Ace Football previews the League Two round 1 match between Shrewsbury and Bromley and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Shrewsbury start the season as favourites to land the League Two crown. They launch their title bid this coming Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Bromley at The Croud Meadow.
Team form: Shrewsbury vs Bromley
Shrewsbury Form
Shrewsbury are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Northampton by a 4-1 score, before winning 1-2 against Barnsley. They were back on the losing side in a 1-2 defeat against Crawley. Shrewsbury won four of their last six League Two matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded three and scored ten goals.
Bromley Form
In their last three matches, Bromley beat Swindon 0-1, drew 3-3 with Barrow and beat Cheltenham by 3-0. Bromley claimed just one win from the last six away games in the League Two. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to seven.
Betting facts for Shrewsbury and Bromley
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Shrewsbury and Bromley played across all tournaments.
- In 17 of the last 19 Shrewsbury matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Shrewsbury have lost 7 of the last 8 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 14 of the last 16 Shrewsbury home matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Shrewsbury matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Shrewsbury home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Bromley away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Bromley away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Bromley have won 3 of the last 4 matches and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Bromley have won 3 of the last 4 matches in the League Two and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Bromley matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players in form: Shrewsbury vs Bromley
It is the beginning of a new League Two campaign, and both Shrewsbury and Bromley will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
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Full-time result
Shrewsbury are without a win in their previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, but they drew two of these. They suffered eight defeats as well. Bromley won three of their previous 10 away games, while drawing three and losing four.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Shrewsbury scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Bromley scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Bromley will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Saturday with Shrewsbury managing a measly two clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Shrewsbury, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Bromley, who scored 1.7 times on average in these matches.
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