Preview | Wrexham v Swansea City
Swansea City are on their travels for the second time in 72 hours as they make the trip to north Wales to face Wrexham on Friday evening (8pm KO).
Vitor Matos' side claimed victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park in midweek thanks to two glorious first-half strikes from Ethan Galbraith and Josh Key.
Wrexham's last win also came against Pompey back in February with the Reds losing their last two fixtures at home against Chelsea (FA Cup) and Hull City respectively.
Team news
Adam Idah is back in training and closing on a return to action after a long lay-off with a hamstring injury, but this game comes just too soon for the Republic of Ireland international.
Ishe Samuels-Smith is fit and available after a minor muscle injury kept him out of the last two games, while Zeidane Inoussa continues his rehabilitation from a stress fracture in his back.
Wrexham, meanwhile, are without Kieffer Moore, George Dobson, Ben Sheaf, Matty James, and Liberato Cacace through a combination of injuries and suspensions.
Pre-match views
Vitor Matos: "I say we are improving and by improving we are making points. We know that's the way to do it, that's the way to be focused and - like I said before - our focus is on the game.
"It's all about the next game and that needs to be what is in our minds, nothing more.
"We try to compete with everyone. Since I arrived, that's the most important thing. Wherever we go, we will compete and we will try to be the best team on the pitch. That's what we will try to do with all the players."
Phil Parkinson: "There were areas we could have done better against Hull, we did not threaten enough and I like it when we are on the front foot with our pressing and are dynamic with the ball.
"They are similar to how Swansea have played for a number of years, they will be pleased with their win in midweek.
"All we can do is look to respond, it was a hard way to lose the game there, but we reponded well to that and we are looking to do that on Friday."
Meet the officials
Tom Nield will be the man in the middle when Swansea City face Wrexham this evening (8pm kick-off).
He has taken charge of two Swansea fixtures previously this season; the 3-2 defeat at West Bromwich Albion in November and the 1-1 draw with Birmingham City in January.
So far this season, he has overseen 22 fixtures handing out 76 yellow cards and one red.
On Friday, he will be assisted by Andrew Dallison and George Byrne. Edward Duckworth will be the fourth official.
Remember the last time?
Zan Vipotnik’s deflected strike and Adam Idah’s stoppage time effort ensured Swansea City took the spoils in the all-Welsh Championship clash with Wrexham at the Swansea.com Stadium.
The Swans had trailed at the break despite the visitors not having a single shot on goal, with Cameron Burgess putting a Ryan Longman cross through his own net.
The home side had a dozen shots on goal in that opening half and continued to show the greater attacking intent in the second half, and their perseverance got its reward when Vipotnik struck his 11th goal of the campaign.
And they went on to snatch the three points in dramatic fashion when Idah prodded home after Arthur Okonkwo had been unable to gather a Ben Cabango header.
Prime numbers
1 - Wrexham will host Swansea in a league game for the first time since September 2002, a 4-0 win. They have only lost one of 15 home Football League games against the Swans (W10 D4).
2 - Swansea City are looking to complete a league double over Wrexham for the first time since the 1987-88 season under Terry Yorath.
9 - Phil Parkinson has never beaten Swansea City in nine attempts in all competitions (D2 L7), losing his last four in a row against the Swans.