Hereford United
v Wrexham

Tuesday 22 April 2008

 

Kick Off @ 19:45



Ground Guide

Edgar Street


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Admission Prices:

Seating: Adults £15, Concessions £13

Standing: Adults £13, Concessions £10


Official Guide - None

Football Ground Guide


Weather Forecast:

Clear skies with temperatures dropping no lower than 9 degrees Celsius.

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Recent Encounters

Sep 07: Wrexham 0 Hereford 2

Dec 06: Hereford 2 Wrexham 0

Sep 05: Wrexham 1 Hereford 0

Jan 05: Hereford 1 Wrexham 2

Nov 01: Hereford 1 Wrexham 0

Last Five League Games

Wrexham:

Notts County (a) 1-0

Shrewsbury (a) 0-3

Mk Dons (a) 1-4

Macclesfield (h) 1-1

Mansfield (a) 1-2

Overall Form Position: 22nd

Away Form Position: 24th

Hereford:

Peterborough (h) 0-1

MK Dons (a) 0-0

Darlington (a) 1-0

Chester (h) 2-2

Lincoln (a) 1-2

Overall Form Position: 9th

Home Form Position: 21st

League Record

  Us Them
Played 43 43
Won 9 23
Drawn 10 10
Lost 25 10
For 33 65
Against 63 41
GD -30 24
Points 37 79
Position 24 3

Betting Odds

Wrexham Draw Hereford
11/2 16/5 2/5

League Two Fixtures

Hereford v Wrexham

Match Preview

The win over Notts County on the weekend kept our hopes alive for another game but we have to collect three points at promotion placed Hereford to avoid being relegated.

Although a defeat will mean we can still match Dagenham's forty three points, they face second bottom Mansfield on the last game of the season and at least one of them will therefore reach forty four points, which is one more than our maximum is we lose at Hereford.

One glimmer of hope is that the Bulls do not have the best home record for a team third in the league with only nine wins at Edgar Street all season.

We will have to address our form away from the Racecourse to record our first back-to-back victories of the season and end a run of six straight defeats on our travels.

This match is our game in hand over our relegation rivals and three points will see us close within three points of Dagenham & Redbridge and safety.

Hereford are in the need of three points themselves and a victory will mean they will be on the verge of securing automatic promotion to League One.

Hereford have only won one of their last five games at Edgar Street and the 1-0 defeat against promoted Peterborough on the weekend has left the Bulls one point ahead of Rochdale and Stockport in fourth and fifth position respectively.

Hereford's last win at home came in the middle of March when they defeated Wycombe by a single goal and you have to go back one month further for their previous victory when they defeated Chesterfield 2-0.

Top scorers for Hereford in the league are strikers Trevor Benjamin and Theo Robinson with ten goals each.

Benjamin joined the Bulls in the summer from Walsall whilst Robinson is on a season long loan from Watford.

Graham Turner has been in charge of the club, literally both on and off the field, since August 1995 after having spells as manager of Shrewsbury, Villa and Wolves. Turner has taken charge of over 600 games for the Bulls and helped them regain their league status two seasons ago and is on course of recording another promotion to League One.

Recent Encounters:

Hereford left the Racecourse last September with all three points courtesy of second half strikes from Kris Taylor and Trevor Benjamin.

This was the first victory for the Bulls in Wrexham since August 1991 although games between the two sides have been limited since then.

Our last victory at Edgar Street was back in 2005 when we won 2-1 en route to the LDV Vans Trophy victory at the Millennium Stadium.

Hereford lead the head-to-head in the league with thirteen wins to our seven and there have been eleven draws in the thirty-one games between the sides. The matches last season were the first in the league since 1993 but there has been two cup games in between.

Team News:

Wrexham have no fresh injury worries from the weekend win over County and Brian Little is again expected to continue with his youthful team selection.

The one addition to the travelling squad is midfielder Robbie Garrett who is on loan from Stoke City.

Hereford midfielder Sammy Igoe came through unscathed on his return to action following an ankle injury but Luke Webb (hamstring) is out.

Trevor Benjamin, who came on as a second-half substitute against Posh after recovering from an eye injury, will face a late fitness test.