Wrexham are back on the road this weekend as Phil Parkinson takes his side to face struggling Burton Albion away from home.
Wrexham picked up yet another home win on Tuesday night, beating Barnsley 1-0 at the STōK Cae Ras.
Phil Parkinson had already beaten Exeter City and Lincoln City in back-to-back home games.
After a break over the weekend, Wrexham were back for the final leg of a home triple-header.
Barnsley arrived at the STōK Cae Ras and came so, so close to picking up a point in a 0-0 draw.
Wrexham had other ideas though as Ollie Rathbone rifled home an injury-time winner, making it three wins from three in this run of home games.
Burton Albion boss sends rousing message ahead of Wrexham clash
Rob McElhenney and Danny Devito celebrated Wrexham’s win in Los Angeles with Parkinson now sitting just two points off top spot in League One.
There is no time for major celebration or relaxation though as Wrexham are right back at it this weekend.
After three home games in a row, Wrexham will now head on the road to take on struggling Burton Albion.
The Brewers beat Peterborough United on Wednesday night, dragging themselves off the bottom of the League One table in the process.
That was just a second win of the season for Burton but they will be looking to follow it up with another victory – this time over Wrexham.
Burton sacked boss Mark Robinson in October and caretaker Tom Hounsell remains in interim charge ahead of Wrexham’s trip to the Pirelli Stadium.
Hounsell is just 29 but is now attempting to drag Burton away from the drop zone and has sent a rousing message to his players.
Speaking on Burton’s official website, Hounsell has called on his players to ‘go again’ this weekend, urging them to turn in another strong performance.
The Brewers were embarrassed by Tamworth in the FA Cup last weekend and whilst Hounsell understands that workload his players have taken on, he wants them to back up the win over Peterborough with a strong result against Wrexham.
“Every win is always important and I’ve always had belief, there’s always going to be setbacks in a long season but it’s important that when we get the opportunity to we have really deep foundations in what we want to achieve and the way in which we want to perform,” said Hounsell. “We got that back today and that’s the way we have to be in every game to be able to start grinding out performances.
“It’s a quick turnaround, it always is in this league and we knew this period would be tough. We’ve got three game weeks for a long period of time, that’s where we going to need to rely on the squad, huge credit to the lads who went and did 120 on Sunday and then went again today. I’m hugely proud and pleased for the squad but we need to make sure that we go again at the weekend,” he added.
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Wrexham must turn up at Burton Albion
Wrexham have been sensational at home under Phil Parkinson and brought up 200 home points in his reign by beating Barnsley.
Away form has been Wrexham’s undoing though with just one win on the road since the end of August.
We can understand losing at Birmingham City, Stevenage was a tricky trip and Stockport County was always going to be a tough ask.
Wrexham really need to pick up results on the road though; nine points from eight away games is a far cry from 28 points across 10 home games.
This is a real chance for Wrexham to turn a corner away from home and whilst Hounsell wants a strong result, Wrexham need to go away and go for the win.