We look ahead to our trip to York…
York City
Sky Bet League 2
Saturday 17th January
Bootham Crescent, York, YO30 7AQ
Kick-off: 3pm
Ticket news:
Tickets are still available until 5pm tomorrow in the club shop and online. Prices don’t increase on match day, although you can upgrade to seating for an additional £1 charge on the day of the game.
Team news:
Injury wise the team are doing well, only Jon Ashton and Harry Worley are definitely out of the game although there may be a few niggles within the squad which the team will be keeping an eye on up until matchday.
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View from the dressing room:
Read GW's thoughts ahead of the game here.
Sign into Boro Player to watch the press conference in full.
The story so far…
York are the league’s draw specialists this season and by some distance. The Minstermen have drawn 12 of their 25 games, the second most is 8 by Wycombe and Southend. What is more of a concern though and of some comfort to Boro fans is that at home, York have only won one game, drawing seven and losing four. They’ve been much stronger on the road, as demonstrated earlier in the season at the Lamex.
Recent form:
Last time we met:
Boro came out on the wrong end of a five goal thriller at the Lamex back in September as York won 3-2. It took only three minutes for York to take the lead and on 15 minutes, Fletcher made it 2-0 leaving a mountain to climb. It got worse on 30 minutes when Andy Bond was sent off but Boro rallied in the second half and two quick-fire goals from Whelpdale and Pett drew us level before a late York penalty was the final swing of the pendulum.
Betting with SkyBet:
Boro are a meaty 12/5 for the win on Saturday, the bookies clearly fancying the home team who have won once at their own ground all season and are sitting in 19th, over the in-form away team pushing to reach the play-off places.
York have only scored 9 goals at home this season, the lowest in the league and a Boro win to nil is priced at 9/2.
Not going to the game?
Listen to live match commentary on the Boro Player service where you'll also find full match highlights and full post-match interviews on Sunday. We'll also be providing live minute-by-minute updates on our Twitter account, with the key incidents reported live on our Facebook page. The best match day photos will be posted on the club's Instagram account whilst short highlights of the game will be on our YouTube page on Sunday.