League One: Blackpool vs Shrewsbury – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 24 match between Blackpool and Shrewsbury and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Blackpool enjoy home advantage, when visitors Shrewsbury swing by this coming Wednesday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Blackpool approach round 24 as number 15 in the League One table with 28 points on their account so far. With 22 rounds behind them, Shrewsbury have amassed 16 points, placing them as number 23 in the standings.

Form: Blackpool vs Shrewsbury

Blackpool Form

Blackpool failed to win any of their last three matches, though they managed to draw against Stevenage in a 0-0 match, before coming up short against Wrexham in a 2-1 defeat. Most recently, they settled for a 0-0 draw against Birmingham. Blackpool just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League One matches at the Bloomfield Road. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded five goals.

Shrewsbury Form

Shrewsbury go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 2-2 draw against Wigan. They went on to beat Lincoln City by 1-0, before sharing the spoils with Northampton in a 1-1 draw. Shrewsbury managed to win just once in their past six away games in the League One. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 14 time and letting in ten.

Betting stats for Blackpool and Shrewsbury

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Blackpool and Shrewsbury. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Blackpool vs Shrewsbury

Ashley Fletcher is showing good form for Blackpool, scoring two goals in their last six matches. John Marquis scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

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Full-time result

Blackpool won one of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Bloomfield Road. They drew six and lost three as well, while Shrewsbury won one of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost seven. Blackpool have beaten Shrewsbury in 3 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Blackpool scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Shrewsbury scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Blackpool probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Wednesday, as Shrewsbury managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed five clean sheets in their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Blackpool’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Shrewsbury, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.1 times goals per game themselves.