Shrewsbury Town defender Tom Flanagan is adamant that his side are favourites to knock Wrexham out of the FA Cup on Sunday.

The two sides will meet for the first time since 2007 at The Croud Meadow this weekend and the Salop defender is in confident mood.

Speaking to BBC Radio Shropshire, the Northern Ireland international believes the hosts are favourites.

"I’m big on the respect thing between football clubs, but let’s make it known, they’re a League Two team, they’re coming here as a League Two team," told Salopcast.

"Other League Two teams have come here and we’ve beaten them. So the expectation is that we beat them, whether it’s a local derby or not, they’re a League Two team.

"Who owns them, what they wear, who they are has absolutely no bearing on the game whatsoever. I’ve seen a few things and it’s like we’ve drawn a Premier League team, it’s certainly not the case, they were semi-professional footballers last season.

"Now they’ve made it into the league and fair play they’ve done really well, it took them two goes to do it and they did eventually do it.

"But coming now, that’s what it is, it’s a League One team against a League Two team and this is where you want to show why you’re a League One player and not a League Two player as such.

"Don’t get me wrong they’ve got some good players but they’re playing at that level for a reason, I’m a firm believer in that."

Flanagan, who played for Reds boss Phil Parkinson at Sunderland, added:  "I’ve worked with Phil Parkinson before, I know how he likes to play.

"We’re not going to get a chance to get the ball off them in their 18-yard box as it’s not going to be there, it’ll be in our half from the goalkeeper or one of the centre-halves.

"They’re not going to be passing out from the back so it’ll be a different game plan in regards to that’s the way that they play, but it’s about us putting our way of playing on them."