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

Sat 21st Mar, 15:00 BST, Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Town are in League Two action on Saturday afternoon, as Michael Appleton attempts to outsmart Lee Bell and his Crewe Alexandra side at the Montgomery Waters Meadow. For every League Two preview, KickOff delves into the stats for multiple markets. Meaningful stats, including head-to-head results, are then given alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Shrewsbury 36%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Crewe 36%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Shrewsbury 1-0 11%	-	-
Crewe 1-0 11%	-	-
Draw 0-0 9%	-	-
Shrewsbury 2-1 8%	-	-
Crewe 2-1 8%	-	-
Shrewsbury 2-0 7%	-	-
Crewe 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Shrewsbury 3-1 3%	-	-
Crewe 3-1 3%	-	-
Shrewsbury 3-0 3%	-	-
Crewe 3-0 3%	-	-
Shrewsbury 3-2 2%	-	-
Crewe 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	-	-
BTTS - No 52%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	-	-
Home/draw 64%	-	-
Away/draw 64%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Home DNB 56%	-	-
Away DNB 55%	-	-
Shrewsbury win to nil 22%	-	-
Crewe win to nil 21%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Shrewsbury have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 7 and won 7. Shrewsbury have conceded 43 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Shrewsbury have played 18 games at home, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Crewe lay in 9th place on 56 points in the League Two league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 6 and losing 7 games. They have scored 36 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Crewe have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Crewe have played 18 away games, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

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

	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

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R	2 - 1	Crewe
Swindon	1 - 2	Crewe
Crawley	0 - 1	Crewe
Barnet	1 - 1	Crewe
Bromley	2 - 2	Crewe
Notts C	1 - 0	Crewe
Newport	2 - 0	Crewe
Walsall	1 - 0	Crewe
Tranmere	1 - 4	Crewe
Cambridge	2 - 1	Crewe
Oldham	0 - 0	Crewe
MK Dons	3 - 1	Crewe
Harrogate	1 - 2	Crewe
Barrow	1 - 0	Crewe
Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
Gillingham	1 - 0	Crewe
Fleetwood	1 - 4	Crewe
Salford	1 - 3	Crewe
Tranmere	2 - 0	Crewe
Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Crewe	1 - 2	Bristol R
H	Crewe	2 - 1	Tranmere
A	Crewe	2 - 1	Swindon
H	Crewe	0 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Crewe	1 - 0	Gillingham
A	Crewe	1 - 0	Crawley
A	Crewe	1 - 1	Barnet
H	Crewe	1 - 0	Colchester
A	Crewe	2 - 2	Bromley
A	Crewe	0 - 1	Notts C
H	Crewe	3 - 1	Barrow
H	Crewe	1 - 1	Harrogate
H	Crewe	4 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Crewe	0 - 2	Newport
A	Crewe	0 - 1	Walsall
H	Crewe	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Crewe	4 - 1	Tranmere
H	Crewe	2 - 2	Newport
A	Crewe	1 - 2	Cambridge
H	Crewe	3 - 3	Chesterfield

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Crewe have not lost to Shrewsbury in 5 consecutive league meetings

Shrewsbury

Crewe

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

SHR

CRE

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

Crewe

Shrewsbury

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

8 / 9

Clean sheets

1 / 9

2 / 9

SHR

CRE

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

Goal Statistics

Crewe Alexandra's defensive record is very strong, L. Bell's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive League Two outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Shrewsbury Town makes sense in this context.

	Shrewsbury 17th	Crewe 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Shrewsbury will score no more than 1 goal	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Crewe 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	-5 Crewe’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

SHR

CRE

26%

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Games scored	24		27
Failed to score	12		9
Scored first	10		20
Goals scored	37		53
Avg. goals scored	1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		5
Conversion rate for	13		18
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+26%

SHR

CRE

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Games conceded	26		30
Clean sheets	10		6
Conceded first	22		15
Goals conceded	56		43
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.4
KickOff rating		+7%

Shrewsbury v Crewe 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	972	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	122
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	11	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

Crewe League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	9	10	8
L Billington	J March	T O'Reilly	R Hutchinson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Billington DEF	36		2	4 -
T O'Reilly MID	36	6	10	4 -
R Hutchinson DEF	35	3	5	8 -
J Connolly DEF	34	2		7 -
C. Agius FWD	33	6	2	1 -
O Lunt MID	31	2	3	5 -
J March FWD	30	9	6	3 -
M Demetriou DEF	29	2	3	3 -
M Sanders MID	29	3	4	8 -
M Holicek MID	25	2		3 -
C Thomas MID	22	3		1 -
E Tezgel FWD	21	8	1	1 -
J Powell MID	20		2	1 -
T Booth GLK	19			1 -
C Finney DEF	19		1	1 -
L Moult FWD	17	1		1 -
J Golding DEF	12			1 -
D Rankine FWD	11			-
O Bogle FWD	9	1		2 -
J Lankester MID	8		1	-
J Mingi DEF	6			1 -
S Waller GLK	5			-
L. Moore MID	3			-
S. Dancey DEF	1			-
P. Croker DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	22	10	12
J March	J March	T O'Reilly	T O'Reilly

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J March FWD	9	22	6	4
E Tezgel FWD	8	16	1	1
T O'Reilly MID	6	16	10	12
C. Agius FWD	6	12	2	3
R Hutchinson DEF	3	8	5	7
M Sanders MID	3	13	4	9
C Thomas MID	3	7
J Connolly DEF	2	6
O Lunt MID	2	6	3	3
M Demetriou DEF	2	10	3	3
M Holicek MID	2	5		3
L Moult FWD	1	2
O Bogle FWD	1	3
L Billington DEF		6	2	5
J Powell MID		1	2
C Finney DEF			1
J Golding DEF				1
J Lankester MID		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1503	62	260
M Sanders	T O'Reilly	J Connolly

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Sanders MID	1503	51	126
L Billington DEF	1354	44	148
J Connolly DEF	1129	36	260
M Demetriou DEF	1094	33	233
R Hutchinson DEF	1093	52	158
T O'Reilly MID	721	62	189
J Powell MID	609	18	43
C. Agius FWD	594	49	117
T Booth GLK	591		16
O Lunt MID	530	56	162
M Holicek MID	465	47	118
J March FWD	373	23	189
C Thomas MID	356	26	50
J Golding DEF	270	16	50
E Tezgel FWD	232	15	83
C Finney DEF	187	14	38
S Waller GLK	163		2
J Lankester MID	74	6	12
L Moult FWD	72	3	25
D Rankine FWD	66	1	10
J Mingi DEF	65	1	8
O Bogle FWD	40		14
L. Moore MID	8	1	1