MK Dons v
Wrexham

Tuesday 08 April 2008

 

Kick Off @ 15:00



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Admission Prices:

Adults £15, Concessions £11, Juniors £7, Under 7s FOC

Tickets must be purchase in advance before entering via gate 3. The Ticket office is located between gates 6 and 7.


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Weather Forecast:

Light showers with temperatures dropping to -3 degrees Celsius.

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Recent Encounters

Jan 08: Wrexham 1 MK Dons 0

Mar 07: MK Dons 2 Wrexham 1

Oct 06: Wrexham 1 Mk Dons 2
Feb 05: Wrexham 0 Mk Dons 0
Dec 04: MK Dons 3 Wrexham 0

Last Five League Games

Wrexham:

Macclesfield (h) 1-1

Mansfield (a) 1-2

Barnet (a) 2-3

Dag & Red (h) 0-0

Brentford (a) 0-2

Overall Form Position: 17th

Away Form Position: 16th

MK Dons:

Lincoln (a) 2-1

Accrington (a) 1-0

Peterborough (h) 1-1

Dagenham (h) 4-0

Chesterfield (a) 2-1

Overall Form Position: 1st

Home Form Position: 10th

League Record

  Us Them
Played 40 40
Won 8 26
Drawn 10 7
Lost 23 7
For 31 70
Against 56 30
GD -25 40
Points 34 85
Position 24 2

Betting Odds

Wrexham Draw MK Dons
6/1 7/2 4/11

League Two Fixtures

Tuesday:

MK Dons v Wrexham

Morecambe v Shrewsbury

Rochdale v Notts County

 

Wednesday:

Stockport v Mansfield

Match Preview

Wrexham are running out of games if we are going to preserve our league status and we now realistically have to win five out of our last remaining six matches if we are to avoid the drop.

We are seven points adrift of Notts County following the weekend games whilst MK Dons could be promoted this week if they beat us and Stockport lose to Mansfield on Wednesday night.

So a trip to the league's in form team was the last game we were looking for with the 2-1 victory for the Dons on Friday night was their seventh win in their last eight games, and the only draw in this sequence was at home to the team in first position - Peterborough United.

This game was originally due to be played in February before the Dons commenced this run but the match was called off only ninety minutes before kick off due to a frozen pitch.

Since then, Wrexham have only managed to win two games against Chester and Bury and we are currently five games without a win, and have lost the last four on our travels.

The Dons have lost five games at home this season with their last defeat coming at home to Rochdale in mid-January.

This was the last of three straight defeats for Paul Ince's side which included our win over the Dons at the start of the year.

The MK Dons also have the best defensive record in the league with only thirty goals conceded in their forty games played.

Mark Wright is just ahead of fellow midfielder Keith Andrews as top scorer for the Dons with thirteen goals so far this season.

Skipper Andrews took his tally to twelve with his penalty at Wembley last month setting the MK Dons on the way to a 2-0 win over Grimsby to lift the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.

Paul Ince has had a successful first season as manager after he replaced Martin Allen, who left the club for his short stay at Leicester in the Championship, after the Dons missed out in the play off semi finals last season.

Ince moved south from Macclesfield for the start of the new season and is assisted by Ray Mathias who also moved from the Cheshire club.

Recent Encounters:

Our victory in January was our first in the league over MK Dons in five attempts with the only goal of the game coming in the second half when Neil Roberts chipped the ball in from twenty yards.

 

The Dons won both games last season by a 2-1 scoreline and came from a goal down on both occasions.

 

The overall league record sees MK Dons with three wins to our one and there has been one draw in the five games played.

Team News:

Wrexham are without striker Drewe Broughton as the terms of his loan deal from the MK Dons prevent him from playing against his parent club.

Carl Tremarco and Rob Duffy also remain on the sidelines but Jeff Whitley is back in the squad after recovering from a shoulder injury.

Defenders Gareth Evans and Mike Williams also return to the squad after missing out on the weekend.

MK Dons have defensive concerns ahead of the game that could see them promoted if other results go their way.

Drissa Diallo (shoulder) is out, Colin Cameron (knee) is unlikely to play and Sean O'Hanlon (broken nose) is a doubt.

Elsewhere in League Two:

Three of our relegation rivals are also in action in midweek.

Shrewsbury, our opponents next Sunday, have dropped into the relegation battle after going fourteen games without a win and they face a difficult trip to Morecambe.

Notts County are back in Greater Manchester after their defeat at Bury on the weekend when they travel to Rochdale whilst Mansfield also have a difficult game at inform Stockport on Wednesday night.