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Barnet pack their bags to visit Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bees will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20% success rate in the fixture.
The previous match played between the two at Gay Meadow was within the last three years, in January 2001, as the Shrews edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Mon 01 Jan | Shrewsbury | 3 - 2 | Barnet | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 12 Aug | Barnet | 3 - 0 | Shrewsbury | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Apr | Barnet | 1 - 1 | Shrewsbury | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 03 Jan | Shrewsbury | 1 - 1 | Barnet | LD3 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 23 Jan | Barnet | 2 - 2 | Shrewsbury | LD3 |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 31 Aug | Shrewsbury | 0 - 2 | Barnet | LD3 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 28 Feb | Barnet | 1 - 1 | Shrewsbury | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Shrewsbury Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Shrews in those games, with 8 conceded.
Barnet have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Bees's have scored 11 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
Shrewsbury are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 21 points from 10 games. Barnet's total of 21 points from their 10 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide Conference.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Shrewsbury | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
| Barnet | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Bees could well see them head back from Gay Meadow with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Shrewsbury | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barnet | 4 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |