Shrewsbury v Charlton - Match preview

However, last time Shrews were in Shropshire they got their first victory of the season, beating Leyton Orient comfortably at the Croud Meadow – and that is something they need to build on.

Defending has not been their strong point at this stage of the season, with several individual errors costing them.

But the last time they played in Shropshire they managed not to concede and that will once again be the aim.

The Salop head coach said last time he was manager of the club, winning games 1-0 was something his side did well and that is the aspiration again.

“It is an obvious statement, but you are taking something away from the game with you (if you keep a clean sheet),” he said.

“Hopefully three points, but if not then another point and every point is priceless. We have referenced the time when we had success here, we kept a hell of a lot of clean sheets.

“We won a lot of games 1-0. That is not always the aim, but in general, I do not mind if it is a 1-0 win I will happily take that all day long as opposed to a 3-3 thrilling draw. Give me the three points all day.

“It is important, we had struggled in some of the pre-season games, some of them you can understand why, you are making changes and that can lead to goals at certain times of games.

“It is as a team, it is not just the goalkeeper, it is not just the back four, it is about the team.”

Nathan Jones’ Charlton are currently fifth in the League One table and like Town they played last week – six games in the third tier of English football were postponed due to the international break – and they drew against Rotherham, a team who have just come down from the Championship.

There has been a big turnover of players in south London since Jones has arrived as boss and a player with the same surname, Lloyd Jones, has starred so far this campaign.

The defender is one of four players to have been nominated for the League One Player of the Month award for August as the Addicks have conceded just three times all season.

Hurst is going to have some decisions of his own to make for the weekend.

Luca Hoole will return from international duty, and you would expect him to come straight back in at right-back, he is the out-and-out first choice for that position.

But equally, others will be pushing for a start too.

Charles Sagoe Jr and George Nurse could come into contention for a place as could Tommi O’Reilly, who was unfortunate to miss out last week in the derby.