Shrewsbury – Stoke SOCCER PICKS
Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City meet in Greenhous Meadow, in a match for this phase of the FA Cup (3rd Round). There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they met, on 24-08-2010, in a match that ended with the final score: Stoke City (2-1) Shrewsbury Town. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Shrewsbury Town:
Until reaching this phase of the FA Cup (3rd Round), the home team eliminated: Scunthorpe United and Salford City. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 23 conceded; against 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 12 conceded. The team comes to this match after a home tie with Fleetwood Town by (0-0). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Shrewsbury Town has won 6, tied 3 and lost 1. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches.
The Shrewsbury Town is a club that has already conquered the League 2 (fourth division of English football) once throughout its history, in the 1993/94 season, in addition to having a runner-up in the competition in 2014/15 and a Second place in the LDV Vans Trophy of 2017/18. In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular campaign in the League 1 (third national division), conquering 30 of the 78 possible points, being this way in the intermediate part of the table, quite close to the first classified. In the last five games that Shrewsbury Town played at home, for several competitions, in four of them the team scored goals. We believe that in this confrontation, by playing at home, the Shrewsbury Town will once again score goals and favor a fairly open game.
Stoke City:
The visiting team plays their first match in this edition of the FA Cup with the intention of winning a positive result as a visitor. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium. The team comes to this match after a home loss with Bristol City by (0-2). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Stoke City won 2, drew 6 and lost 2. In 15 games, they never made the comeback in the 6 games in which they suffered the first goal.
Stoke City is a club that was already runner-up in the FA Cup once, in the 2010/11 season, in addition to having two Championship titles (second national division) and one League Cup title. In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular campaign within the Championship, since it has won 35 of the 78 points played so far, thus being in the middle of the table, relatively far from the relegation zone. In the last five games that Stoke City played as a visitor, three of them scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this confrontation, despite playing away from home, Stoke City will have conditions to score goals and thus favor a more open game as a visitor.
