Shrewsbury Town 1 Sunderland 1: Story of the night as Daniel Udoh earns hosts a point following Alex Pritchard opener and David Davis red card
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The Black Cats beat Ipswich 2-0 at the Stadium of Light last time out after late goals from Luke O’Nien and Aiden McGeady.
It’s a result which moved Lee Johnson’s side back into the League One play-off places after three consecutive league defeats – and they still have games in hand on the sides above them.
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Hide AdShrewsbury, managed by former Sunderland assistant Steve Cotterill, are fighting at the opposite end of the table following a 2-1 defeat at Cheltenham last time out.
The Shrews will also be without a handful of key players for tonight’s match but did beat Sunderland 2-1 at The Montgomery Waters Meadow Stadium in this fixture last season.
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RECAP: Shrewsbury Town 1 (Udoh, 64) (Davis sent off, 45) Sunderland 1 (Pritchard, 16)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Wright, Doyle, O’Nien, Neil, Pritchard (McGeady, 74) , Gooch (Dajaku, 74), O’Brien (Evans, 62), Broadhead, Stewart
- Subs; Patterson, Flanagan, Evans, Alves, Dajaku, Embleton, McGeady
- Shrewsbury XI: Marosi, Davis, Pennington, Nurse, Ogbeta, Bloxham (Cosgrove, 84), Vela, Leahy, Pyke, Udoh, Bowman
- Subs: Burgoyne, Caton, Leshabela, Wilson, Kaninda, Craig, Cosgrove
33’ Important block from Gooch
Shrewsbury are still causing problems and went close again as Udoh set up the lively Ogbeta on the left.
Gooch made an important block.
32’ Gooch goes close
This time Gooch goes close after cutting in from the right and curling a shot towards the far corner.
Fine save from Marosi.
27’ Too much on it from Neil
Neil managed to get back on the ball there after a spell of Shrewsbury possession.
The midfielder almost played a defence-splitting pass for Broadhead but it was just overhit.
23’ Sunderland defending in numbers
Sunderland have just dropped back a bit since the goal but are posing a threat on the break.
Gooch saw a shot saved by Marosi moments ago which was comfortable for the keeper.
Johnson watching from the stands
Johnson is watching alongside Kyril Louis-Dreyfus tonight. The Sunderland boss took another yellow card on Saturday which may have resulted in a suspension.
12’ Stewart almost through on goal
This time Shrewsbury were almost caught out trying to play out from the back.
Pennington’s pass back to his goalkeeper was too close to Stewart but his touch ran out of play.