Wrexham v

Accrington Stanley

Saturday 26 April 2008

 

Kick Off @ 15:00



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Admission Prices:

Marstons Stand Adults £17

Eric Roberts/Yale Stand Adults £16

The Kop Adults £14

Seniors/Young Persons All Areas £10,

Marstons Stands Under 16s £10

ER/YS Under 16s £5

Marstons Stand Family Tickets:

Adults £16 & Children £5 each


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Weather Forecast:

Sunny intervals with temperatures reaching 18 degrees Celsius.

Accrington Web Sites

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Recent Encounters

Oct 07: Accrington 0 Wrexham 2

Jan 07: Wrexham 1 Accrington 3

Sep 06: Accrington 5 Wrexham 0
Mar 61: Wrexham 3 Accrington 0
Oct 60: Accrington 0 Wrexham 3

Last Five League Games

Wrexham:

Hereford (a) 0-2

Notts County (a) 1-0

Shrewsbury (a) 0-3

Mk Dons (a) 1-4

Macclesfield (h) 1-1

Overall Form Position: 22nd

Home Form Position: 12th

Accrington:

Barnet (h) 0-2

Notts County (a) 0-1

Dag & Red (h) 1-0

Macclesfield (a) 1-2

MK Dons (h) 0-1

Overall Form Position: 21st

Away Form Position: 19th

League Record

  Us Them
Played 44 44
Won 9 15
Drawn 11 3
Lost 25 26
For 33 46
Against 65 80
GD -32 -34
Points 37 48
Position 24 18

Betting Odds

Wrexham Draw Accrington
13/10 11/5 15/8

League Two Fixtures

Barnet v Stockport
Bradford v MK Dons
Brentford v Hereford
Bury v Rochdale
Darlington v Dag & Red
Grimsby v Peterborough
Macclesfield v Chesterfield
Mansfield v Rotherham
Morecambe v Lincoln City
Notts County v Wycombe
Shrewsbury v Chester
Wrexham v Accrington

Match Preview

Wrexham's final home league game of the season is against Accrington Stanley who secured their own safety last weekend.

After the disappointment of relegation following the 2-0 defeat at Hereford on Tuesday, Wrexham only have pride left to play for and Brian Little's interesting team selections of late could easily take another unexpected turn.

Accrington have a strange record this season with only three draws from there forty-four games.

But their fifteen wins has enabled Accrington to secure their league status for a second season after returning to the league after a fifty year absence.

Accrington have actually lost one more game than us and it is no surprise that they have the worst defensive record either with eighty goals conceded and this is fifteen more than us.

Accrington had made a positive start to the season but with only one win from their last seven games, Stanley were starting to look over their shoulder until results went for them last weekend.

The only three points in recent times was at home to Dagenham and the last win on their travels was back at the beginning of March when they came away from Rotherham with a 1-0 victory.

Despite this, Accrington have picked up eight wins on the road this season and this is only one less than our total of a disappointing campaign.

Top scorer for Accrington is striker Paul Mullin with thirteen goals this season.

Mullin has been at the club since 2001 and is fast approaching 100 goals since his arrival from Radcliffe Borough.

Manger John Coleman has been at the club even longer than Mullin and arrived at Livingstone Road in 1999.

Accrington have also turned down an approach from John Batchelor - of Mansfield/Harchester United fame - to relocate Accrington to Leigh and player under the franchise name of Lancashire United.

It was no surprise that Chairman Eric Whalley, who has been in charge of the club since 1995, turned down the £1.5 million approach because he would never allow the club to change its famous name.

Recent Encounters:

Our last match against Accrington last October was our first away victory of the season with Neil Roberts scoring a goal in each half.

This was our first win over Accrington since they returned to the league with Stanley running out comfortable winners on both occasions last season.

Team News:

None of the 14 players axed by Brian Little started at Hereford, although Michael Proctor was a second half substitute at Edgar Street.

Little has hinted that he would like to see Michael Jones and Michael Carvill feature at some point in the final two games but Carvill's appearance depends on if he has recovered from the injury he sustained whilst away with Northern Ireland.

Jones is expected top replace Gavin Ward in goal but Carl Tremarco, who was not one of the fourteen axed, is out for the season with an ankle injury.

Accrington have no fresh injury worries ahead of the match with only defender Robbie Williams out for the season with his knee injury.

Elsewhere in League Two:

With our relegation already confirmed, the battle to avoid the second relegation spot is now between five sides: Mansfield, Dagenham, Notts County, Chester and Macclesfield.

Mansfield currently occupy this spot and they entertain mid table Rotherham whilst Dagenham travel to Darlington who have already secured a play off spot.

If both Mansfield & Dagenham lose then the three teams above them will be safe as the Stags travel to East London on the last day of the season.