Bristol Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on October 22nd, 2024

Bristol Rovers will be playing against Shrewsbury Town in a League One football match scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), in England, check the Bristol Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Bristol Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town will occur

The game will be played in the small Memorial Stadium stadium, in the city of Seattle, with a capacity for 9832 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Bristol Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.67 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Bristol Rovers last match

In the last match they played, Bristol Rovers collected a defeat. The opposing team was Swindon Town, and the match - which ended with the result of 4-0 - was valid for EFL Trophy. Coach M. Taylor's disposed his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.70.

Shrewsbury Town last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Shrewsbury Town, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Exeter City team with a final score of 0-2.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.35.

Bristol Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town h2h

Bristol Rovers was in 14th place in the League One while Shrewsbury Town was in 18th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Bristol Rovers team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Shrewsbury Town used in the match.

The last time these teams met was for a League One match, on 01-04-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 0-0 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Bristol Rovers team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Shrewsbury Town has been more irregular.

Bristol Rovers

League One leaderboard now

Bristol Rovers enters into this match occupying 18th place in the League One with a negative balance. The team has scored 13 points, winning only 4 games, losing 5, and scoring 1 draw.

Saddled with the same points against Reading in position 17, in the 13th round.

Bristol Rovers analysis

Currently, in the League One, Bristol Rovers sums 13 goals for and a total of 16 goals against, after 12 rounds played.

The Bristol Rovers team comes from a defeat in the EFL Trophy, and its coach Matthew Taylor wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Although Bristol Rovers average number of shots towards the opponent's goal is not the best, but the accuracy, on the other hand, is excellent. With only 3.2 shots per game, the team averages 1.3 goals. In other words, over 40% of the shots on goal end up in the net.

Bristol Rovers is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 43%. In the next match against Shrewsbury Town a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Bristol Rovers will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Winning once playing away from home, the team has more positive results playing at home with 3 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.

Best goalscorer from Bristol Rovers

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Scott Sinclair. He has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Bristol Rovers come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Shrewsbury Town

League One leaderboard now

With 8 points won, Shrewsbury Town is in 21st place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 8 losses, plus 2 draws.

In the 13th round, the team has no difference in point as opposed to the Northampton Town team who places just above in 20th place.

Shrewsbury Town analysis

Shrewsbury Town shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 13 made and 22 conceded after 12 rounds of the league.

Recent games have demonstrated that Shrewsbury Town is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

Best goalscorer from Shrewsbury Town

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is George Lloyd. The Attacker has scored 3 times in this competition and helped Shrewsbury Town avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Bristol Rovers is Scott Sinclair, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Shrewsbury Town is George Lloyd, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that Shrewsbury Town scores an average of 1.33 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 3.92 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.75 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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