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Graham Turner’s side
travel to the Valley Parade Stadium to face newly promoted Bradford City in
League One this afternoon. Shrewsbury will be looking to recover from their
unfortunate 1-0 loss to Wolves last weekend by claiming a first win since
defeating Swindon 2-0 in August.
Last year’s Capital One Cup finalists, Bradford, have made
an impressive start to their campaign in League One. Currently, they occupy the
final play-off place in the table whilst Shrewsbury are placed in 14th
position, 7 points behind the home side.
The Bantams are unbeaten in their last five league matches,
enjoying three victories and two draws. Adding to these rather concerning statistics
for Shrewsbury is the fact that Bradford are unbeaten at home so far and have
kept three clean sheets in the process of maintaining this successful home
record.
Two teams, Brentford and Carlisle, have been hit for 4 at
the Valley Parade so the visitors will have to demonstrate strong resilience at
the back to avoid an embarrassing defeat.
On a more positive note for Town, they have won on two of
their last three visits to Bradford meaning that this fixture is an ideal
opportunity to earn their first away victory of the season.
Having performed to a high standard against Wolves, Salop
were unlucky to endure such a late goal as Bakary Sako converted an 84th
minute penalty in last week’s match. However, aesthetically pleasing
performances will not satisfy Shrewsbury supporters unless they’re gaining
results and, therefore, victories need to come quickly.
Shrewsbury will be without suspended Jon Taylor. His alleged handball on the line, which led to Wolves’
late penalty at the Greenhous Meadow, led to a red card.
Bradford have no injuries or suspensions to worry about ahead
of the visit of Shrewsbury, and Nahki Wells will be looking to increase his
goal tally after scoring six goals in four home matches.
Altogether, this should be a competitive fixture with
Bradford looking to close the gap on the automatic promotion places and
Shrewsbury in search of three points that could potentially take them back in
to the top half of the table. Town have drawn all but one of their away league games
this season and the only exception was the 3-0 defeat to Leyton Orient, who are
the only side to still have a 100% record in England.
Prediction: Bradford City 1-1 Shrewsbury Town.
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