This is a first league meeting (15:00 GMT) between Preston North End and Wrexham for a quarter of a century.
Preston are looking to avoid back-to-back home league defeats for the first time since April while Wrexham head to Deepdale on the Championship’s current longest unbeaten run of eight games.
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Preston are unbeaten in their past five league games against Wrexham (W3 D2), with this their first meeting since a 1-0 home win in March 2000.
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In a run stretching back to 1982, Wrexham have lost six of their past seven away league games against Preston, winning the other 1-0 in October 1997.
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Preston have lost two of their past four home league games (W2), as many as they had in their previous 21 at Deepdale (W7 D12).
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Wrexham are unbeaten in their past eight league games, alternating between a victory (4) and a draw (4) each time. They drew 1-1 against Blackburn Rovers last time out.
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No side in England’s top four tiers has drawn more league games than Wrexham this season, with their eight stalemates the most of any side in the Championship.
[BBC]
