Preview: Wycombe Wanderers vs. Shrewsbury Town - prediction, team news, lineups

The visitors are currently 12th in the table, boasting 24 points from their 20 league matches this season, while Wycombe are 15th, picking up 22 points from their opening 18 games of the campaign.

Match preview

Wycombe boast a record of six wins, four draws and eight defeats from their 18 League One matches this season, with a total of 22 points leaving them in 15th position in the table.

The Blues are only four points above 20th-placed Exeter City but sit just four from Charlton Athletic in 10th, which is an indication of how quickly things could change, especially as the home side have two games in hand on a number of the other teams in the division.

Wycombe, who finished ninth in League One last season, have actually lost each of their last three league fixtures to Stevenage, Reading and Barnsley, with their last success in the third tier of English football coming away to Fleetwood Town at the start of October.

It will be more than two months since Wycombe last won in the league when they take to the field for this match, but Matt Bloomfield's side recorded a 3-2 victory over Fulham Under-21s in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday, which has seen them advance to the round of 16.

Shrewsbury were victorious in both league matches between the two sides last season, including a 2-1 win in the corresponding fixture at Adams Park.

The visitors will enter this match off the back of a 3-2 victory over Notts County in the FA Cup, which saw them book their spot in the third round of the competition, where they will meet Wrexham.

Matt Taylor's side have picked up four points from their last two League One matches, meanwhile, recording a 2-1 victory over Port Vale on home soil before drawing 0-0 with Exeter City at the end of November.

Shrewsbury, who finished 12th in the third tier last season, have a record of seven wins, three draws and 10 defeats from their 20 league games in 2023-24, which has left them in 12th spot on 24 points.

The Shrews will be wary of the fact that each of the 12 teams below them in the table have at least one game in hand, but they are only six points off eighth-placed Blackpool in the division and will enter this contest in strong form.

Taylor's team are actually the second-lowest goalscorers in League One this season with 12, which is a remarkable total considering their position in the table.

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Shrewsbury Town League One form:

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Team News

Wycombe head coach Bloomfield will make changes from the side that started in the EFL Trophy against Fulham Under-21s, although Dale Taylor's brace in the match should see him keep his spot.

Lyle Taylor is still waiting for his first goal for the club, but the experienced forward is again expected to be given the nod in the final third of the field.

Joe Low has come up with three goals from centre-back this season, and the 21-year-old will again feature in the middle of the defence for Wycombe this weekend.

As for Shrewsbury, Daniel Udoh and Ryan Bowman are the team's joint-leading goalscorers this season with five, and the pair will both be in the XI for this contest.

Head coach Taylor could name the same side that took to the field for the goalless draw with Exeter in the league last time out.

Max Mata was an unused substitute against Notts County in the FA Cup, but the forward is expected to return to the starting side for this weekend's fixture.

Wycombe Wanderers possible starting lineup:

Ravizzoli; Forino-Joseph, Low, Tafazolli; Pattenden, Breckin, Scowen, Phillips, Sadlier; D Taylor, L Taylor

Shrewsbury Town possible starting lineup:

Marosi; Dunkley, Pierre, Anderson; Bennett, Winchester, Kenneh, Shipley; Mata, Bowman, Udoh

We say: Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury are unbeaten in their last three matches with Wycombe, and the visitors will enter this match in the better form. There is no question that Wycombe have quality, though, and we are expecting a tight game on Saturday afternoon, with the points possibly being shared in a low-scoring draw.

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