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Shrewsbury Town v Cheltenham Town : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Mar, 15:00 BST, Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury

Saturday afternoon sees Michael Appleton’s Shrewsbury Town and Steve Cotterill’s Cheltenham Town go head to head in a League Two battle at the Montgomery Waters Meadow. All of the key statistics for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are covered in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a smart bet.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Shrewsbury and Cheltenham combined during the standard 90 minutes. Latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 75% chance of it coming in. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Shrewsbury are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Shrewsbury 48%	4/5	19/20
Draw 26%	9/4	12/5
Cheltenham 27%	10/3	3/1
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Shrewsbury 1-0 12%	11/2	5/1
Shrewsbury 2-1 9%	15/2	7/1
Shrewsbury 2-0 9%	7/1	7/1
Cheltenham 1-0 8%	10/1	8/1
Draw 0-0 8%	15/2	7/1
Cheltenham 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	12/1
Shrewsbury 3-1 5%	16/1	12/1
Shrewsbury 3-0 4%	14/1	12/1
Cheltenham 2-0 4%	20/1	14/1
Shrewsbury 3-2 2%	28/1	22/1
Cheltenham 3-1 2%	40/1	25/1
Shrewsbury 4-1 2%	33/1	25/1
Cheltenham 3-2 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	11/10	11/10
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	7/10	4/6
Home 1st Goal 52%	8/13	4/6
Away 1st Goal 43%	8/5	8/5
No 1st Goal 5%	15/2	7/1
BTTS - Yes 50%	10/11	10/11
BTTS - No 50%	4/5	4/5
BTTS - Home Win 20%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 12%	17/2	13/2
Home/draw 73%	1/5	2/9
Away/draw 53%	19/20	5/6
Home/away 74%	1/3	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	1/3	7/20
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	9/4	2/1
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	11/4	27/10
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1/4	1/4
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	7/1	6/1
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/12	1/12
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	18/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/50	1/80
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/14	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	15/2	7/1
Home DNB 66%	1/3	2/5
Away DNB 45%	9/4	9/5
Shrewsbury win to nil 27%	2/1	-
Cheltenham win to nil 15%	6/1	-
Shrewsbury / Shrewsbury 27%	2/1	2/1
Shrewsbury / Cheltenham 2%	40/1	28/1
Shrewsbury / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Shrewsbury 17%	15/4	19/5
Draw / Cheltenham 10%	8/1	7/1
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	18/5
Cheltenham / Shrewsbury 4%	22/1	18/1
Cheltenham / Cheltenham 12%	13/2	5/1
Cheltenham / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Shrewsbury have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 17th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Shrewsbury have outscored their opponents by 37 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Shrewsbury have played 18 games at home winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored 18 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 19 goals at home.

Cheltenham are in 18th position in the League Two on 37 points having played 34 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 34 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 4 and won 6. Cheltenham have conceded 47 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Shrewsbury Cheltenham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	36	19	13	4	23	70	d 0-00-0	Apr 7	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
2	MK Dons	35	18	11	6	32	65	l 1-2A	l 5-1A	l 2-3A	l 5-0A
3	Cambridge	35	18	11	6	22	65	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	Apr 6	l 1-0A
4	Notts C	35	19	7	9	20	64	w 1-0F	l 4-1A	l 1-2A	Mar 21
5	Swindon	36	19	6	11	16	63	w 3-1F	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
6	Salford	35	18	4	13	3	58	l 1-3A	w 1-2A	w 3-2A	d 1-1F
7	Grimsby	35	15	11	9	11	56	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	l 7-1F
8	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	10	56	l 0-1A	w 2-3A	l 0-2A	Apr 3
9	Crewe	36	16	8	12	10	56	Mar 21	l 3-1A	Mar 17	l 4-1A
10	Barnet	36	14	11	11	5	53	d 0-00-0	w 1-3A	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0
11	Walsall	35	15	8	12	4	53	l 1-2A	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	Apr 11
12	Colchester	35	14	10	11	11	52	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	May 2	l 2-0A
13	Oldham	34	12	13	9	8	49	Apr 11	d 2-2F	l 0-3A	l 2-1F
14	Fleetwood	35	13	10	12	2	49	Apr 25	l 3-1A	w 2-0F	Mar 10
15	Accrington	35	13	8	14	1	47	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	l 3-1A
16	Gillingham	34	11	12	11	0	45	d 3-3F	May 2	-	d 1-1F
17	Shrewsbury	36	11	8	17	-19	41	-	-	w 3-1F	Mar 14
18	Cheltenham	34	10	7	17	-21	37	Mar 14	l 3-1A	-	-
19	Tranmere	36	9	8	19	-17	35	Apr 3	l 4-0A	Mar 28	l 3-2A
20	Bristol R	35	10	4	21	-23	34	l 0-3A	Mar 17	w 1-0F	Apr 25
21	Crawley	36	6	11	19	-23	29	w 1-0F	Apr 18	w 3-0F	l 2-0A
22	Barrow	34	7	7	20	-18	28	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	w 1-2F
23	Newport	36	7	7	22	-27	28	w 1-0F	Mar 28	Apr 18	w 0-2F
24	Harrogate	36	6	9	21	-30	27	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Walsall
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Notts C
Shrewsbury	3 - 1	Swindon
Shrewsbury	2 - 1	Barrow
Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Barnet
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Harrogate
Shrewsbury	0 - 3	Bristol R
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Grimsby
Shrewsbury	3 - 3	Gillingham
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Newport
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Crawley
Shrewsbury	2 - 0	Cambridge
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	MK Dons
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Salford
Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Accrington
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Colchester
Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Bromley
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Crawley
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Wigan

