The Reds have faced the Shrews only once before in their history, when Roy Evans' side won 4-0 at their former Gay Meadow ground at this same stage of the competition back in 1996.
Stan Collymore broke the deadlock early on, Shrewsbury defender Dave Walton added an own goal on 68 minutes, and Robbie Fowler and Jason McAteer completed the scoring for Liverpool.
For more pre-match facts and figures, courtesy of club statistician Ged Rea, read on...
This will be the Reds' first visit to New Meadow, which opened in 2007.