Home And Away: The taming of the Shrews

Daily Tipping / Jonno Turner / 21 February 2012 / 1 Comments

A home win and an away win have been identified by Jonno Turner but who are the two teams we want to be on?

It's Pancake Day. I can't believe it's that time of year again, it just creped up on me. Last year I threw a big pancake party - but it fell flat.

If I'm honest, I used to love Pancake Day, but now you see the supermarkets putting their eggs, flour and milk out six months before the day - when did it all become so commercialised?

If you're planning on gorging tonight, too, remember this: you know you're too fat, when you drop something and think 'do I really need it?'.

We're off to the County Ground for our first tip - as in-form sides Swindon and Shrewsbury meet, aiming to keep the pressure on the top two.

These two teams sit third and fourth respectively, and could both go top of the table with a win tonight.

The hosts have been in excellent form and boss Paolo Di Canio has seen his side lose just one of their last ten games - and that was an FA Cup tie with Leicester.

And the Robins could make it 16 home games unbeaten - and ten consecutive wins on their own patch - if they can secure a positive result against their opponents this evening.

Shrewsbury are going well this campaign, and have won five from their last half a dozen games. However, their away form leaves a lot to be desired, and Paul Simpson's side have won just two of their last seven games away from New Meadow.

Worryingly for Simpson, his side have scored in just three of those seven games, and with Swindon having conceded fewer goals than anyone else in League Two, that stat indicates that the Shrews may struggle to hit the net at the County Ground tonight.

Swindon have won three of the last four meetings between these two sides - and I think that the Robins could find themselves on top once again come 21.30 today.

Bet 1: Swindon Town (HOME) @ [1.9]

Apparently, my great, great grandad was a world champion Russian roulette player - he only lost once.

League Two leaders Southend United travel to Aldershot tonight - and the pressure is on the Shrimpers to secure a result, with Swindon and Shrewsbury breathing down their necks.

Paul Sturrock's side have been churning out the right results all campaign, and go into this game on the back of two consecutive wins in the league.

But competition is tight at the top of division two, and as mentioned above, a failure to win tonight could see the Shrimpers dislodged from their perch as leaders.

However, 12 games unbeaten from their last 15 away from Roots Hall indicates that Southend are more than capable of nicking a result on the road - and in the short term, the visitors have won three from five on their travels.

Aldershot welcome Sturrock's side and will be desperate to arrest a slump which has seen them win just one of their last four games at the Ebb Stadium.

The Shots have slipped to 15th in the table, and just three wins from nine has left them without much to play for as we approach the business end of the season.

The visitors have one of the best away records in the league, and with several others vying for their place at the top of the league, I think we'll see them extend that today.

Bet 2: Southend United (AWAY) @ [2.44]

Comments (1)

1. frank | 21 February 2012

   RE HOME AND AWAY TAMING OF THE SHREWS

   
   Research not done!!!!!

   Paul Simpson Shrews manager!! just ask Graham Turner what he thinks....