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Shrewsbury	3 - 2	Chesterfield
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Walsall
A	Shrewsbury	2 - 1	Salford
A	Shrewsbury	2 - 0	Accrington
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Notts C
H	Shrewsbury	3 - 1	Swindon
H	Shrewsbury	2 - 1	Barrow
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Colchester
H	Shrewsbury	0 - 0	Barnet
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Cambridge
A	Shrewsbury	1 - 5	MK Dons
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Harrogate
H	Shrewsbury	0 - 3	Bristol R
A	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Grimsby
A	Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Cheltenham
H	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Walsall
H	Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Grimsby
H	Shrewsbury	3 - 3	Gillingham
A	Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Fleetwood

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Harrogate	1 - 1	Cheltenham
Bromley	1 - 1	Cheltenham
Barnet	0 - 0	Cheltenham
Accrington	3 - 1	Cheltenham
Oldham	2 - 1	Cheltenham
Crewe	4 - 1	Cheltenham
Barrow	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Swindon	0 - 1	Cheltenham
Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Tranmere	3 - 2	Cheltenham
Newport	0 - 2	Cheltenham
Gillingham	1 - 1	Cheltenham
Grimsby	7 - 1	Cheltenham
Crawley	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Salford	1 - 1	Cheltenham
MK Dons	5 - 0	Cheltenham
Cambridge	1 - 0	Cheltenham
Bromley	3 - 0	Cheltenham
Notts C	1 - 2	Cheltenham
Crewe	2 - 3	Cheltenham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cheltenham	2 - 2	Barrow
A	Cheltenham	1 - 1	Harrogate
H	Cheltenham	3 - 2	Salford
A	Cheltenham	1 - 1	Bromley
A	Cheltenham	0 - 0	Barnet
H	Cheltenham	2 - 3	MK Dons
A	Cheltenham	1 - 3	Accrington
H	Cheltenham	0 - 2	Grimsby
A	Cheltenham	1 - 2	Oldham
H	Cheltenham	3 - 0	Crawley
A	Cheltenham	1 - 4	Crewe
H	Cheltenham	0 - 2	Swindon
H	Cheltenham	3 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Cheltenham	2 - 1	Barrow
H	Cheltenham	1 - 1	Harrogate
A	Cheltenham	1 - 0	Swindon
A	Cheltenham	0 - 2	Colchester
H	Cheltenham	1 - 0	Bristol R
A	Cheltenham	2 - 3	Tranmere
H	Cheltenham	1 - 2	Notts C

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Shrewsbury

Cheltenham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

4 / 9

Clean sheets

5 / 9

2 / 9

SHR

CHT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Cheltenham
Shrewsbury	3 - 1
Shrewsbury	3 - 1
Shrewsbury	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Shrewsbury	2 - 0
Shrewsbury	2 - 0

Cheltenham

Shrewsbury

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

3 / 10

SHR

CHT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cheltenham
Cheltenham	3 - 1
Cheltenham	2 - 0
Cheltenham	2 - 0
Cheltenham	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Shrewsbury
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Shrewsbury
	1 - 2	Shrewsbury
Cheltenham	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Shrewsbury Town have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 6 consecutive League Two matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Cheltenham Town on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Shrewsbury 17th	Cheltenham 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 34% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Shrewsbury will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Cheltenham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-22 Shrewsbury have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted	-2 Cheltenham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

SHR

CHT

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Games scored	24		24
Failed to score	12		10
Scored first	10		16
Goals scored	37		36
Avg. goals scored	1		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	13		15
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.1
KickOff rating		+9%

SHR

CHT

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Games conceded	26		26
Clean sheets	10		8
Conceded first	22		17
Goals conceded	56		57
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.7
KickOff rating		+1%

Shrewsbury v Cheltenham League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Shrewsbury League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	4	5	10
W Boyle	G Lloyd	S Clucas	W Boyle

