Shrewsbury Town vs Portsmouth; Sky Bet League One
Shrewsbury Town vs Portsmouth. Sky Bet League One.
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Shrewsbury vs Portsmouth preview
Friday 22 March 2019 10:09, UK
Shrewsbury manager Sam Ricketts is expected to consider changing a winning XI when they host Portsmouth in League One.
They overcame Wycombe but struggled to convince, requiring a stoppage-time penalty for all three points.
Greg Docherty and Fejiri Okenabirhie are pushing to start having featured as substitutes, while Omar Beckles is expected to, having come off the bench to score their equalising goal. Luke Waterfall is expected to miss out after coming off with an injury, as is James Bolton, owing to an ankle problem.
Portsmouth are set to be without Viv Solomon-Otabor, owing to a calf injury. He joins Ronan Curtis, who suffered a freak injury when trapping his finger in a door, in being ruled out.
Dion Donohue is also set to miss out, with a hamstring injury picked up in a reserve fixture. Andy Cannon and Bryn Morris are again absent, but could yet return in time for next week's EFL Trophy final against Sunderland.
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Shrewsbury have won their last three home league matches against Portsmouth.
Portsmouth have taken just one point in their last six league matches against Shrewsbury Town (W0 D1 L5).
Since losing back to back games at the New Meadow (vs Charlton and Luton, both by a 0-3 scoreline), Shrewsbury have gone unbeaten in their four home league matches since (W2 D2).
Kenny Jackett has lost three of his four away league matches against Shrewsbury (W1), losing with Watford in 1996, Swansea in 2004 and Portsmouth in 2017.
Portsmouth have scored 12 headed goals this season - only Peterborough (13) have scored more headed goals in League One this season.
