Wrexham are set for a huge clash with Charlton Athletic with promotion hopes on the line.
The Red Dragons go into the game full of confidence after their brilliant performance in the 2-1 win over Blackpool and currently sit second in the League One table.
Phil Parkinson has fired back at Nathan Jones after the Charlton Athletic boss called Wrexham a ‘circus’ in the build up to the game.
Charlton themselves can force their way into the automatic promotion picture with a win at the Racecourse Ground so Parkinson’s side know they need a repeat performance of their excellence at Bloomfield Road.
Here’s everything you need to know about the team ahead of the monumental clash.
Wrexham team and injury news vs Charlton Athletic
Parkinson has the luxury of picking from a strong squad with no fresh injury concerns following back to back games against Bristol Rovers and Blackpool.
Andy Cannon is out long term and won’t feature for the rest of the campaign and Modou Faal had surgery on a thigh injury picked up in training.
Aside from those two players, Wrexham head into the game with a clean bill of health and no suspensions.
It will now be up to Parkinson to make some key decisions in key areas of the pitch as to who starts the game against their fellow promotion rivals.
Wrexham predicted XI vs Charlton Athletic
The Red Dragons boss has kept with a consistent side during the end of season run in and there won’t be wholesale changes for this match.
Jay Rodriguez and Sam Smith are expected to continue up top with the energetic Ollie Rathbone and George Dobson in behind.
James McClean and Ryan Longman will provide the width for Wrexham, whilst Arthur Okonkwo is looking to extend his incredible tally of 17 clean sheets this season.
Parkinson’s selection dilemma comes in central defence as Dan Scarr was excellent in the win over Blackpool following Eoghan O’Connell’s knock against Bristol Rovers.
O’Connell has been superb for Wrexham this season and against his former club there won’t be many players with more motivation to win that the Irish defender.
Tough on Scarr following his excellence against Blackpool however, O’Connell is the man for the big occasion and this certainly qualifies as one of those.