Shrewsbury Town vs Wrexham betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 16th, 2025

Shrewsbury Town and Wrexham will be playing against each other on Thursday, January 16th, 2025, at 20:00h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Shrewsbury Town vs Wrexham betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Shrewsbury Town vs Wrexham will occur

The game will be played in the small Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium, in the city of Shrewsbury, with a capacity for 9875 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

At Betarena, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Shrewsbury Town vs Wrexham 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 2.55 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Shrewsbury Town last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Shrewsbury Town team. On that occasion they met Leyton Orient for the League One, and the match ended 1-0. Coach G. Ainsworth's lined up a 5-4-1 formation.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 6.25 were a sign of it.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Malvind Benning, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Wrexham 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, Wrexham, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Peterborough United team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds of 1.62 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Shrewsbury Town vs Wrexham h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in League One, Shrewsbury Town ranked 20th place while Wrexham was in 2nd place. Shrewsbury Town took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Wrexham deployed in a 5-3-2 formation.

It was on 07-09-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 3-0 win for Wrexham, was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the League One.

The performance of the Wrexham team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Shrewsbury Town team.

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

In this game, the referee S. Mather will be in charge, assisted by M. Cunliffe and J. Bickerdike.

Shrewsbury Town

League One leaderboard now

With 17 points won, Shrewsbury Town is in 22nd place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 15 losses, plus 5 draws.

Which means that Cambridge United team, at position 23, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 27th round.

Shrewsbury Town analysis

Shrewsbury Town have a negative goal difference, having after 26 rounds conceded 44 goals to opponents and scored 24. An average to improve.

It appears that Shrewsbury Town is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

Shrewsbury Town has a ball possession percentage of 42.79% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Wrexham and especially that the team will score more goals.

Best goalscorer from Shrewsbury Town

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level John Marquis is the player to highlight. Helping Shrewsbury Town with 4 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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

Wrexham

League One leaderboard now

The Wrexham team with 51 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 15 wins, 6 draws, and 4 losses.

With the same score that the Wycombe Wanderers who occupies position 2, the team will fight for a best position in this 27th round.

Wrexham analysis

Wrexham goal quotient is definitely positive, with 37 down scored and 18 conceded after 26 rounds played.

One factor to consider is Wrexham average number of shots on goal, only 3.76 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the League One.

Wrexham is a more offensive team than Shrewsbury Town, having 2517 attacks vs. 2205 from Shrewsbury Town, having scored 37 times, in comparison, Shrewsbury Town converted into goal 24 times.

Best goalscorer from Wrexham

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Elliott Lee. With 6 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Wrexham team achieving several victories this season.

For punters some entries may be interesting 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 Shrewsbury Town is John Marquis, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Wrexham is Elliott Lee, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Wrexham has conceded 10 away goals in 11 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Wrexham will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-0, something to take into consideration.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Wrexham scores an average of 0.82 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.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

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 4.53 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 4.08 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

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