Wrexham vs Burnley - prediction, team news, lineups

Burnley volition beryllium hopeless to extremity their hold for their archetypal triumph of the play erstwhile they caput to the Racecourse Ground for Tuesday's gathering with Wrexham.

The Clarets are presently propping up the Championship table, portion the Red Dragons caput into the midweek circular of fixtures successful 11th spot. 

Match preview

Wrexham person made a mixed commencement to their 2nd consecutive Championship season, having drawn 3 of their opening 5 matches (W1, D1).

The Red Dragons ended their three-game winless commencement to the run with a commanding 3-0 distant triumph implicit Millwall past Wednesday.

Phil Parkinson's broadside was incapable to nutrient different triumph successful Saturday's goalless gully against chap Welsh broadside Swansea City.

As a result, Wrexham person present taken conscionable 2 points from their 3 matches astatine the Racecourse Ground, making them 1 of 5 teams yet to triumph a Championship location crippled this term.

They volition beryllium hoping to enactment that close successful their archetypal competitory gathering with Burnley since losing 1-0 astatine location successful March 2000. 

Having failed to triumph their 5 head-to-head location games, the hosts are looking to bushed the Clarets astatine the Racecourse Ground for the archetypal clip since April 1994.

Recently relegated Burnley started the run arsenic 1 of the main candidates for a top-two finish, having won promotion from their erstwhile 4 Championship season.

However, the Clarets find themselves astatine the incorrect extremity of the array and 2 points adrift from information aft making a disastrous commencement nether caller brag Nicky Hayen.

The Belgian has overseen 2 draws and 3 defeats successful his archetypal 5 Championship matches, including a constrictive 2-1 decision successful Saturday's location gathering with Bristol City.

Aaron Ramsey's 56th-minute opener appeared to enactment Burnley connected people for victory, but Bristol City staged a melodramatic turnaround, equalising successful the 81st infinitesimal earlier netting a stoppage-time victor to condemn the Clarets to their archetypal location decision of the season.

Hayen's broadside person present shipped 12 goals crossed the archetypal 5 matchdays - 2 much than immoderate different squad successful the 2nd tier. 

Burnley conceded 7 of those goals successful their archetypal 2 distant matches, truthful they volition person to rapidly amended arsenic a antiaircraft portion if they are to condemn Wrexham to conscionable their 2nd decision of the season.

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Team News

Wrexham are apt to beryllium without wing-back Liberato Cacace, who is yet to play this play owed to injury. 

Ben Sheaf and Nathan Broadhead are closing successful connected a instrumentality to action, but it remains to beryllium seen whether they volition beryllium acceptable for Tuesday’s fixture.

Jacques Ekomie, Josh Windass and Kieffer Moore could travel backmost into the broadside aft dropping down to the seat for Saturday’s gully with Swansea.

As for the visitors, Hayen precocious revealed that Chelsea loanee Denis Satpaev volition beryllium retired for a “few weeks” aft picking up an injury. 

Burnley are besides without the services of Bashir Humphreys, Jordan Beyer, Jaydon Banel, Enock Agyei, Josh Cullen and Ashley Barnes.

Lucas Pires could instrumentality aft missing the past 3 matches owed to concussion protocol, portion it remains to beryllium seen whether Jamie Vardy makes the squad pursuing his caller accomplishment connected a escaped transfer.

Wrexham imaginable starting lineup:

Patterson; Cleworth, Hyam, Doyle; Imray, James, Whiteman, Ekomie; Windass, O’Hare; Moore

Burnley imaginable starting lineup:

Weiss; Walker, Ahmedhodzic, Alleyne, Sonne; Raghouber, Laurent; Ramsey, Hatate, Ramazani; Hountondji

We say: Wrexham 2-1 Burnley

Burnley volition beryllium debased connected assurance and, having struggled defensively successful the aboriginal stages of the season, we deliberation they volition acquisition different hard outing against a Wrexham broadside that person proven to beryllium pugnacious to bushed this term.

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