On Sat Oct 1st, in week 12, Shrewsbury Town and Cheltenham Town will play a match in Cheltenham in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 20th placed Cheltenham Town, recorded a 0-1 loss against Accrington Stanley. Sean McConville struck first for Accrington Stanley in the 1st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cheltenham Town couldn’t manage to score, and Accrington Stanley took the shutout win. Cheltenham Town looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while shrewsbury Town is fresh off their 2-1 win against Burton Albion. Christian Saydee struck first for Shrewsbury Town in the 13th minute on a feed from Tom Bayliss, then in the 57th minute, Adedeji Oshilaja sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Victor Adeboyejo. Shrewsbury Town is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Ryan Bowman and Christian Saydee have been the hottest scorers for Shrewsbury Town in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Cheltenham Town’s top weapon lately has been Dan N’Lundulu, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.