Rotherham United vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on February 08th, 2025

Rotherham United and Shrewsbury Town are scheduled to play against each other on February 08th, 2025, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in a League One match to be held in England, check the Rotherham United vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Rotherham United vs Shrewsbury Town will occur

The game is set to be played in the small New York Stadium stadium, in the city of Rotherham, with a capacity for 12021 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Rotherham United 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 2.59 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Rotherham United last match

In the last match played, Rotherham United met Bradford City, in a match valid for the EFL Trophy. The match ended in a loss by 0-1. The coach S. Evans' on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-3-1-2 formation.

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 3.10.

Shrewsbury Town last match

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

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 3.80.

Rotherham United vs Shrewsbury Town h2h

The last time Rotherham United faced Shrewsbury Town it was in League One. Rotherham United, then in 21st place opened with a play using the 4-3-1-2 formation, while Shrewsbury Town, who was in 23rd place, played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

Their last League One game of 2024/2025 season which took place on 28-09-2024 game ended in a staggering 1-1 draw.

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

Rotherham United

League One leaderboard now

comes into this game with 37 points, putting them in 15th place in the League One. They are also encumbered with a negative balance, 11 losses, 10 wins, and 7 draws.

With the same score that the Mansfield Town who occupies position 14, the team starts the 31st round.

Rotherham United analysis

At the end of round 30 of League One, Rotherham United collected 33 goals scored and 33 goals conceded.

An average of 4.11 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Rotherham United, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

With an average ball possession of 46.25% per game in the current league, Rotherham United cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Shrewsbury Town they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Winning twice playing away from home, the team has more positive results playing at home with 8 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws.

Rotherham United has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 33 times with 2770 attacks, while Shrewsbury Town has only scored 28 times with 2548 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Rotherham United

In this season, the individual highlight is Sam Nombe that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 6 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Rotherham United achieved in several matches.

Shrewsbury Town

League One leaderboard now

With 23 points won, Shrewsbury Town is in 23rd place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 6 wins against 17 losses, plus 5 draws.

Shrewsbury Town analysis

We have reached matchday 30 in League One and at the moment Shrewsbury Town has made 28 goals and conceded 48.

Recent performances have highlighted that Shrewsbury Town is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 1 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

Best goalscorer from Shrewsbury Town

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name John Marquis. Shrewsbury Town owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 7 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Rotherham United is Sam Nombe, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Shrewsbury Town is John Marquis, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 5 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.67 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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