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Accrington S. travel to take on Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow on Saturday evening,
The last time the two teams met at Shrewsbury Tn. was way back in the black-and-white days of August 1959, with Shrewsbury Tn. annihilating their visitors 5 - 0 in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Accrington S. | 0 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | CONF |
| 1959/1960 | Mon 31 Aug | Shrewsbury Tn. | 5 - 0 | Accrington S. | DIV3 |
| 1959/1960 | Mon 24 Aug | Accrington S. | 2 - 2 | Shrewsbury Tn. | DIV3 |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 24 Feb | Accrington S. | 2 - 0 | Shrewsbury Tn. | D3N |
| 1950/1951 | Sat 07 Oct | Shrewsbury Tn. | 0 - 1 | Accrington S. | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Shrewsbury Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. During these games, Shrews have smashed 13 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 2.
In complete contrast to Shrewsbury Tn., Accrington S. are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Reds have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Shrewsbury Tn.'s total of 46 points from their 25 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide Conference. Accrington S.'s 40 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Shrews, as the Reds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Accrington S. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |