'All the pressure is on us' - Rathbone

Ollie Rathbone in action for Wrexham Image source, Getty Images
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Ollie Rathbone says the pressure will be on Wrexham to deliver at Burton Albion on Saturday – but insists Phil Parkinson's players wouldn’t have it any other way.

Wrexham, who are second in League One, head to Burton in fine form having won three straight games at the Stok Racecourse.

Fresh from his midweek winner against Barnsley, midfielder Rathbone reckons second-from-bottom Burton will face Wrexham in relaxed mood despite their worrying league position.

"All the pressure is on us," Rathbone said. "They will see it as a bit of a free hit probably which can be dangerous.

"That pressure is part of the attraction of playing for this club - it's an honour to have it.

"I think a lot of players at mid-table clubs would do anything to be trying to compete for promotion and be second in the league in December."

Burton head into the Wrexham game on the back of a morale-boosting victory at Peterborough United on Wednesday which lifted them off the bottom of the table.

The Brewers have been without a permanent boss since the sacking of Mark Robinson last month, with Tom Hounsell in interim charge.

Former Rotherham player Rathbone says Burton will be buoyed by the arrival of promotion-chasing Wrexham at the Pirelli Stadium.

"I have played for teams who have been at the bottom of the league," he added.

"When teams at the top of the league come to town it sometimes can be easier. You feel like you can go and have a good go it."