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Match Preview: Reading v Shrewsbury Town (Saturday, 3pm)

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Shrewsbury Town travel to Reading on Saturday in League One.

The visitors come into the game on the back of a defeat in their last match, having lost to Wigan Athletic 1-0 at home.

The Royals, meanwhile, won their last match, 2-0 against Port Vale, with their goals scored by Harvey Knibbs and Lewis Wing.

Shrewsbury are 19th in the table after 33 games, of which they have won 10 and drawn five, earning 35 points.

Reading are five places ahead of Town in 14th, with 11 wins and nine draws putting them on 42 points.

The Royals are in reasonable form in League One, with three wins and two draws from their last six games.

With a win and two draws over that period, the Shrews’ form is much worse – they have taken five points from 18, compared to the home team’s 11.

With 23 goals in 33 games so far this season, the visitors are the league’s lowest scorers with 0.7 goals per game. And they are conceding at an average rate, letting in 44 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

Reading, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.

Reading v Shrewsbury Town
League One | Select Car Leasing Stadium
Saturday, 24 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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