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.
We’ll have live updates, analysis, reaction and more throughout the evening.
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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
5’ Ogbeta fires wide
It’s been an open game so far and Sunderland were almost caught out there.
Ogbeta ran onto a throw-in on the right but fired his effort wide.
Still goalless.
Predicted line-ups
Here are our predicted line-ups for tonight.
Predicted Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Wright, Doyle, O’Nien; Evans, Neil; Embleton, Pritchard, McGeady; Stewart.
Predicted Shrewsbury XI: Marosi; Pennington, Ebanks-Landell, Nurse, Ogbeta; Bloxham, Vela, Davis, Leahy; Bowman, Udoh.”
Cotterill on team selection
Here’s what the Shrewsbury boss had to say ahead of tonight’s match.
“It doesn’t get any easier, but that’s where we are, you know? It is what it is. We just get on with it.
“I think it will be one game with El (Bennett). We’ll have a look and see where, it might be a case of putting a square peg in a round hole and trying to get the best out of the rest of the team.
“They (games) are demanding. But what we’ve got to do now is rest and recuperate, get those boys back into the training ground, look after them, and hopefully they’ll be ready to go again tomorrow night.”