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W Boyle DEF	35	3	3	9 1
T Perry MID	34	2		8 -
L Hoole DEF	33	3	1	6 -
G Lloyd FWD	33	4	1	3 -
S Clucas MID	31	2	5	4 -
T Sang DEF	30	2	2	5 -
I. Kabia FWD	29	1	2	4 -
J Marquis FWD	29	3		4 -
T McDermott MID	28	1	1	7 1
A Scully FWD	24	3	2	1 -
T Anderson DEF	22	1		4 -
S Stubbs DEF	22	1	1	5 -
J Ruffels DEF	21	1	2	2 1
W. Brook GLK	18			1 -
I. England MID	13		1	1 -
C Aneke FWD	13	1		4 -
M Benning DEF	11		2	3 -
E. Harrison GLK	6			1 -
H Biggins MID	6			-
B Ihionvien FWD	4	1		3 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	15	5	5
G Lloyd	W Boyle	S Clucas	S Clucas

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Lloyd FWD	4	11	1	1
W Boyle DEF	3	15	3	3
L Hoole DEF	3	6	1	1
J Marquis FWD	3	8		2
A Scully FWD	3	10	2	2
T Perry MID	2	6
S Clucas MID	2	7	5	5
T Sang DEF	2	5	2	5
I. Kabia FWD	1	6	2	5
T McDermott MID	1	5	1	2
T Anderson DEF	1	3		1
S Stubbs DEF	1	3	1
J Ruffels DEF	1	9	2	2
C Aneke FWD	1	4
B Ihionvien FWD	1	3		1
I. England MID			1
M Benning DEF		2	2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1029	81	247
W Boyle	L Hoole	W Boyle

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
W Boyle DEF	1029	44	247
S Clucas MID	971	70	158
L Hoole DEF	846	81	205
T Perry MID	713	71	154
T Anderson DEF	681	31	153
J Ruffels DEF	681	31	121
T Sang DEF	672	54	106
S Stubbs DEF	647	31	158
W. Brook GLK	581		12
I. Kabia FWD	490	44	118
J Marquis FWD	461	12	128
T McDermott MID	437	33	104
A Scully FWD	313	14	52
G Lloyd FWD	298	39	160
E. Harrison GLK	202		3
I. England MID	177	9	17
M Benning DEF	171	9	23
H Biggins MID	137	5	14
B Ihionvien FWD	44	2	17
C Aneke FWD	36	4	19

Cheltenham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	10	4	8
J Day	I Hutchinson	J. Thomas	A. Jude-Boyd

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Day GLK	34			2 -
L Young MID	33	2	1	6 -
J Bickerstaff FWD	33	3	3	2 -
J Wilson DEF	30			3 -
A. Jude-Boyd DEF	29		1	6 2
J. Thomas FWD	27	4	4	1 -
B Stevenson MID	24			2 -
E Archer FWD	24	2	3	2 -
J Tomkinson DEF	23	1		4 -
I Hutchinson MID	23	10	3	7 -
L Kinsella MID	21			2 -
J Martin FWD	21	3		1 -
R Broom MID	18			1 -
G Miller FWD	18	3	1	-
R Cundy DEF	17	1		3 -
S Sherring DEF	16	1		-
D Power DEF	14			2 -
T. Taylor MID	12			-
G Harmon DEF	10			1 -
L Angol FWD	9			3 1
F Willcox DEF	6			1 -
S Bennett MID	6			2 -
J. Mažionis DEF	5			3 -
H Pell MID	3			1 1
T Backwell MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	23	4	9
I Hutchinson	I Hutchinson	J. Thomas	J. Thomas

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Hutchinson MID	10	23	3	4
J. Thomas FWD	4	9	4	9
J Bickerstaff FWD	3	13	3	3
J Martin FWD	3	8
G Miller FWD	3	10	1	1
L Young MID	2	9	1	6
E Archer FWD	2	4	3	2
J Tomkinson DEF	1	3		2
R Cundy DEF	1	1		2
S Sherring DEF	1	2
J Wilson DEF		1		1
A. Jude-Boyd DEF		3	1	4
R Broom MID		2		2
G Harmon DEF				1
L Angol FWD		1		1
S Bennett MID		2
J. Mažionis DEF		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1149	57	196
L Young	B Stevenson	J. Thomas

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Young MID	1149	45	126
J Wilson DEF	1121	34	106
J Day GLK	1074	1	25
B Stevenson MID	935	57	149
J Tomkinson DEF	873	54	131
A. Jude-Boyd DEF	778	46	137
I Hutchinson MID	718	39	92
R Cundy DEF	639	18	160
J. Thomas FWD	562	44	196
E Archer FWD	537	50	145
S Sherring DEF	496	21	65
J Bickerstaff FWD	320	20	107
L Kinsella MID	273	23	68
R Broom MID	251	16	33
J Martin FWD	202	9	35
G Miller FWD	141	6	66
S Bennett MID	141	10	53
D Power DEF	126	15	43
F Willcox DEF	92	11	37
G Harmon DEF	91	6	14
J. Mažionis DEF	71	8	40
L Angol FWD	66	7	53
T. Taylor MID	49	2	20
H Pell MID	43	1	6
T Backwell MID	2	2	3