Shrewsbury v Blackpool prediction

League One · Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:00 GMT · Montgomery Waters Meadow

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The match

Shrewsbury host Blackpool in League One on Saturday 21 March (kick-off 15:00 UK).

The key numbers

Shrewsbury are unbeaten in the last five meetings with Blackpool, every meeting checked.

Form and the table

Four of Shrewsbury’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (27%). Both teams scored in six of Shrewsbury’s last 15 results in all competitions (40%). At home, Shrewsbury have two wins, three draws and three defeats in their last 8 home matches in all competitions — 1.13 points per game, scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.50. Shrewsbury have scored 31 goals, the second-fewest of the 23 clubs (2019/20 so far). Shrewsbury have conceded 42 goals, the 12th-fewest of the 23 clubs.

10 of Blackpool’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in 11 of Blackpool’s last 15 results in all competitions (73%). Away from home, Blackpool have no wins, four draws and five defeats in their last 9 away matches in all competitions — 0.44 points per game, scoring 0.78 and conceding 1.33. Blackpool have scored 44 goals, the 11th-fewest (shared) of the 23 clubs (2019/20 so far). Blackpool have conceded 43 goals, the 11th-most of the 23 clubs.

Shrewsbury (15th) and Blackpool (13th) are four points apart, 2019/20 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Blackpool the stronger side, 115 rating points above Shrewsbury (Blackpool 1382, Shrewsbury 1267, after at least 325 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 21 December 2019, finished Blackpool 0–1 Shrewsbury.

Team news

Predicted Shrewsbury XI (4-4-1-1): W. Brook, W. Boyle, S. Stubbs, J. Ruffels, A. Jude-Boyd, K. Berkoe, T. Sang, L. Hoole, K. M. Brown, J. Turner-Cooke, G. Lloyd — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven, one position borrowed or covered. By TACTIX Impact, Oliver Norburn (3.2 per match over 18 appearances, three goals) and J. Laurent (2.7 per match over 32 appearances, two goals and two assists) have been Shrewsbury’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Shrewsbury (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), Oliver Norburn averages 0.9 key passes per 90 over 1524 minutes, with a key pass in eight of the last 10 appearances. J. Laurent averages 0.9 key passes per 90 over 2749 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Blackpool XI (3-5-2): B. Peacock-Farrell, J. Williams, O. Casey, Z. Ashworth, K. Anderson, J. Bowler, A. Morgan, L. Clarkson, G. Honeyman, J. Yates, T. Bloxham — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (3.8 per match over 10 appearances, four goals and one assist) and A. Gnanduillet (2.9 per match over 30 appearances, 15 goals and one assist) have been Blackpool’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Blackpool (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall averages 1.0 key passes per 90 over 877 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last 10 appearances. A. Gnanduillet averages 3.1 shots per 90 over 2245 minutes, with a shot in six of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:00 GMT · League One · Montgomery Waters Meadow
Head-to-head (last 5): Shrewsbury 2 · draws 3 · Blackpool 0 · 0.8 goals/game
Recent form: Shrewsbury 2W 0D 3L · Blackpool 2W 2D 1L

Shrewsbury v Blackpool (League One): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 13 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

0.88 / 1.25

Goals

against 1.5 / 1.25 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.83 / 8.29

Corners

against 5.17 / 5.71 · 2 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 6 matches

4.83 / 3.43

Shots on target

against 4 / 3.57 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 6 matches

2.67 / 1.57

Cards

against 1.83 / 0.86 · 3 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 6 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 10 March 2020. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 10 March 2020. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Shrewsbury for / against	Line	Blackpool for / against
Goals scored	0.88 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.25 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.83 for · 5.17 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	8.29 for · 5.71 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	16.33 for · 11.5 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	11 for · 13.86 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	4.83 for · 4 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	3.43 for · 3.57 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	16 for · 9.83 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	10.71 for · 9.86 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.67 for · 1.83 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	1.57 for · 0.86 against n 7 Last 5

