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Accrington play host to Shrewsbury Town at Crown Ground on Saturday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. Of the two previous meetings, the Reds have won one and drawn one.
The last time the two teams met at Accrington was way back in the black-and-white days of August 1959, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1959/1960 | Mon 31 Aug | Shrewsbury | 5 - 0 | Accrington | DIV3 |
| 1959/1960 | Mon 24 Aug | Accrington | 2-2 | Shrewsbury | DIV3 |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 24 Feb | Accrington | 2 - 0 | Shrewsbury | D3N |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 07 Oct | Shrewsbury | 0 - 1 | Accrington | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Accrington Stanley are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Reds in those games, with 7 conceded.
In complete contrast to Accrington, Shrewsbury are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Shrews have hit 7 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Accrington's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Shrewsbury lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide Conference, picking up 4 from their 2 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Accrington | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 |
| Shrewsbury | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Accrington may be coming up against a decent side in Shrewsbury, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Reds. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Accrington | Unbeaten in the last 24 home games. Unbeaten run of 17 matches. |
| Shrewsbury | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 8 away matches. An overall losing run of 8 games. No win in the 16 most recent games. |