National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shrewsbury Town or Sunderland that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous match. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic game!
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Shrewsbury have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against York City and Peterborough United. Shrewsbury Town participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Shrewsbury Town have collected 17 points from their League One home games so far after 5-2-6.
Stress levels are on the rise for Shrewsbury Town's attacking players as they have now played 206 minutes without scoring in a league game. Saydee was their last goal scorer.
The Shrewsbury crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Fleetwood Town here at Montgomery Waters Meadow. Midfield player Leahy got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Leahy hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Shrewsbury Town lost 0-1 at home to Cheltenham Town.Shrewsbury Town have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Sunderland form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W6-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Sunderland has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Blackpool for a 1-1 draw. The attacker Diallo got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Diallo hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wigan Athletic at their stadium, the result 4-1.Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sunderland have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Shrewsbury Town victories, two draws and four Sunderland wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 8 goals |  A. Traoré 6 goals |   T. Bayliss 4 goals |
Shrewsbury Town missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Shrewsbury Town | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 20 | 35 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 56 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 49 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 5 | Derby County | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 35 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 14 | Oxford United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 29 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 28 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 22 |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -18 | 22 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -28 | 20 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 50 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 4 | Millwall | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 7 | Watford | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | Norwich City | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 36 |
| 10 | Reading | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 34 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 18 | Hull City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -13 | 30 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 28 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -17 | 24 |
