Special Feel To Wrexham V Southampton - Parkinson

ByIan Mitchelmore

BBC Sport Wales

Phil Parkinson says Wrexham's Championship title pinch play-off rivals Southampton connected Tuesday (20:00 BST) has a "special" consciousness fixed Saints' caller resurgence.

The Red Dragons spell into nan title astatine Stok Cae Ras 1 spot and 1 constituent supra Southampton, who person a crippled successful hand.

But having stunned Premier League leaders Arsenal successful nan FA Cup quarter-finals connected Saturday, Tonda Eckert's men caput to northbound Wales unbeaten successful 15 matches crossed each competitions.

"It's a monolithic crippled for america but I deliberation astatine this shape of nan play it's difficult to opportunity 1 crippled is harder than nan adjacent because everybody's fighting for something," said Parkinson, who started his master profession pinch nan Saints.

"With Southampton's resurgence, it's sewage a typical consciousness to it and we'll beryllium fresh for it travel Tuesday night."

Wrexham roseate backmost supra Southampton successful nan array courtesy of their 2-2 tie pinch West Bromwich Albion astatine The Hawthorns connected Friday.

It means, pinch conscionable six regular play games near to play, nan Welsh club's destiny remains firmly successful their ain hands.

"Football is astir making nan astir of each season. I ever consciousness each play is typical and we've sewage an opportunity to decorativeness it good and we're going to do everything we can," added Parkinson.

"When you get into this position it's important, for illustration we've done successful erstwhile years, that we nutrient bully performances.

"That's evidently nan volition but we've sewage 11 players against america that are trying to extremity us. We've sewage to bask it and we will.

"The purpose is to to spell into these past six games and springiness it perfectly everything to effort and decorativeness nan play disconnected strongly."

Wrexham came agonisingly adjacent to earning a daze triumph complete nan Saints connected nan opening time of nan campaign.

Josh Windass opened nan scoring from nan punishment spot for nan visitors astatine St Mary's Stadium but last-gasp goals from Ryan Manning and Jack Stephens earned nan hosts victory.

Despite that triumph, nan Saints struggled nether Will Still and parted institution pinch nan caput coach successful early November.

They person drastically improved nether German leader Eckert, winning 9 of their past 12 convention fixtures.

But Lewis O'Brien, who netted his side's 2nd extremity astatine West Brom past clip out, feels Wrexham's betterment since nan first fixture betwixt nan sides is evident.

"We were a beautiful caller team. There were a batch of signings and we were trying to understand really everyone played," nan midfielder said of nan August contest.

"We've now sewage 3 games astatine location and 3 distant and hopefully we tin prime up arsenic galore points arsenic we can."

On nan Saints, O'Brien said: "They're a awesome squad. They're Premier League quality. You tin spot that erstwhile they play.

"We could consciousness that erstwhile we went location for nan first crippled of nan play but sometimes it doesn't matter nan value connected nan pitch, it's really overmuch you want it.

"Recently they've turned that around. They've shown that they've sewage some sides of nan gam, but it'll beryllium a awesome conflict and hopefully we tin travel retired better."

Striker Kieffer Moore is disposable for nan Red Dragons having returned to action against West Brom aft a spell connected nan sidelines pinch a hamstring injury.

Parkinson has besides said that midfield duo Matty James and Ben Sheaf are making "really bully progress" successful recoveries from injury.