About Match
Shrewsbury Town go into the game 23rd in the table on 3 points; Colchester United sit 12th on 7 — a 4-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Shrewsbury Town 0.4 scored and 2 conceded per game, Colchester United 1.2 and 1.6, with the league averaging 1.33. Three points here take Shrewsbury Town to 6 and up to 13th, assuming other results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 2 Shrewsbury Town wins, 3 for Colchester United, 4 draws, at 2.44 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Montgomery Waters Meadow in Shrewsbury stages the fixture, a ground that holds 9,875.