Michael Appleton has urged his Shrewsbury Town side to be "aggressive" and do the basics "really well" at League Two leaders Walsall.

The Shrewsbury boss spoke to the press on Friday morning ahead of his side's trip to the league leaders.

More than 1,200 Salop fans will make the trip to Bescot where Salop haven't won since December 1993, and Appleton anticipates a difficult afternoon.

Asked whether it is a challenge to relish, he said: "Yes, absolutely. It's one of them where you know what's coming, you know what they're about.

"There won't be too many surprises. They're very good at what they do and they keep it simple, and they don't detach and deter away from that.

"So, from our point of view, we've got to match that. We've got to be as aggressive. We've got to do the basics really

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