Helder Costa is under immense pressure to perform for Wolves v Shrewsbury

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Wolverhampton Wanderers host League One Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday night in an FA Cup replay at Molineux.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side earned a late 2-2 draw in the first meeting to avoid a cup upset and will now be hoping to progress to the next round.

It will be a huge game for attacker Helder Costa if he gets the nod to start and he’s under real pressure to perform.

Costa is surely one more poor performance away from fading into the background at Wolves after already seeing his minutes reduced in the Premier League.

The 25-year-old has suffered a major dip in form of late and has a modest return of just two goals and two assists across all competition this season.

Costa, who cost £13million (BBC) in January 2017, is a right-winger renowned for his pace and trickery, but his final ball has been mainly poor this campaign.

The Portugal international was abysmal in the first meeting with Shrewsbury by missing a couple of clear goalscoring opportunities and it was an example of how low on confidence he is.

Nuno should give the wide man another chance to redeem himself to get back in the good books, but flopping again against League One opposition could cost him dearly for the rest of the season.

Costa is not part of the starting XI right now that is performing so well for Wolves and he will know he needs to improve massively.