This is a massive game. In all likelihood, this will be a bigger occasion than the Wimbledon game, despite all the brouhaha on B&A. We are just winning game after game, and victory on Saturday will see us mathematically promoted if either Torquay or Crawley lose, and almost certainly promoted if Torquay draw. The team are playing with real confidence at the moment, all the little backheels and flicks and one-twos are great to watch and they are coming off. The team (at home, really) never seem to believe they will lose. There is real belief, but also composure there, and I think it's indicative of a team on the up. Not that Brizzle Rovers kind of up, where you go from mid-table mediocrity to slightly higher mid-table mediocrity by virtue of beating **** teams, but a team on the brink of finally getting out of this god forsaken league.
Goals have been Accy's problem this season, with no individual player hitting double figures in all competitions this season, and only 52 goals scored in the league this season. That's just 5 more than Crawley have managed at home in 22 games, as many as Bradford and fewer than lowly Northampton. Wimbledon, Vale, Brizzle and Morecambe have all netted more league goals despite being lower in the table than the Stanley, and all teams above them bar Aldershot have scored more.
It's also not as if their defending has been anything to shout about either. One has to go down to Brizzle to find a team with a worse goal difference, and Bradford also boast a better goal difference than Accrington. Their porous concession of 31 goals at home this season is only outdone by 5 teams.
Having given them the big "they're ****e" act, I think this will be a tough game and the one of our remaining fixtures in which we will have the most difficulty. If offered a point, I would take it right now. I expect us to beat Dagenham, and I can't see both Torquay and Crawley winning all three of their remaining fixtures. I don't care about catching Swindon, so long as we're in the top three!
COYB
Accrington:
Shrewsbury:
Lenny's Prediction: Accrington 1-2 Shrewsbury (Wildig, Collins; attendance 4019)
Goals have been Accy's problem this season, with no individual player hitting double figures in all competitions this season, and only 52 goals scored in the league this season. That's just 5 more than Crawley have managed at home in 22 games, as many as Bradford and fewer than lowly Northampton. Wimbledon, Vale, Brizzle and Morecambe have all netted more league goals despite being lower in the table than the Stanley, and all teams above them bar Aldershot have scored more.
It's also not as if their defending has been anything to shout about either. One has to go down to Brizzle to find a team with a worse goal difference, and Bradford also boast a better goal difference than Accrington. Their porous concession of 31 goals at home this season is only outdone by 5 teams.
Having given them the big "they're ****e" act, I think this will be a tough game and the one of our remaining fixtures in which we will have the most difficulty. If offered a point, I would take it right now. I expect us to beat Dagenham, and I can't see both Torquay and Crawley winning all three of their remaining fixtures. I don't care about catching Swindon, so long as we're in the top three!
COYB
Accrington:
- Recent Form: LLDWDD
- Top Scorers: Amond (8); Lindfield (5); Long (4)
- Last Meeting: Shrewsbury 1-0 Accrington (Bradshaw)
- League Position: 12[SUP]th[/SUP], 56 points from 43 games, GD -7
- Home Record: W11 D3 L7 F33 A31
Shrewsbury:
- League Position: 2[SUP]nd[/SUP], 84 points from 43 games, GD 26
- Recent Form: WDWWWW
- Away Record: W8 D4 L9 F27 A25
- Lenny's SUPER Fact: There have been 16 goals in the final 5 minutes of games involving Accrington, more than any other 5-minute period in their games.
- Lenny's GRANDISON Fact: There was once a word that rhymed with Orange. Grandison was offended by it, so kicked it into oblivion.
Lenny's Prediction: Accrington 1-2 Shrewsbury (Wildig, Collins; attendance 4019)
