The places for the League Two play-off final at Old Trafford are on the line on Friday night, with Stevenage and Torquay holding the upper hand after the first legs.
Accrington Stanley (0) v Stevenage (2)
Accrington finished four points ahead of Stevenage (23/10 to win the game) in the table but it is the visitors who have the upper hand as they look for a second successive promotion under Graham Westley.
John Coleman worked a minor miracle to guide Stanley to a fifth-placed finish and he has had to deal with a bug hitting his squad in the build-up to this second leg.
Despite this he is expected to name his strongest line-up, while goalkeeper Alex Cisak is fit to play after his dead leg in the first leg defeat.
The Accrington (11/10 to win the game) boss saw his side win 1-0 when the two teams met at the Crown Ground back in November, but they will need to better that result if they wish to make the final at Old Trafford.
Westley has a number of players struggling with knocks so is not expected to name his side until the last minute, but he does know he will be without key midfielder John Mousinho and defender Luke Foster as the duo are both suspended.
Accrington have been prolific at home this season, winning 15 games and scoring 53 goals during the season, which was bettered only by the champions Chesterfield (Stanley 18/1 to win the game 3-0).
Stevenage’s success has been built on organisation however, and they do not concede many goals on their travels. This means Stanley could have to throw everything and the kitchen sink at their visitors on Friday night (8/1 for 0-0) to get a result that would see them through to the final.
Shrewsbury Town (0) v Torquay United (2)
Shrewsbury only missed out on automatic promotion by one point and finished 11 points ahead of Torquay, so some might say they deserve to make the final.
The play-offs can be cruel, however, and goals from Chris Zebroski and Eunan O’Kane mean the Shrews have a mountain to climb in the second leg.
The hosts were unbeaten in five games before the first leg and will need a massive recovery, so they will look back to 2009 for inspiration when they overturned Bury’s lead in the second leg to make the play-off final (Shrewsbury Evens to win the game).
Shrewsbury (16/1 to win 3-0) could be without their captain Ian Sharps as he was forced off after 25 minutes of the first leg due to a thigh and groin problem. Graham Turner also faces being without right-back David Raven for the clash.
The statistics do not look good for the Shrews, as they have not beaten Torquay (13/5 to win the game, draw 5/2) in their last five meetings and have not scored more than once against them since 2002 – even then they lost 3-2 at their old home Gay Meadow.
Torquay have shown some excellent away form in recent months but cannot afford to rest on their laurels as the job is only half done. Play too defensive in the second leg and they could be punished but if Paul Buckle sends them out to play their usual game then they should have enough to book their place in the final.
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