4
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/31/3
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
9/421/10
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
11/4
7%
5/2
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
1/4
3%
2/7
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
7/16/1
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/121/11
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
16/112/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/401/66
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/14
1%
1/18
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
8/1
5%
15/2
Home DNB
73%
1/4
2%
1/4
Away DNB
36%
11/4
6%
27/10
Rotherham win to nil
32%
13/8
5%
-
Shrewsbury win to nil
10%
8/1-
Rotherham / Rotherham
31%
13/8
1%
6/4
Rotherham / Shrewsbury
2%
40/133/1
Rotherham / Draw
5%
14/114/1
Draw / Rotherham
19%
10/316/5
Draw / Shrewsbury
8%
9/1
9%
17/2
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
9%
17/4
Shrewsbury / Rotherham
4%
22/118/1
Shrewsbury / Shrewsbury
9%
8/1
5%
7/1
Shrewsbury / Draw
5%
16/114/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Rotherham have played 28 matches so far this season and lay in 15th 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 3, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Rotherham have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Rotherham have played 14 games at home winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Shrewsbury are in 23rd position in the League One on 23 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 25 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Shrewsbury have conceded 44 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rotherham
Shrewsbury
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2719622763 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-2F
Mar 29
2
Wycombe2917842559 
-
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-4A
Apr 1
3
Wrexham2916761855 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 8
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
4
Stockport2914871650 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 12
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
5
Huddersfield2814681548 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 18
l
 
1-0A
6
L Orient28135101544 
Mar 4
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
7
Charlton281288844 
w
 
4-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
8
Reading2813510244 
w
 
2-1A
Feb 15
Mar 22
Feb 11
9
Bolton2913511044 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 22
Feb 15
d
 
2-2F
10
Barnsley2912710243 
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 26
11
Stevenage271179240 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
Feb 22
l
 
1-0A
12
Lincoln2910910139 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
13
Blackpool289118138 
Apr 5
Feb 11
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
14
Mansfield2711412137 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
15
Rotherham Home2810711037 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
16
Wigan289712-134 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 21
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
17
Exeter299515-1332 
Mar 15
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
18
Bristol R289415-1631 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
Mar 4
l
 
1-0A
19
Peterborough298615-1030 
May 3
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-4F
Mar 1
20
Northampton297913-1730 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 1
d
 
1-1F
Apr 21
21
Burton2951014-1425 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-2F
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
22
Crawley276615-2124 
Mar 29
l
 
1-0A
May 3
w
 
3-5F
23
Shrewsbury Away286517-2023 
Feb 8
d
 
1-1A
-
-
24
Cambridge285716-2122 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
Apr 5
l
 
