Sunderland players celebrate after scoring against Ipswich.Sunderland players celebrate after scoring against Ipswich.
Sunderland players celebrate after scoring against Ipswich.

The Sunderland starting XI which could face Shrewsbury Town - with two changes from Ipswich win

Sunderland will be hoping to make it back-to-back league wins when they travel to Shrewsbury Town – but who will start for Lee Johnson’s side at New Meadow?

The Black Cats beat promotion rivals Ipswich at the Stadium of Light last time out after late goals from Luke O’Nien and Aiden McGeady.

It’s a result which moved Sunderland back into the play-off places, with games in hand on the sides above them.

Johnson is now preparing for a busy run of games and will hope his squad don’t pick up any more injuries, after defender Dennis Cirkin was ruled out until the new year with a hernia issue.

The setback meant O’Nien moved to left-back against Ipswich and will probably have to play there for the foreseeable future.

Another option would be for Johnson to change his system and play with win-backs.

Here’s the Sunderland side we think could start against Shrewsbury.

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