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Match insight

Stoke City and Wrexham both sit clear of any zone pressure right now, making this a fairly even contest on the numbers. Stoke City currently sit 9 places and 5 points above Wrexham in the table — 8th against 17th. Stoke City have taken 10 points from their last 5, against 5 for Wrexham over the same stretch. Worth flagging: Wrexham sit well below what our metrics imply, roughly 6 places under their underlying-strength rank.