4-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Rotherham have won 3 consecutive home league games
3
Shrewsbury have lost 3 consecutive away league games
8
Shrewsbury have not won in 8 consecutive away league games
3
Shrewsbury have failed to score in 3 consecutive away league games
Rotherham 15TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rotherham2 - 1Cambridge
Rotherham4 - 2Charlton
Rotherham3 - 1Bolton
Rotherham1 - 1Stockport
Rotherham0 - 1Wigan
Rotherham3 - 0Northampton
Rotherham2 - 1Lincoln
Rotherham2 - 0Stevenage
Rotherham0 - 1Wrexham
Rotherham2 - 1Reading
Rotherham0 - 2Birmingham
Rotherham2 - 2Burton
Rotherham2 - 1Huddersfield
Rotherham0 - 0Bristol R
Rotherham5 - 2Cardiff
Rotherham0 - 0Birmingham
Rotherham0 - 1Plymouth
Rotherham2 - 1Millwall
Rotherham0 - 0Huddersfield
Rotherham0 - 1Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARotherham1 - 2Birmingham
HRotherham2 - 1Cambridge
ARotherham2 - 4Burton
HRotherham4 - 2Charlton
HRotherham3 - 1Bolton
ARotherham0 - 0Huddersfield
ARotherham1 - 0Lincoln
HRotherham1 - 1Stockport
HRotherham0 - 1Wigan
ARotherham0 - 1Mansfield
HRotherham3 - 0Northampton
HRotherham2 - 1Lincoln
ARotherham0 - 1Crawley
ARotherham0 - 2Barnsley
HRotherham2 - 0Stevenage
ARotherham0 - 1L Orient
HRotherham0 - 1Wrexham
ARotherham3 - 3Peterborough
HRotherham2 - 1Reading
ARotherham1 - 0Cambridge
Shrewsbury 23RD
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
2
Draw
6
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Stevenage1 - 0Shrewsbury
Charlton1 - 1Shrewsbury
Bolton2 - 2Shrewsbury
Portsmouth3 - 1Shrewsbury
Bristol R0 - 0Shrewsbury
Port Vale1 - 2Shrewsbury
Lincoln3 - 0Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HShrewsbury2 - 1Mansfield
AShrewsbury0 - 1Stockport
AShrewsbury0 - 1Charlton
HShrewsbury2 - 1Wrexham
AShrewsbury0 - 1L Orient
AShrewsbury1 - 1Blackpool
HShrewsbury1 - 1Northampton
HShrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Rotherham since 2007
Rotherham
Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
11
15
Games: Scored
8 / 10
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
2 / 10
RTH
2
D
4
SHR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rotherham
0 - 3Shrewsbury
Draw0 - 0Draw
Rotherham2 - 1
1 - 2Shrewsbury
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Shrewsbury
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Shrewsbury
Rotherham2 - 0
League games at Shrewsbury since 2008
Shrewsbury
Rotherham
Goals: Scored
10
9
Games: Scored
7 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
3 / 10
RTH
3
D
3
SHR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shrewsbury
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Rotherham
0 - 1Rotherham
0 - 3Rotherham
Shrewsbury3 - 1
Shrewsbury1 - 0
Shrewsbury2 - 0
Shrewsbury1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Rotherham United have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.8 against Shrewsbury Town on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Rotherham 15th Shrewsbury 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Rotherham will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Shrewsbury scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+17
Rotherham have scored 17% more goals at home than predicted
-14
Shrewsbury have scored 14% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Rotherham
PG (predicted goals)
Shrewsbury
1.8
1
Attack rating
%
better
RTH
SHR
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
RTH
SHR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Rotherham League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26656
J PowellM WilksJ PowellH Odoffin
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Powell MID2815
3
-
R James DEF2611
2
-
H Odoffin MID263
6
-
M Wilks FWD2562
5
-
S Nombe FWD2564
2
-
C Humphreys DEF2311
2
-
J Rafferty DEF231
6
-
D Phillips GLK20
1
-
J Hugill FWD201
1
-
J Clarke-Harris FWD1761
3
-
J Holmes MID16
-
S McWilliams MID16
1
-
Z Jules DEF151
4
-
A MacDonald MID151
1
-
L Kelly MID1011
1
-
S Raggett DEF911
3
-
A Green FWD934
-
C Dawson GLK8
1
-
L Sibley MID31
1
-
D. Gore MID11
-
Shrewsbury League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
247410
M BenningJ MarquisM BenningA Pierre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Lloyd FWD2752
5
-
M Benning DEF2614
9
-
J Marquis FWD2571
4
-
A Gilliead MID241
2
-
M Feeney DEF2211
6
-
L. Castledine MID222
4
-
L Hoole DEF211
5
-
F Ojo MID212
5
-
J Shipley MID202
3
-
T Savin GLK19
2
-
J Feeney DEF1911
2
-
A Pierre DEF192
10
-
T Perry MID18
5
-
T Nsiala DEF151
3
1
G Nurse DEF11
-
J Blackman GLK9
-
H Biggins MID5
1
-
D Gape MID2
-
C. Stewart FWD1
-