It will be a battle between two sides in the lower half of the EFL League One when Shrewsbury Town square off Morecambe at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the 39 round of the English third tier. Match kickoff schedules for 15th March 2022 at 22:45 EAT.
Shrewsbury Town comes into this meeting in the 17th place with 39 points in the League One. In their campaign this season, they have 15 losses, 12 draws and nine wins. They have been struggling for form recently, with just one victory in their previous six outings, but the club have been picking up a few results due to drawing two games in that period. In their last five games, they have two loses two draws and a win.
The Shrews will be hoping to bounce back following 1-2 League One defeat in their last game at the hands of Oxford United. In that game, Shrewsbury had 46% possession, 13 shots with six of them on target and a goal scored by Ryan Bowman (60′). Oxford United got eight shots with three of them on target and goals by Matty Taylor (11′) and Cameron Brannagan (82′).
Morecambe on the other hand sits in the 21st place with 32 points on the leader board, which leaves sees them in the Relegation zone. In their campaign this season, they have 18 losses, 11 draws and seven wins. The Shrimps have struggled away from home, winning only two games on the road, which is the second-worst record in the entire division. In their last five games they are winless having lost thrice and drawn twice.
Morecambe will be aiming to make amends here coming off 1-3 loss to Cheltenham Town in their last League One action. In that game, Morecambe had 54% possession, 22 shots with eight shots and a goal scored by Greg Leigh (52′). Cheltenham Town got 18 shots with nine of them on target and goals by Liam Sercombe (44′), Callum Wright (46′) and Alfie May (80′).
Shrewsbury Town vs Morecambe head to head
These two teams have 16 head to head meetings against each other since 2003. Shrewsbury has seven victories; Morecambe five victories four matches ended all square.
- Morecambe 2-0 Shrewsbury 14/08/21
- Shrewsbury 2-0 Morecambe 02/12/17
- Morecambe 1-4 Shrewsbury 17/03/15
- Shrewsbury 1-0 Morecambe 20/12/14
- Morecambe 0-1 Shrewsbury 24/03/12
Home
- Shrewsbury 1-2 Oxford
- Cambridge 0-0 Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury 0-0 Rotherham
- Burton 0-2 Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury 1-2 Portsmouth
Away
- Morecambe 1-3 Cheltenham
- Bolton 1-1 Morecambe
- Plymouth 2-0 Morecambe
- Morecambe 1-1 Ipswich
- Rotherham 2-0 Morecambe
Shrewsbury Town team news
Gaffer Steve Cotterill has no fitness concerns ahead of this fixture.
Morecambe team news
The visitors also get into this meeting with clean bill of health.
Prediction and odds
Morecambe might be winless in 10 consecutive matches, but the team has put some good performances against the likes Ipswich and Bolton in recent weeks while Shrewsbury on the other side has been lacking the offensive threat to pick up points and they dropped points in their last three occasions.
- Draw
- Goals Under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 / 2
