Salford City vs Shrewsbury: Preview & Prediction

Salford City

Preview

15:00

Shrewsbury

2/6/2027

League Two · Round 29Peninsula Stadium

56%

Salford City

model favours

56%25%18%

Shrewsbury score first in only 30% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–0

likely score

59%

under 2.5 goals

42%

both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 8+ matches

Salford City56%

×Draw25%

Shrewsbury18%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.4%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Salford CityExpected goals in this matchShrewsbury

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.56

0.76

Salford City

1.56

Shrewsbury

0.76

Salford City creates 105% more chances

Season form · 8 home / 13 away

1.95

creates per match

0.74

0.77

allows per match

1.17

creates per match

Salford City

1.95

Shrewsbury

0.74

allows per match

Salford City

0.77

Shrewsbury

1.17

-0.32scores less than expected

finishing

-0.05on par

finishing

Salford City-0.32scores less

Shrewsbury-0.05on par

Total goals

Under59
Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No58
Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Salford City ↓

Shrewsbury →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–17%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–015%

1–112%

1–24%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–012%

2–19%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–06%

3–15%

3–22%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

67%33%2.5

41%59%3.5

20%80%4.5

9%91%

Double chance

Salford City or draw

82%

Salford City or Shrewsbury

75%

Draw or Shrewsbury

44%

Winning margin

Salford City wins by 2+

30%

Shrewsbury wins by 2+

5%

Team goals

Salford City 1+ goals

79%

Salford City 2+ goals

46%

Salford City 3+ goals

21%

Shrewsbury 1+ goals

53%

Shrewsbury 2+ goals

18%

Shrewsbury 3+ goals

4%

Draw no bet

Salford City (draw refunded)

76%

Shrewsbury (draw refunded)

24%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

30%

Both score & under 3

12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Salford City at home — creates 1.95, concedes 0.77 · 8 matches

Shrewsbury away — creates 0.74, concedes 1.17 · 13 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Salford City attack 1.95 + Shrewsbury defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.56

Shrewsbury attack 0.74 + Salford City defence 0.77 → ÷2 → 0.76

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 56%?"

Salford City scores more

56%

level

25%

Shrewsbury scores more

18%

Salford City at 56% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 56% does not mean "Salford City will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

Salford City score first in only 33% of matches
Shrewsbury raise their game against the top half — 29% wins vs the upper half, only 27% vs the lower
Both teams score in only 30% of Shrewsbury’s matches
Salford City sit 4, Shrewsbury 19 in the table
Style contrast — Salford City play Attack-heavy, Shrewsbury Direct / counter-attacking
Salford City fall short of their xG (1.4 vs 1.7 expected)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles

Salford City

Attack-heavy

Shrewsbury

Direct / counter-attacking

52%Possession44%

67%Pass accuracy60%

12.9Shots11.5

1.73xGBiggest gap0.91

Salford CityShrewsbury

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form

City

WLLWD

Shrewsbury

WWDDL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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Salford City vs Shrewsbury — League Two 2018

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Statistical Prediction

Total goals

Both teams score

Match Insights

Style Matchup

Head to Head

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