Championship facet Wrexham head into the cup contest towards Nottingham Forest having received 4 successive league matches within the second tier for the primary time of their historical past.
Such has been their enchancment within the Championship, since dropping 3-1 to on 13 September, solely leaders and have gained extra factors than Wrexham’s whole of 36 factors from their previous 21 video games.
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“I feel we have developed into the division,” stated boss Phil Parkinson. “It at all times takes some time with new gamers and present gamers to seek out their means within the league.
“However I really feel we’re in a superb place in the meanwhile and I feel the sport epitomised how we have been enjoying and we’re clearly having fun with the problem of the division.”
Sunday’s 2-1 win at Derby County moved the Pink Dragons to inside some extent of the play-off locations, so it is truthful to say the temper is a optimistic one in north Wales at current.
After a memorable 2024-25 marketing campaign for Nottingham Forest, this season has been much more of a battle, and there are vulnerabilities for Wrexham to use.
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Solely (-11.68) and (-4.62) are under-performing on their anticipated objectives (xG) by greater than Forest (-4.06) are, which reveals they’re struggling to place away the probabilities they’re making.
At 8.08%, Forest have the second-worst shot conversion charge within the top-flight, whereas solely Wolves (15) have scored fewer Premier League objectives than Forest (21) this season.
They’ve additionally conceded 12 objectives after 76 minutes within the prime flight, greater than some other facet, and Forest have failed to attain in 10 of their 21 Premier League video games this time period, with no facet having a worse document.
The optimistic for Dyche’s males at the very least is that they ended their four-game dropping run by beating 2-1 on Tuesday.
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It was the primary time Forest have come from behind to win within the Premier League since being promoted in 2022.
Crucially, it moved them seven factors away from the relegation zone to ease the nerves forward of their break from league motion.