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Goalkeeper

Shrewsbury — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
M. O’Leary	31	902790 min	822.6 /90	371.2 /90	00 /90
J. Murphy	4	90360 min	71.8 /90	71.8 /90	10.3 /90

Shrewsbury — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Shrewsbury before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. O’Leary n 8	90	2.9 7/5
J. Murphy n 4	90	1.8 3/0

Shrewsbury Defensive

Shrewsbury — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Pierre	31	842618 min	521.8 /90	421.4 /90	230.8 /90	not recorded in League One	531.8 /90	60.2 /90
E. Ebanks-Landell	29	882565 min	441.5 /90	371.3 /90	230.8 /90	not recorded in League One	351.2 /90	90.3 /90
O. Beckles	28	862410 min	401.5 /90	331.2 /90	110.4 /90	not recorded in League One	461.7 /90	40.1 /90
R. Williams	24	882108 min	321.4 /90	251.1 /90	140.6 /90	not recorded in League One	251.1 /90	60.3 /90
K. Ramsay	4	69277 min	113.6 /90	51.6 /90	20.6 /90	not recorded in League One	20.6 /90	00 /90
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Shrewsbury — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Shrewsbury before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Laurent n 8	90	1.1 5/3	0.5 4/0	—
M. O’Leary n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
A. Pierre n 8	82.9	2 7/5	0.7 3/1	—
E. Ebanks-Landell n 8	90	1.5 8/3	0.6 3/1	—
D. Love n 8	70.5	1.3 6/2	0.8 5/0	—
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Shrewsbury — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Shrewsbury before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Laurent n 8	90	2.1 7/4
A. Pierre n 8	82.9	2.3 6/5
E. Ebanks-Landell n 8	90	1.8 7/5
D. Love n 8	70.5	1.6 6/3
D. Edwards n 8	88.1	3.4 8/6
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Shrewsbury Attacking

Shrewsbury — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
S. Whalley	24	661595 min	20.1 /90	50.3 /90	362 /90	110.6 /90	321.8 /90	241.4 /90
J. Cummings	22	511117 min	60.5 /90	10.1 /90	473.8 /90	181.5 /90	131 /90	50.4 /90
D. Udoh	21	541132 min	30.2 /90	20.2 /90	181.4 /90	90.7 /90	201.6 /90	100.8 /90
C. Lang	17	681162 min	40.3 /90	10.1 /90	282.2 /90	110.9 /90	131 /90	221.7 /90
F. Okenabirhie	14	49691 min	10.1 /90	00 /90	152 /90	30.4 /90	50.7 /90	40.5 /90
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Shrewsbury — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Shrewsbury before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Laurent n 8	90	2.4 8/7	0.6 4/1
M. O’Leary n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
A. Pierre n 8	82.9	0.8 4/2	0.4 2/1
E. Ebanks-Landell n 8	90	0.5 2/2	0 0/0
D. Love n 8	70.5	0.6 2/2	0.2 1/0
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Shrewsbury — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Shrewsbury before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Laurent n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. O’Leary n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
A. Pierre n 8	82.9	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
E. Ebanks-Landell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Love n 8	70.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Blackpool

Blackpool Goalkeeper

Blackpool — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Alnwick	22	871920 min	452.1 /90	241.1 /90	00 /90
C. Maxwell	9	90810 min	202.2 /90	121.3 /90	00 /90
M. Howard	4	90360 min	71.8 /90	61.5 /90	10.3 /90
J. Sims	1	6060 min	23 /90	00 /90	00 /90

Blackpool — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Blackpool before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Alnwick n 8	82.5	1.8 3/2
C. Maxwell n 8	90	2 3/2
M. Howard n 6	86.5	1.9 4/1

