Shrewsbury vs Crewe: Preview & Prediction

Shrewsbury

Preview

14:00

Crewe

4/17/2027

League Two · Round 42The Croud Meadow

Big match

38%

Crewe

model favours

36%27%38%

Crewe score first in only 19% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1

likely score

52%

under 2.5 goals

52%

both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 8+ matches

Shrewsbury36%

×Draw27%

Crewe38%

✓ 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.

ShrewsburyExpected goals in this matchCrewe

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.

1.27

1.31

Shrewsbury

1.27

Crewe

1.31

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 11 home / 8 away

1.11

creates per match

1.30

1.32

allows per match

1.44

creates per match

Shrewsbury

1.11

Crewe

1.30

allows per match

Shrewsbury

1.32

Crewe

1.44

-0.02on par

finishing

-0.05on par

finishing

Shrewsbury-0.02on par

Crewe-0.05on par

Total goals

Under52
Over48

Close call

Both teams score

Yes52
No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Shrewsbury ↓

Crewe →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–110%

0–27%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–28%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–18%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

73%27%2.5

48%52%3.5

26%74%4.5

12%88%

Double chance

Shrewsbury or draw

62%

Shrewsbury or Crewe

73%

Draw or Crewe

64%

Winning margin

Shrewsbury wins by 2+

16%

Crewe wins by 2+

17%

Team goals

Shrewsbury 1+ goals

72%

Shrewsbury 2+ goals

36%

Shrewsbury 3+ goals

14%

Crewe 1+ goals

73%

Crewe 2+ goals

38%

Crewe 3+ goals

14%

Draw no bet

Shrewsbury (draw refunded)

49%

Crewe (draw refunded)

51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

40%

Both score & under 3

13%

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

Shrewsbury at home — creates 1.11, concedes 1.32 · 11 matches

Crewe away — creates 1.30, concedes 1.44 · 8 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Shrewsbury attack 1.11 + Crewe defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.27

Crewe attack 1.30 + Shrewsbury defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.31

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 38%?"

Shrewsbury scores more

36%

level

27%

Crewe scores more

38%

Crewe at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Crewe 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

Shrewsbury score first in only 30% of matches
Shrewsbury raise their game against the top half — 29% wins vs the upper half, only 27% vs the lower
Crewe have won 5 of the last 7 meetings
Both teams score in only 30% of Shrewsbury’s matches
47% of Crewe’s goals come after the 75th minute