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Shrewsbury Town
EFL Trophy | Group Stage
Oct 8, 2024 at 7.30pm UK
Montgomery Waters Meadow
Birmingham logo

Shrewsbury
0 - 4
Birmingham


Benning (64'), Perry (68'), Nsiala (69'), O'Reilly (87')
FT(HT: 0-3)
Wright (8', 38'), Iwata (29'), Hansson (71')
Leonard (68'), Davies (69'), Wright (69'), Klarer (73'), Khela (83')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's EFL Trophy clash between Shrewsbury Town and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Bolton 2-2 Shrewsbury
Saturday, October 5 at 3pm in League One
Last Game: Charlton 1-0 Birmingham
Saturday, October 5 at 3pm in League One

We said: Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Birmingham City

Struggling in the third tier so far, Shrewsbury are going to be up against it as the league leaders come to town in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday. Birmingham will rotate their XI heavily but have enough quality in reserve to secure a comfortable victory over the Shrews at the Croud Meadow. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Birmingham City win with a probability of 60.74%. A draw had a probability of 21.8% and a win for Shrewsbury Town had a probability of 17.42%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.88%) and 1-2 (9.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.38%), while for a Shrewsbury Town win it was 1-0 (5.45%). The actual scoreline of 0-4 was predicted with a 3.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Birmingham City would win this match.

Result
Shrewsbury TownDrawBirmingham City
17.42% (0.048999999999999 0.05) 21.84% (0.020999999999997 0.02) 60.74% (-0.07 -0.07)
Both teams to score 50.81% (0.030999999999999 0.03)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
53.38% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01)46.62% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
31.11% (-0.0089999999999968 -0.01)68.89% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
Shrewsbury Town Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
59.69% (0.052999999999997 0.05)40.31% (-0.052999999999997 -0.05)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.07% (0.048999999999999 0.05)76.93% (-0.048999999999992 -0.05)
Birmingham City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.12% (-0.025000000000006 -0.03)14.88% (0.026 0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
56.76% (-0.048000000000002 -0.05)43.24% (0.048000000000002 0.05)
Score Analysis
    Shrewsbury Town 17.42%
    Birmingham City 60.73%
    Draw 21.84%
Shrewsbury TownDrawBirmingham City
1-0 @ 5.45% (0.0099999999999998 0.01)
2-1 @ 4.72% (0.010999999999999 0.01)
2-0 @ 2.48% (0.008 0.01)
3-1 @ 1.43% (0.006 0.01)
3-2 @ 1.36% (0.004 0)
Other @ 1.99%
Total : 17.42%
1-1 @ 10.38% (0.010000000000002 0.01)
0-0 @ 6% (0.0019999999999998 0)
2-2 @ 4.49% (0.0070000000000006 0.01)
Other @ 0.96%
Total : 21.84%
0-1 @ 11.42% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
0-2 @ 10.88% (-0.02 -0.02)
1-2 @ 9.89%
0-3 @ 6.91% (-0.015 -0.01)
1-3 @ 6.28% (-0.0049999999999999 -0)
0-4 @ 3.29% (-0.01 -0.01)
1-4 @ 2.99% (-0.0049999999999999 -0)
2-3 @ 2.85% (0.0020000000000002 0)
2-4 @ 1.36%
0-5 @ 1.25% (-0.0049999999999999 -0)
1-5 @ 1.14% (-0.0029999999999999 -0)
Other @ 2.46%
Total : 60.73%

How you voted: Shrewsbury vs Birmingham

Shrewsbury Town
9.0%
Draw
4.5%
Birmingham City
86.6%
67
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