FootyMAD's Shrewsbury Town match preview

Last updated : 08 September 2006 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City fixture

Lincoln City face a trip to Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Red Imps have winning 60.00% of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, with Lincoln City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Shrews in a League Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006Sat 29 AprShrewsbury Tn.0 - 1Lincoln CityLGE2
2005/2006Sat 12 NovLincoln City1 - 1Shrewsbury Tn.LGE2
2004/2005Sat 19 MarLincoln City2 - 0Shrewsbury Tn.LGE2
2004/2005Sat 07 AugShrewsbury Tn.0 - 1Lincoln CityLGE2
2002/2003Sat 18 JanLincoln City1 - 1Shrewsbury Tn.LGE2
2002/2003Tue 12 NovLincoln City1 - 2Shrewsbury Tn.ASSM
2002/2003Sat 31 AugShrewsbury Tn.1 - 2Lincoln CityLGE2

Recent respective form guides

Shrewsbury Town have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Shrews, with 4 goals against.

Lincoln City's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the The Red Imps, and 7 goals against.

Shrewsbury Tn.'s 8 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Lincoln City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League Two, and have accumulated 14 points from the 6 games they have played so far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Shrewsbury Tn.62221068
Lincoln City6411161113

FootyMad's prediction ...

The Red Imps's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Shrewsbury Tn., believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Shrewsbury Tn. Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Lincoln City 11 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.