📊 Form Guide

Shrewsbury Town

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Shrewsbury Town will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-0 League Two loss in their previous game against Bristol Rovers.

Tommy Leigh (79') was the scorer for Bristol Rovers.

Gavin Cowan's Shrewsbury Town have hit the back of the net 9 times in their past half-dozen outings. The comparative number of goals that they have conceded in those same games amounts to 7.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Shrewsbury Town:

• have not registered a win against Crewe Alexandra in their previous 5 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Crewe Alexandra

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In their previous fixture, Crewe Alexandra drew 1-1 in the League Two match with Cheltenham Town.

The only name on the scoresheet from Crewe Alexandra was James Connolly (85'). Jake Bickerstaff (55') scored for Cheltenham Town.

The stats tell the story, and Crewe Alexandra have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals overall. In defence, Crewe Alexandra certainly have room for improvement.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Crewe Alexandra:

• are undefeated by Shrewsbury Town when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 02/02/2021 tells us that these encounters have not been happy ones for Shrewsbury Town. They have not been able to get any wins whatsoever while Crewe Alexandra have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

A total of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 for The Shrews and 9 belonging to The Railwaymen. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was League Two match day 15 on 08/11/2025 and the score finished Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Shrewsbury Town.

The match was refereed by Tom Reeves.

📋 Team News: Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra manager Lee Bell has to choose a team with limited availability. Owen Lunt (Back injury), Joel Tabiner (Ligament injury) and Shilow Tracey (Broken leg) won’t be making appearances.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Crewe Alexandra have enough to score against this Shrewsbury Town side, however it probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Shrewsbury Town after the 90.

Lucas Pereira, 14:09 21/03/2026