Shrewsbury Town hosted Sunderland at Montgomery Waters Meadow in League One at the weekend in Phil Parkinson’s third game as Black Cats boss.
They were hoping to follow up a 5-0 home victory over Tranmere Rovers on Tuesday night with another impressive display, whilst their hosts were aiming to put right a poor performance at home to Gillingham last time out, where they could only muster a 1-1 draw.
It was the Shrews who secured a hard-fought 1-0 win here, Jason Cummings’ smart finish in the 22nd minute enough to secure the points.
In this tactical analysis, we will analyse the tactics of both sides, and look at how Shrewsbury managed to clinch a fifth victory of the season.
Lineups
Home boss Sam Ricketts made three changes from their poor display at home to the Gills albeit two of those were enforced by injury.
Scott Golbourne came in for the injured Ryan Giles at left wing-back for his first league start of the season, whilst Dave Edwards and Shaun Whalley were favoured to Daniel Udoh (the second casualty for this match) and Sean Goss, with Ricketts opting for a slight formation tweak from their usual 5-3-2.


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