Rotherham U. travel to take on Shrewsbury Town at the New Meadow on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 24 games played, The Millers have recorded 6 wins, and Shrewsbury Tn. have come away with 12 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Shrewsbury was back in January 2000 at the old Gay Meadow, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division Three match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Rotherham U. | 2 - 0 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
1999/2000 | Sat 29 Jan | Shrewsbury Tn. | 0 - 0 | Rotherham U. | LGE2 |
1999/2000 | Tue 07 Dec | Rotherham U. | 2 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | ASSM |
1999/2000 | Sat 28 Aug | Rotherham U. | 4 - 0 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
1998/1999 | Tue 20 Apr | Shrewsbury Tn. | 2 - 3 | Rotherham U. | LGE2 |
1998/1999 | Sat 03 Oct | Rotherham U. | 0 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
1997/1998 | Sat 14 Feb | Rotherham U. | 0 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Shrewsbury Town's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Shrews have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Rotherham U.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Millers have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Shrewsbury find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 40 points from their 34 matches. Rotherham are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 57 points from 35 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Shrewsbury Tn. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
Rotherham U. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Millers has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Shrewsbury.
Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Shrewsbury Tn. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
Rotherham U. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |