South Shields vs Shrewsbury Predictions

• South Shields score on average 2.0 goals per-game in the league.
• Shrewsbury’s League Two games average 2.4 goals per-game.
• South Shields are unbeaten at home this season (W9, D1).

Giant killing a possibility at Mariners Park

National League North outfit South Shields will feel they have a chance to knock out EFL opposition in the first round of the FA Cup on Sunday as Shrewsbury visit.

Salop have just 13 points to show from 14 League Two games and they are in very real danger of back-to-back relegations.

South Shields lead the way in the sixth tier and their home record has been excellent this term with nine wins and no defeats in 10 games. A giant killing cannot be ruled out here, but the better angle for our main bet could be backing over 2.5 goals at around evens.

South Shields score on average exactly two goals per-game in the NL North and at home alone that figure stands at just shy of 2.6. They’ve also scored 10 goals in just three FA Cup games and should throw everything at the Shrews in this televised cup tie.

The visitors were a League One team last season and have enough quality within their squad to trouble their in-form hosts. Shrewsbury have scored in five of their last seven away games, so both of these teams look capable of combining for at least three goals.

If South Shields are to pull off a famous result they may have to do it the hard way and a 2-2 draw is the correct score pick. South Shields haven’t lost at home all season and can keep that run intact, but there are signs of recovery at Shrewsbury as they are on a four-game unbeaten run and they can avoid a defeat in 90 minutes at least.