English League One
2013-01-05 - Scunthorpe vs Shrewsbury
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Football : England : League One
Saturday, January 5th, 2013, 3:00PM GMT
PREVIEW
This is a tough game to predict a winner, as both sides have lost and drawn more games than they've won. Scunthorpe have 5 wins 6 draws and a whopping 14 losses and understandably sit 23rd in League One. Shrewsbury, 18th, have 6 wins, but have drawn 10 and lost 10.
Of course, looking at the goals it is Shrewsbury who have done better, conceding just 34 to their hosts 46. They have also scored 4 more goals than the 26 managed by Scunthorpe, although they have had an extra game.
To recent form - The hosts have lost 5 of their last 8 games, without a single win in that time...while Shrewsbury have managed to win 2 of their last 6, but have avoided defeat through those half dozen matches. The edge goes to Shrewsbury once again.
I was going to say that the fact Scunthorpe get to play this game at home should give them something to be confident about, but stats show Scunthorpe fail to make home advantage count. In fact, they have picked up just 7 points at home, which is the 2nd worst home record in the league.
Stats also show that Shrewsbury tend to draw a fair few matches, and I see only Sheffield United have drawn more than Shrewsbury's 10. What that tells me is this. Shrewsbury will likely come away from Scunthorpe with something. Either a win, or at least a draw.
BETTING VERDICT
We should bet on the visitors with some kind of start, but the +0.5AH is priced down at 1.50 and +0.25AH is 1.88 but the return will be half that if they just draw. I'm not sure I want to choose between the draw or the away win, which leaves me stuck.
F it. Let's take both teams to find their way past the useless defences opposing them.
The Pick :
Scunthorpe 2-2 Shrewsbury
