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

Sat 22nd Mar, 15:00 BST, Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury

Home advantage makes a difference in the League One, and Gareth Ainsworth’s Shrewsbury Town will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Allan Dybczak’s Reading are their visitors to the Montgomery Waters Meadow. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets plus predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. All can be selected using the tabs below.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Shrewsbury
34%
--
Draw
27%
--
Reading
39%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Reading 1-0
10%
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Shrewsbury 1-0
10%
--
Reading 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Shrewsbury 2-1
8%
--
Reading 2-0
7%
--
Shrewsbury 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Reading 3-1
4%
--
Shrewsbury 3-1
3%
--
Reading 3-0
3%
--
Shrewsbury 3-0
2%
--
Reading 3-2
2%
--
Shrewsbury 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
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BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
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Home/draw
61%
--
Away/draw
66%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
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Under 0.5 Goals
8%
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Home DNB
53%
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Away DNB
58%
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Shrewsbury win to nil
19%
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Reading win to nil
22%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Shrewsbury have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

36 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 22 games, drawn 7 and won 7. Shrewsbury have conceded 60 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 16 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Shrewsbury have played 18 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 8th place on 58 points in the League One league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored 38 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Reading have played 18 away games, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Shrewsbury
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham3525733582 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
2
Wycombe35191152868 
l
 
1-4A
Apr 1
Apr 5
d
 
1-1A
3
Wrexham3620882068 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
4
Charlton3618991663 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
5
Stockport36171181862 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
6
Bolton3618612560 
l
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-2A
7
Huddersfield36177121458 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
8
Reading Away36161010658 
Mar 22
d
 
1-1A
-
-
9
L Orient36165151453 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
10
Barnsley3615714-152 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 26
May 3
d
 
2-2A
11
Blackpool3612159651 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-3A
Apr 1
12
Stevenage3613914-348 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
13
Lincoln36121014346 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
14
Rotherham3512815-244 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
15
Wigan35111014-243 
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
16
Exeter3512716-1143 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
17
Bristol R3612618-1642 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
18
Mansfield3611817-941 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
19
Northampton36101115-1741 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 21
w
 
4-1F
Apr 12
20
Peterborough3510916-839 
l
 
1-4F
l
 
3-1A
Mar 29
w
 
1-2F
21
Burton3671217-1733 
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
22
Crawley367920-2830 
May 3
w
 
3-5F
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
23
Cambridge367821-2529 
Apr 5
l
 
4-1A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
24
Shrewsbury Home367722-2628 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Shrewsbury 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shrewsbury0 - 0Bristol R
Shrewsbury0 - 1Stevenage
Shrewsbury0 - 1Huddersfield
Shrewsbury2 - 3Bolton
Shrewsbury2 - 1Mansfield
Shrewsbury2 - 1Wrexham
Shrewsbury1 - 1Northampton
Shrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
Shrewsbury1 - 4Wycombe
Shrewsbury1 - 2Blackpool
Shrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
Shrewsbury0 - 2Barnsley
Shrewsbury0 - 2Exeter
Shrewsbury0 - 2Stockport
Shrewsbury1 - 1Rotherham
Shrewsbury0 - 1Charlton
Shrewsbury3 - 0L Orient
Shrewsbury1 - 4Peterborough
Shrewsbury1 - 3L Orient
Shrewsbury0 - 2Wycombe
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HShrewsbury1 - 1Northampton
HShrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
AShrewsbury2 - 2Wigan
HShrewsbury1 - 4Wycombe
AShrewsbury1 - 4Cambridge
HShrewsbury1 - 2Blackpool
Reading 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crawley1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Huddersfield0 - 0Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
L Orient2 - 0Reading
Charlton0 - 0Reading
Cambridge1 - 3Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Wycombe1 - 1Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Peterborough1 - 2Reading
Stevenage1 - 1Reading
Stockport4 - 1Reading
Exeter1 - 2Reading
Rotherham2 - 1Reading
Bolton5 - 2Reading
Wrexham3 - 0Reading
Birmingham1 - 1Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading2 - 0Wrexham
AReading1 - 1Crawley
HReading0 - 0Exeter
AReading2 - 1Wigan
HReading0 - 0Birmingham
HReading2 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 1Shrewsbury
AReading0 - 0Huddersfield
HReading1 - 0Bolton
AReading2 - 3Burton
AReading0 - 2L Orient
HReading1 - 3Stockport
AReading0 - 0Charlton
AReading3 - 1Cambridge
HReading2 - 1Mansfield
HReading4 - 1Northampton
AReading0 - 2Lincoln
HReading0 - 3Blackpool
AReading1 - 1Wycombe
HReading3 - 0Cambridge
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Shrewsbury Town of late. It has been 5 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Reading.

Shrewsbury 24th Reading 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Shrewsbury will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-16
Shrewsbury have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted
+5
Reading’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Shrewsbury
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
SHR
RDG
24%
better
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Games scored20
26
Failed to score16
9
Scored first13
17
Goals scored34
49
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.4
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
18
Avg. XG for1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
SHR
RDG
29%
better
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Games conceded33
26
Clean sheets3
9
Conceded first22
14
Goals conceded60
45
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.6
KickOff rating
+29%

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

Shrewsbury League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
328510
M BenningJ MarquisM BenningM Benning
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Benning DEF3425
10
-
G Lloyd FWD3452
5
-
A Gilliead MID321
4
-
J Marquis FWD3181
4
1
M Feeney DEF3011
6
-
L Hoole DEF2911
8
-
J Feeney DEF2711
3
-
F Ojo MID272
6
-
J Shipley MID2721
3
-
T Perry MID2421
6
-
A Pierre DEF232
10
-
L. Castledine MID222
4
-
J Blackman GLK17
-
T Nsiala DEF171
3
1
G Nurse DEF14
-
H Biggins MID12
3
-
D Gape MID10
2
-
V Oliver FWD81
1
-
C. Stewart FWD7
3
-
D Wheeler MID4
-
R Dinanga FWD1
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
361267
T. BindonH KnibbsL WingA Mbengue
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T. Bindon DEF362
2
-
L Wing MID3656
4
-
C Savage MID3545
4
-
H Knibbs FWD33124
3
-
J Pereira GLK30
1
-
G. Garcia MID301
4
-
M Craig MID302
3
-
C Campbell MID2932
3
-
A Mbengue DEF271
7
-
J Wareham FWD273
2
-
M Camará MID2531
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD2332
4
1
K Abrefa DEF20
1
-
H Dean DEF191
2
-
B Elliott MID1925
4
-
J Dorsett DEF13
-
A. Akande FWD121
-
A. Kanu DEF10
-
T Rushesha MID8
-
B Bodin FWD7
-
L Holzman DEF6
1
1
D Button GLK5
-
A. Ahmed DEF5
1
-
A Yiadom DEF4
1
-
B Tuma FWD4
-
M Stickland DEF2
1
1
C Boyce-Clarke GLK1
-
E. Osho DEF1
-
S. Spencer FWD1
-