Phil Parkinson feels Wrexham must focus on delivering a 90-minute performance against Oxford United rather than being fixated on securing their first home league win of the campaign.
The Red Dragons have drawn three and lost two of their five Championship fixtures at the Stok Cae Ras so far this term and saw their five-game run come to an end last time out as they were beaten 1-0 by Stoke City.
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Tonight, they host an Oxford United side who ended their own three-match winless run by beating Derby County 1-0 on Saturday.
But Parkinson says when it comes to pursuing a victory over Gary Rowett’s outfit his players must not deviate from the game plan as they did in their defeat by the Potters at the weekend.
“Whatever happened on Saturday [at Stoke], this was always going to be an important game,” the Wrexham boss said.
“I don’t want us to be too fixated on ‘we have to get this home win’.
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“We have to concentrate on the quality of the performance throughout the game and if we do that, it’ll give us the best chance to get the result.
“It’s about alleviating that fixation on the outcome and concentrating on what we’ve got to do to get there.
“We’ll be speaking about that and pick the team and the bench that we feel has got the best chance to achieve that.
“There’s a really good group of lads who care a lot. I just want us to have a real focus on the game plan and executing that across the 90 minutes.”
