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Peterborough face a trip to Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 20 games played, Posh have recorded 2 wins, and Shrewsbury Tn. have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2006, the Shrews carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Peterborough | 2 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Shrewsbury Tn. | 2 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Peterborough | 0 - 2 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 07 Mar | Shrewsbury Tn. | 0 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 Nov | Peterborough | 4 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 20 Feb | Peterborough | 2 - 2 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 12 Sep | Shrewsbury Tn. | 1 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Shrewsbury Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Peterborough is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Posh have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Shrewsbury Tn.'s 49 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Peterborough lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 52 from their 37 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Shrews, as the Posh have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Peterborough | 10 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |