Shrewsbury v Wrexham

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Shrewsbury Town suffered a 1-0 defeat away from home at Leyton Orient last time out in League One but although The Shrews return to the home surroundings of their Croud Meadow ground on Thursday night, the Shropshire hosts will be up against a high-flying Wrexham outfit.

Wrexham returned to winning ways in their last match in the English third tier when the Welsh club registered a 1-0 home win against Peterborough United as The Dragons bounced back from a 2-1 loss away from home at Barnsley beforehand.

Shrewsbury Town currently occupy a place in the relegation zone in the League One table as the hosts sit third from bottom and now eight points adrift of safety ahead of this tough looking fixture against Wrexham.

Overall, it has been a long and tough campaign for Shrewsbury Town as the hosts have managed to collect just four wins so far this season whilst also being handed a total of 15 defeats within their 24 matches played so far this term, but the glimmer of hope for Gareth Ainsworth's side is that three of these four wins have been achieved at The Croud Meadow.

Victories against Leyton Orient, Birmingham City and Lincoln City though have been outweighed by slipping to seven defeats at home as well.

Wrexham sit in third place in the League One standings and level on points with Wycombe Wanderers ahead of Thursday night's trip to face Shrewsbury Town and the Welsh visitors know that if they can grab all three points in this clash, it would be enough to send The Dragons to the top of the table.

Despite being dealt a 2-1 defeat away from home at fifth placed Barnsley in recent times, Wrexham have nevertheless put together a consistent looking sequence of results in the English third tier as the visitors have suffered just this single setback in their previous 10 games overall.

In addition, Wrexham have picked up seven wins during this 10-game period which has helped Phil Parkinson's side maintain their push for at least a play-off spot this term if not possible promotion.

However, if Wrexham are to be considered as serious challengers for automatic promotion, the Welsh outfit will need to improve upon an ordinary looking record away from home as the visitors have picked up three wins, drawn four games but have also been dealt four defeats as well.

Interestingly, Wrexham have collected the least number of points away from home out of all of the teams currently sitting in the top six of the League One table.

Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham Verdict

With just 30 miles separating these two teams, this upcoming encounter is something of a local derby and having won the last two meetings on the trot, Wrexham might just sneak a narrow win here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Wrexham win @ 1.95

Other side bets worth considering:

Wrexham win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct Score: Wrexham 1-0 @ 6.50