Shrewsbury vs Reading

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Reading

🕒 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:45 Europe/London 📍 The Croud Meadow 🧑‍⚖️ Darren Drysdale 🔁 Regular Season - 38 🏁 match finished

Season

2024-2025 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 38

Regular Season Table

Shrewsbury 24 · Reading 7

Referee Stats

Darren Drysdale

15 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	20%
Draws	33%
Away wins	47%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (13-15).
Possession was balanced (54%-46%).
Reading had the sharper finishing (3-7 shots on target).

Team Overview

Shrewsbury (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 5-3-15

Goals For / Against

20 / 37

Avg: 0.87 / 1.61

Points

Avg: 0.78

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Reading (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 7-8-8

Goals For / Against

31 / 36

Avg: 1.35 / 1.57

Points

Avg: 1.26

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League One fixture.

Quick comparison bars

0.78

PPG

1.26

0.87

1.35

1.61

1.57

43%

O2.5

57%

48%

BTTS

65%

Score 1st

League-position context

Shrewsbury rank24th

Reading rank7th

Shrewsbury points33

Reading points75

Shrewsbury: #24 · 33 pts · GD -38

59 pts off the top 2. 35 pts off the play-off line. 14 pts from safety.

Reading: #7 · 75 pts · GD +11

17 pts off the top 2. 8 pts above the play-off edge. 29 pts clear of the relegation zone.

42-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Shrewsbury last 5 home

Points0/15

Weighted index0

Goals2-9

Record0-0-5

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Reading last 5 away

W W D W L

Points10/15

Weighted index80

Goals10-5

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Shrewsbury trend breakdown

Over 2.543%

BTTS48%

BTTS + O2.539%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 96% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 22% · 1H BTTS 13%

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.557%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.548%

1H Over 0.574%

Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 87% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Shrewsbury score at home57%

Shrewsbury clean sheet at home13%

Reading score away70%

Reading clean sheet away17%

First-goal patterns

Shrewsbury score first0%

Shrewsbury win after scoring first0%

Reading score first0%

Reading win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Shrewsbury 0% · Reading 0%

Vs league average

Shrewsbury score at home0.87 vs 1.40

Shrewsbury concede at home1.61 vs 1.18

Reading score away1.35 vs 1.18

Reading concede away1.57 vs 1.40

Shrewsbury score 38% below league average, while Reading score 14% above league average.

Defensive side: Shrewsbury are 36% above league average at home, and Reading are 11% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games4

Avg goals4.00

BTTS100%

Over 2.575%

At this venue setup: 4.50 goals on average across the last 2.

Shrewsbury goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Reading goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

54%

46%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

385

350

Passes Accurate

304

284

Passes %

79%

81%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	4
Home Wins	2
Draws	1
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	3 (75.0%)
BTTS	4 (100.0%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	2
Home Wins	1
Draws	0
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	2 (100.0%)
BTTS	2 (100.0%)

Shrewsbury vs Reading Head-to-Head History by Season

2024-2025 Season

08 Apr 2025 Shrewsbury vs Reading 1 - 3 11 Feb 2025 Reading vs Shrewsbury 1 - 1

2023-2024 Season

24 Feb 2024 Reading vs Shrewsbury 2 - 3 11 Nov 2023 Shrewsbury vs Reading 3 - 2