Accrington Stanley vs Wycombe Wanderers - prediction, team news, lineups

Both looking to scope the second circular of the FA Cup once again, League Two broadside Accrington Stanley invited third-tier opponents Wycombe Wanderers to the Crown Ground connected Saturday afternoon, with some clubs entering the contention astatine this stage.

The Reds are enjoying their champion spell of the play and caput into the weekend's clash connected the backmost of a 10-game unbeaten run, portion the Chairboys continued their propulsion towards the playoff places past week with a 2-0 triumph implicit Burton Albion.

Match preview

Accrington Stanley would request to triumph 3 matches successful this season's FA Cup to adjacent their champion tally successful the competition, having astir precocious reached the 4th circular during the 2022-23 run earlier being denied different accidental to repetition that accomplishment successful 2025 erstwhile a travel to Anfield ended successful a 4-0 defeat.

John Doolan remains successful complaint of the Reds and volition instrumentality complaint of his 135th lucifer arsenic Accrington brag connected Saturday, with his broadside presently enjoying 1 of the astir encouraging spells of his tenure.

The Reds endured a hard commencement to the campaign, signaling conscionable 1 triumph successful their opening 8 matches crossed each competitions, but person since turned their fortunes astir and stay unbeaten since aboriginal September.

Impressive victories implicit top-half opponents specified arsenic Cheltenham Town and Gillingham person helped Doolan's broadside ascent to ninth successful the League Two table and widen their unbeaten tally to 10 matches crossed league and EFL Trophy action, though 7 of those fixtures person ended level aft 90 minutes.

Two of those draws came successful cupful competitions and were yet settled by punishment shootouts, but Accrington person inactive drawn fractional of their league matches this season, with nary broadside successful the English Football League signaling more. 

Wycombe Wanderers, meanwhile, marque the 200-mile-plus travel from Buckinghamshire to Lancashire hoping to widen their unbeaten tally to 5 matches aft enjoying an encouraging commencement nether their caller manager.

Michael Duff was relieved of his duties astatine the opening of September and replaced by Tom Hounsell, who initially took complaint connected an interim ground earlier being handed the occupation permanently pursuing an awesome start.

Since his arrival, the Chairboys person suffered conscionable 1 decision successful 10 matches crossed each competitions, losing 4-1 to Luton Town, portion their improved results person lifted them from the relegation portion to 13th successful the table, leaving them 4 points adrift of the apical six.

Their astir caller triumph came past weekend, erstwhile goals from Jayden Wareham and Cauley Woodrow secured a comfy 2-0 triumph implicit Burton Albion.

Hounsell has overseen a 60% triumph complaint since taking charge, marking an awesome opening to his clip astatine Adams Park, and helium volition present hole for his archetypal FA Cup fixture arsenic Wycombe look to scope the 2nd circular for the 4th consecutive season.

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Team News

Accrington Stanley could person the enactment of naming an unchanged XI from the broadside that drew with Northampton Town astatine the weekend, though the availability of 1 of their starring goalscorers remains uncertain.

Josh Woods has recovered the nett 7 times successful 12 League Two appearances this play but missed the latest fixture and could stay unavailable for Saturday's cupful tie.

Louie Moulden is expected to clasp his spot betwixt the posts, with Devon Matthews, Farrend Rawson and Joseph Anderson apt to proceed arsenic portion of a acquainted backmost three.

As for the visiting Chairboys, Hounsell could instrumentality the accidental to rotate his squad and remainder a fewer cardinal players with a demanding tally of fixtures awaiting his broadside implicit the coming weeks.

Former England and Liverpool striker Danny Ings has mostly been utilized from the seat since joining Wycombe but could beryllium handed a starting accidental successful the FA Cup this weekend.

Wareham, however, strengthened his lawsuit for different commencement with his sixth extremity successful conscionable 9 appearances past clip out, giving Hounsell a determination to make.

Conor Hazard has been Wycombe's first-choice goalkeeper passim the play but could marque mode for Joe Wildsmith, who featured successful the club's astir caller EFL Trophy fixture.

Accrington Stanley imaginable starting lineup:

Moulden; Matthews, Rawson, Anderson; Love, Borland, Mols, Tutonda; Henderson; Walton, Warren

Wycombe Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Wildsmith; Grimmer, Taylor, Hagelskjaer, Harvie; Leahy, Boyd-Munce; Onyedinma, Woodrow, Mothersille; Ings

We say: Accrington Stanley 1-3 Wycombe Wanderers

Although a triumph for Accrington would not fertile among the biggest shocks successful the FA Cup, we inactive judge the League Two outfit volition conflict to lucifer the prime and extent disposable to their third-tier visitors.

The Reds person shown plentifulness of resilience during their unbeaten tally and should marque beingness hard for Wycombe, but we expect Hounsell's broadside to person capable attacking prime to unafraid their spot successful the 2nd round.

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