Wrexham are back in action again on Tuesday night as Phil Parkinson takes his side to face Alex Revell’s Stevenage side.
Wrexham are preparing for part two of an away double header.
Phil Parkinson’s side headed away to Leyton Orient on Saturday afternoon and came away with a 0-0 draw.
Orient boss Richie Wellens felt that Wrexham should have been beaten, so a point on the road was a decent result.
Parkinson is now ready for another away trip though as Wrexham head to face Stevenage on Tuesday night.
The Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday schedule is now here and Wrexham will face a real battle against Stevenage.
Stevenage boss on Wrexham
Stevenage saw boss Steve Evans leave for Rotherham at the end of last season and decided to promote Alex Revell as his replacement.
Revell is now into his second spell at Stevenage boss and they now sit in 11th place in the League One table.
Stevenage beat Charlton Athletic 1-0 over the weekend and have only conceded five goals so far this season.
Revell’s team are certainly a tough nut to crack and will give Wrexham a real test on Tuesday night.
Speaking on Stevenage’s official YouTube channel, Revell noted that this is a ‘huge game’ as Stevenage prepare to welcome Wrexham.
Revell noted that there is a real outside influence when Wrexham come into town given the hype around Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds.
Revell added that everybody around Stevenage will now be on a high after beating Charlton and challenged his players to repeat the trick against Wrexham.
“It’s a huge game in terms of the outside world as well, with what comes, but we just have to take care of what happens on the grass,” said Revell.
“We’ll make sure we recover right, everybody will be buoyed by, obviously, the performance and now, the biggest challenge for us is to go again and get another performance like that. If you get those performances right, wins will come,” he added.
Phil Parkinson explains Wrexham decision
This is another fairly hefty journey for Wrexham.
After a 400-mile round trip for the weekend game against Orient, the journey to Stevenage will total around 350 miles there and back.
That is a lot of travelling and there may have been some consideration for staying in the south to limit on travelling time.
Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has explained his thinking though with Wrexham deciding to return home before making another loan tourney.
Speaking to The Athletic, Parkinson noted that staying in a hotel can have a ‘negative impact’ on players and he would prefer to go home in this instance.
“We’re going home after Orient,” said Parkinson.
“There’s always a case for staying down in a situation like this and I have done it in the past with teams. But having three days in a hotel can sometimes have a negative effect compared to getting the lads back with their families and allowing them a break,” he added.
Parkinson will hope that this decision pays off, but he will seemingly have to try and beat Stevenage without injured defender Max Cleworth.