| Wrexham look to build on a four game unbeaten run
that has seen us climb off the bottom of the table but face a difficult
trip to a Peterborough side that has the best home record in
the league. Darren Ferguson's side have won
ten out of their fifteen games at London Road in the league this season
and last month thrashed Accrington 8-2.
This emphatic scoreline came on the back of a 1-0
reverse against Macclesfield and this result prevented Peterborough from
recording five straight wins.
The Macclesfield win was followed up with another
solid display when they defeated promotion rivals Rotherham 3-1 at home and last
week they returned home from in form Rochdale with a 2-0 win.
The recent results has left Peterborough in fourth
position with fifty-two points from twenty-eight games and the Posh are
also the leading goal scorers with fifty-five so far, which is almost 2
goals per game on average.
Peterborough defeated us in the First round of the FA
Cup this season, which proved to be Brian Carey's last game in charge, and the Posh
reached round four of the competition before going out at West Brom.
Aaron McLean is top scorer for Peterborough and has
found the back of the net an astonishing twenty-five times so far this
season and five of these has come in the last three league games.
McLean arrived at London Road at the beginning of
January in a £150,000 move from Grays Athletic after spending a couple
of months on loan prior to his move and is so far averaging a goal every
other game for Peterborough.
Peterborough manager
Darren Ferguson and his assistant, Kevin Russell, do not need any
introductions to Wrexham fans and they have so far won the two games
between the sides since they took over at London Road just over twelve
months a go.
Recent Encounters:
Although this is the first league meeting between the
two sides this season, the teams have met in the FA Cup First Round with
Peterborough running out comfortable 4-1 winners at London Road.
Neil Roberts grabbed our consolation in that game and
was the second victory for Darren Ferguson over his former side with the
league match last season ending up in the favour of the Posh with a 3-0
scoreline.
Our last win over Peterborough was back in December
2003 by two unanswered goals at the Racecourse and you have to go back
six years for out last win at London Road.
The overall league record between the teams sees
Peterborough ahead with 21 wins to our 15 and there have been 16 draws
in the 52 league games played.
Team News:
Brian Little's options have been boosted with the
return of defender Richard Hope from suspension and midfielder Sam
Aiston is available following injury.
Striker Paul Hall is back in training next week but
Carl Tremarco, Josh Johnson, Eifion Williams, Mark Jones and Danny Williams are ruled
out.
Captain Micah Hyde is still ruled out for Peterborough
with a hamstring injury but Charlie Lee is back from suspension.
Josh Low, Kieran Charnock and Shane Blackett are still
on the sidelines.
Elsewhere in League Two:
The majority of teams down the bottom of the table
face trips to teams that a contesting for promotion.
Bottom placed Mansfield travel to Wycombe who occupy a play off position and Dagenham & Redbridge are at Hereford who are
one place ahead of The Chairboys.
Lincoln's midweek win over Macclesfield has left Bury
and the SIlkmen in trouble with both teams facing difficult trips to
Morecambe and Bradford respectively.
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