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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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.