Wrexham seek repeat of 'best away performance'

Wrexham will go in search of a repeat of their away-day performance at Mansfield Town as they bid to strike a blow in the League One promotion race at Huddersfield Town on Tuesday.

Wrexham, who are third, take on fifth-placed Huddersfield (19:45 GMT) knowing victory would lift them to second should Wycombe Wanderers slip up against Burton Albion.

Phil Parkinson's side have stumbled at home in recent weeks, with Saturday's goalless draw against Bolton leaving the Dragons with only two points from their past four Stok Racecourse fixtures.

But Wrexham have been in fine form on the road, claiming three successive victories.

Their most recent triumph was a 2-1 success against Mansfield which Steve Parkin (pictured below) has described as their best away performance since promotion from League Two.

"Huddersfield will be well organised, strong physically and decent at set-plays. They have a strong squad - they made some key singings in January," Wrexham's assistant boss said.

"They are probably not in the form they'd like to be in, but it will be another tough test.

"But if we apply ourselves like we did at Mansfield, which was probably our best away performance of the season, then I'm sure we'll be fine."

Wrexham are chasing a third successive promotion having climbed from the National League to the top end of the third tier under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

And Parkin says the experience of the past two seasons will help over the next couple of months.

"We have been there before," he said.

"Every game you play [at this stage of a season], it's difficult to win. There are probably nine or 10 teams fearing relegation, so they are fighting for their lives, and nine or 10 teams who believe they can get in the play-offs or get promoted.

"So every game is a really tough game. We have found that over the last few weeks and we found it again [against Bolton].

"It would have been nice to take a few of the opportunities we created, but we are happy with the clean sheet which is a solid base to build on going into Tuesday's game."