Shrewsbury Town boss looking to ensure perfect training schedule for match day tweak

With the televised tie 24 hours later than a typical League Two fixture, head coach Appleton admitted he will tailor Town's training with a possible lighter load later in the week to ensure his troops are ready.

"It will be slightly different in terms of our approach," Appleton told the Shropshire Star.

"We will have to make sure different people have two-day leads, three-day leads or sometimes even one-day leads into games, and we're going to try and make the week as normal as possible for them

"That might mean a little bit of the harder work towards the front of the week and then we step away from it as we get closer to the game to make sure we've got loads of energy for Sunday."

Salop head to National League North leaders South Shields, who play two tiers below Town, looking to avoid an upset.

Appleton's men are in improved form following an unbeaten October which brought two wins and two draws, three of which were clean sheets.

Visitors Town will hope to have midfield regular Taylor Perry available to feature in the tie after he was withdrawn from the 2-2 draw at Oldham on Saturday with a shin injury.

"Taylor's got a bit of a gash on his shin and he was struggling a bit," added the head coach.

"He lost a bit of feeling in his leg so it must have hit one of the nerves, but he seems to be okay

"He's been hobbling about a bit, but with those contact ones you're usually a little bit less worried than when it's a ligament or a muscle injury."