Sunderland's stint in League One has definitely been longer than the North-East club would have hoped for and a drop off in form has seen them fall out of the automatic promotion picture.
There is still time for Johnson and Sunderland to recover, with games against the likes of Shrewsbury must-wins if they wish to be playing Championship football next season.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sunderland win with a probability of 43.55%. A win for Shrewsbury Town had a probability of 30.87% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.01%) and 0-2 (7.46%). The likeliest Shrewsbury Town win was 1-0 (8.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.15%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.2% likelihood.
