Shrewsbury22 – 1Everton U211

Four goals across seven away matches, with a first-half average of 0.14 goals per game, is a goal-shy profile that points to a tight, low-total game. They still won two of those seven and kept three clean sheets, so the away trips have not been fruitless. The sample is only seven matches, so it is a lean rather than a settled pattern.

The 3-3 at Rotherham on 24 October 2026 produced six goals from 19 Shrewsbury shots, seven of them on target, and included a red card. It is the clearest recent example of a Shrewsbury game opening up, and it sits against the low-total reading on this tie. One match is a thin sample and does not by itself overturn the tighter home games that preceded it.

The July friendly is the only meeting in the record and finished 1-0 to Shrewsbury, which fits a low-scoring read on this tie. It was a pre-season game, though, so line-ups and intensity offer limited guidance for a competitive Trophy night in October. Treat it as a small supporting detail rather than a form line.