Wrexham v

Stockport County

Saturday 29 December 2007

 

Kick Off @ 15:00



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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

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Adults £16 & Children £5 each


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Recent Encounters

Sep 07: Stockport 2 Wrexham 1

Jan 07: Wrexham 0 Stockport 1

Sep 06: Stockport 5 Wrexham 2

Apr 06: Stockport 2 Wrexham 1

Oct 05: Wrexham 3 Stockport 0

Last Five League Games

Wrexham:

Rochdale (h) 0-2

Rotherham (a) 0-3

Brentford (h) 1-3

Dagenham & Redbridge (a) 0-2

Bury (a) 1-0

Overall Form Position: 21st

Home Form Position: 24th

Stockport County:

Shrewsbury (a) 1-3

Grimsby (h) 1-1

Macclesfield (a) 0-2

Wycombe (h) 6-0

Lincoln (h) 1-3

Overall Form Position: 12th

Away Form Position: 8th

League Record

  Us Them
Played 21 22
Won 4 7
Drawn 3 6
Lost 14 9
For 14 35
Against 35 37
GD -21 -2
Points 15 27
Position 24 14

Betting Odds

Wrexham Draw Stockport
19/10 9/4 6/5

League Two Fixtures

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

Match Preview

Wrexham will end what has been a largely forgettable 2007 at home to Stockport, and look to end a run of four straight defeats in the process.

The defeat to Rochdale on Boxing Day, coupled with Mansfield's surprise win over Peterborough, has left us propping up the Football League and three points away from safety.

Our second home game in four days is in complete contrast to the New Year as only one of our seven games in January is at home and this is against league leaders MK Dons!

A break from the Racecourse could do us good as we have the worst home record in the league with our last win coming against Lincoln exactly three months ago.

Stockport have a mixed record away from home with four wins from their eleven games away from Edgeley Park but are without a win in their last two games - a 1-1 draw at home to Grimsby and a 3-1 defeat at Shrewsbury on Boxing Day.

Stockport had made a positive start to the season after narrowly missing out on the play offs last time round but a run of four straight defeats in October, and inconsistent performances since then, has left Stockport in mid table with 27 points from 22 games.

Anthony Elding is top scorer for the Hatters with ten goals so far this season and he is closely followed by Adam Produlock on nine and Liam Dickinson is one further behind on eight.

It is therefore not surprising that Stockport are the sixth highest scorers in the league but they do have the third worst defending record in the league, which is even worse than ours!

Manager Jim Gannon is in his second full season in charge of Stockport and will be looking to build on last season's eighth place finish with the Hatters missing out on the play offs on goal difference to Shrewsbury Town.

A familiar face in the Stockport dug out is our former midfielder Peter Ward who has been Gannon's assistant since he arrived back at the club in January 2006.

Past Encounters:

The game at Edgeley Park this season went the way of Stockport and this means we are on a run of four straight defeats against the Hatters.

Marc Williams had opened the scoring with his first goal of the season but Stockport equalised three minutes later through Anthony Elding and Dominic Blizzard scored the winner after the break.

Stockport had the upper hand last season with a commanding 5-2 win at Edgeley Park and the Hatters completed the double over us in the return game at the Racecourse with a last minute winner.

The overall head-to-head in the league sees Stockport ahead on 44 wins compared to our 32 and there has been 19 draws in the 95 league games between the teams.

Team News:

Captain Richard Hope is the major doubt for Wrexham with an ankle injury and Silvio Spann has also been ruled out but Wes Baines has recovered from illness.

Brian Little has increased the options in his squad by recalling wingers Michael Carvill and Matty Done along with striker Marc Williams to the squad.

Matty Crowell is midway through a three game ban and he misses out along with Juan Ugarte and the injured Danny Williams.

Stockport's Michael Raynes is available for selection after successfully appealing against his red card against Shrewsbury on Boxing day and the Hatters have been further boosted with the news that midfielders Jason Taylor and Jason Blizzard have been passed fit following their respective ankle and hamstring injuries.

Elsewhere in League Two:

Mansfield will be looking to make it two wins out of two over the Christmas break when they entertain Accrington at Field Mill whilst third bottom Dagenham make a trip to Bury.

Lincoln are above Dagenham only on goal difference and they travel to Lincolnshire rivals Grimsby who are a place and three points above the Imps in the table.