Match Analysis

Reason For Southampton vs Shrewsbury Betting Tips

• Southampton have kept clean sheets in three of their last four games.
• Shrewsbury have scored one or fewer goals in eight of their last nine matches.
• Southampton have lost just two of their last eight home assignments.

Comfortable evening anticipated for the Saints

Southampton play their rearranged FA Cup third round tie against League One outfit Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday evening, where the Saints look favourites to claim a clean sheet en route to securing their place in the competition’s next round.

The Saints were turned over by Leicester in their last outing, though a run of three clean sheets on the spin before their reverse against the Foxes showed just how well-drilled Southampton have been defensively this season.

Shrewsbury Town have been notching goals in singles of late and the Shrews have hit the net exactly once in each of their last seven assignments overall since early December.

Town’s struggle for goals in the third tier means they should find it extra tough to make final third inroads against Southampton, and the robust Saints are worth backing to win to nil on Tuesday as a result.

A glut of goals at the other end shouldn’t be anticipated however. Southampton have scored two or fewer goals in 16 of their 19 competitive games this season, and they are likely to shuffle their pack against Shrewsbury.

With that considered, a 2-0 Saints win looks a solid correct score prediction for what should prove a routine FA Cup Third Round tie for the hosts.

Match Odds

Home win: 1.26

Away win: 12.50

Draw: 5.80

Over 2.5 goals: 1.72

Under 2.5 goals: 2.14