Football prediction: Veteran Crouch saved Stoke against a weak 3rd division team

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Stoke City missed the FA Cup third round, scoring 1-1 on a sixth straight run in League One (third division) team at Shrewsbury Town. The potters who were not in the Premier League for the first time in ten years were rescued by the old dog Peter Crouch.

The 37-year-old veteran entered as a reserve in the 74th minute when Gary Rowett made all three of his shifts, and only 240 seconds later Crouch recovered the equation, marking in close proximity to 1:1 which result is not as Soccer-Tips predicted earlier. For the former England national, it was a second goal for the season after he made a campaign earlier in a championship match.



The home team took the lead in the first half of the season when they were given the right to shoot a penalty after a defeat against Aaron Amadi Holloway. Oliver Norburne realized from the white point, but he and his teammates did not manage to hold the leadership until the last referee.



With today`s draw, Stoke broke the trend in the last two seasons to always drop into the third round of this tournament, and in both cases it was against a rival of a lower division. Shrewsbury continued their home football game without losing at the same FA Cup stage - for the last time Towns were eliminated at home in 1989. The match will be played at the Bet365 Stady later in January, and Stoke City will concentrate on his appearance in the Championship, where he is currently far away from the Playoffs area.