Blackpool Defensive

Blackpool — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
O. Turton	29	822391 min	301.1 /90	261 /90	150.6 /90	not recorded in League One	220.8 /90	40.2 /90
J. Husband	28	892481 min	481.7 /90	391.4 /90	130.5 /90	not recorded in League One	331.2 /90	80.3 /90
B. Heneghan	25	852136 min	200.8 /90	291.2 /90	190.8 /90	not recorded in League One	281.2 /90	60.3 /90
Ryan Edwards	20	851706 min	281.5 /90	90.5 /90	160.8 /90	not recorded in League One	241.3 /90	40.2 /90
C. Tilt	19	811539 min	211.2 /90	231.3 /90	191.1 /90	not recorded in League One	201.2 /90	50.3 /90
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Blackpool — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Blackpool before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
L. Feeney n 8	89.9	0.6 3/2	0.5 4/0	—
Jay Francis Spearing n 8	76	1.5 4/3	0.9 5/1	—
O. Turton n 8	84.4	0.9 4/2	0.4 2/1	—
A. Gnanduillet n 8	69.1	2.4 5/5	2.3 6/3	—
J. Husband n 8	90	1.3 8/2	1 5/2	—
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Blackpool — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Blackpool before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Feeney n 8	89.9	1 5/2
Jay Francis Spearing n 8	76	3 7/5
O. Turton n 8	84.4	0.9 4/2
A. Gnanduillet n 8	69.1	1 5/1
J. Husband n 8	90	1.5 6/3
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Blackpool Attacking

Blackpool — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
A. Gnanduillet	29	772235 min	150.6 /90	10 /90	783.1 /90	331.3 /90	241 /90	110.4 /90
N. Delfouneso	27	691865 min	20.1 /90	10 /90	241.2 /90	80.4 /90	160.8 /90	231.1 /90
J. Nuttall	17	56945 min	20.2 /90	00 /90	242.3 /90	90.9 /90	80.8 /90	80.8 /90
G. Madine	10	69693 min	20.3 /90	00 /90	172.2 /90	50.6 /90	40.5 /90	40.5 /90
R. Hardie	4	50199 min	00 /90	00 /90	73.2 /90	31.4 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90
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Blackpool — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Blackpool before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
L. Feeney n 8	89.9	0.6 3/1	0 0/0
Jay Francis Spearing n 8	76	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
O. Turton n 8	84.4	0.4 2/1	0 0/0
A. Gnanduillet n 8	69.1	2.3 5/4	1.1 4/2
J. Husband n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.1 1/0
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Blackpool — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Blackpool before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
L. Feeney n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0.5 4/0
Jay Francis Spearing n 8	76	0 0/0	0 0/0
O. Turton n 8	84.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
A. Gnanduillet n 8	69.1	0.7 3/1	0.2 1/0
J. Husband n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Shrewsbury v Blackpool — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

ShrewsburyLWLWL

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1.2 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

BlackpoolDWWDL

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 5

Shrewsbury 2 · 3 draws · Blackpool 0 · 0.8 goals/game

2019-12-21 Blackpool 0–1 Shrewsbury
2019-01-19 Blackpool 0–0 Shrewsbury
2018-08-18 Shrewsbury 0–0 Blackpool
2018-04-28 Blackpool 1–1 Shrewsbury
2017-12-16 Shrewsbury 1–0 Blackpool

League standing · 2019/20

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Shrewsbury#15 pos41 pts34 pl-11 GD

Blackpool#13 pos45 pts35 pl+1 GD

Goals per game

Shrewsbury scored0.91

Blackpool scored1.26

Shrewsbury conceded1.24

Blackpool conceded1.23

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What is the head-to-head record between Shrewsbury and Blackpool?: In their last 5 meetings, Shrewsbury won 2, Blackpool won 0 and there were 3 draws, averaging 0.8 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Shrewsbury and Blackpool?: Recent form — Shrewsbury 2W 0D 3L; Blackpool 2W 2D 1L.

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