
07-11-2006, 09:02
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Re: CC League 2 Bury v Wrexham Nov 7th
Bury - Wrexham: Preview
The Match
Wrexham go into the game unbeaten in their last two games with confidence further boosted with two clean sheets. Bury, on the other hand, arrive on the back of five straight wins and Wrexham will need to be a lot sharper in front of goal in order to get all three points, which would see us climb to within a point of Bury.
The Shakers
After struggling for the most of last season, Bury have made a positive start to this campaign and find themselves in 11th position with 23 points after 17 games. The majority of Bury's points this season have come away from Gigg Lane with the Shakers recording two wins out of their seven homes games compared to five on the road. However, a total of five wins in their last eight league games does see the Shakers occupy second spot in the league form table. The upturn in fortune for the Shakers coincided with the arrival of Glynn Hurst from Shrewsbury and the former Notts County striker, who scored on his debut for Shrewsbury against Wrexham at the start of this year, has now extended his spell into a second month in view to a permanent move when the transfer window opens in January.
Hurst has scored six times in just over a month but he is not the top goal scorer for Bury as this honour is currently held by Andy Bishop, who has found the back of the net seven times so far this season including two penalties on the weekend.
Manager Chris Casper has now been in charge of Bury for just over a year after his playing career ended due to injury after he joined Reading from Manchester United in £300,000 move in 1998.
Past Encounters
Both games last season ended up in draws with the match at the Racecourse ending up goalless. In the fixture at Gigg Lane, Wrexham opened the scoring through Lee McEvilly in the eleventh minute but they were pegged back within a couple of minutes. Robbie Foy restored Wrexham's lead midway through the first half but Bury equalised for the again in the second half. Wrexham currently lead the head-to-head with 18 wins compared to Bury's 6 in the league and there have been 10 draws from the 34 games played.
Last 5 Meetings
Mar 06: Wrexham 0 Bury 0
Aug 05: Bury 2 Wrexham 2
May 03: Bury 0 Wrexham 3
Sep 02: Wrexham 2 Bury 2
Sep 01: Wrexham 1 Bury 0
League Form Guide
Team = Bury
Last 5 Games = WWWWW
Position = 11th
Form Position = 2nd
Last Win = Last game
Team = Wrexham
Last 5 Games = LLLWD
Position = 19th
Form Position = 20th
Last Win = 2 games
Bury come into the game on the back of five straight wins with the first of these coming at highflying Lincoln. Another away win followed at Macclesfield before the Shakers returned home for a 2-1 win over Boston. With wins over the two bottom teams in the bag, Bury's decent form continued with another impressive win at Notts County and the 3-1 win at rivals Rochdale on the weekend followed this.
Wrexham have at least halted the run of defeats with a home win over Bristol Rovers and then a draw against bottom of the table Macclesfield on the weekend. The positive to come out for this game was that it was a clean sheet for successive weekends after Wrexham previously went down to defeats against Hartlepool, MK Dons and Mansfield.
Team News
Bury Team News: Bury will be without their captain Dave Challinor with the defender joining goal keeper Alan Fettis (broken arm) and midfielder Marc Goodfellow (back) on the sidelines.
Wrexham Team News: Wrexham have doubts over Darren Ferguson after the midfielder sat out training on Monday due to illness. Chris Llewellyn is still out suspended and Neil Roberts and Lee McEvilly are out injured whilst Juan Ugarte is not match fit. Denis Smith has to pick two our of Jon Newby, Kevin Smith and Maheta Malongo to start up front.
Man in the Middle: RL Shoebridge - 8 games this season with 1 red card and 22 bookings at an average of 2.75 per game.
2005/2006 Sat 11 Mar Wrexham 0 - 0 Bury LGE2
2005/2006 Sat 27 Aug Bury 2-2 Wrexham LGE2
2002/2003 Sat 03 May Bury 0 - 3 Wrexham LGE2
2002/2003 Sat 28 Sep Wrexham 2 - 2 Bury LGE2
2001/2002 Tue 29 Jan Bury 2 - 2 Wrexham LGE1
2001/2002 Tue 11 Sep Wrexham 1 - 0 Bury LGE1
2000/2001 Tue 20 Mar Wrexham 0 - 1 Bury LGE1
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