Michael Duff has already sent Huddersfield Town players clear Wrexham warning

Huddersfield Town head coach Michael Duff has described tomorrow's clash at Wrexham as a “good challenge” for his side as they take on their high-flying opponents at the Racecourse Ground.

The Terriers face a side who have registered back-to-back promotions, while the Red Dragons have started their League One campaign impressively as well.

Phil Parkinson’s side have recorded 23 points from their opening 11 matches, leaving them second in the table, five points and four places above Town.

However, with the Terriers eager to secure promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt, Duff wants his side to head into the clash with confidence that they can come away with a result.

“It’s a good challenge. Two leagues separated the two teams last year, but clearly they’re on an upward trajectory, and have been for a long time,” said Duff at his pre-match press conference.

“When I was at Cheltenham, I lost my captain to [them] (Ben Tozer) when they were in the Conference. That’s when the project was really starting, and they’ve got unbelievable momentum.

“You talk about building a relationship with the supporters, well they have that. They get them through in tough moments, and they’re riding the crest of a wave. It’ll be noisy, and we’ll have to go and deliver a performance if we want to get anything out of the game.

“In terms of stature of club, we’re a bigger club than them, I don’t think that’s being disrespectful, but the one thing they’ve got is momentum and confidence. They’re hard things [to build], we’ve found that ourselves in this run that we’ve been in.

“It’s decision making through a lack of confidence, and a lack of trust in each other almost. They’ve got total trust in each other because of the journey that they’ve been on.

“It’s a brilliant story, but they haven’t become world beaters. We need to go there with an arrogance of ‘we are a big team in this league’, and go and deliver that, and that’s part of the expectation.

“It’s going to be a real challenge, because we’ve not only got to beat 11, 15, 16 good players, but you’ve got to beat the crowd as well. You’ve got to try and silence them and keep them quiet.”

The Terriers have got their campaign back on track in recent weeks, with Duff’s side heading into the game off the back of three straight wins in all competitions. Town won their first four matches of the season, before embarking on a run of seven defeats in eight games, prior to their recent turnaround.

That leaves Duff striving for greater consistency from his side, who were 15th in the division before they claimed back-to-back victories against Barnsley and Bristol Rovers.

That is something that Wrexham have found in their last two campaigns, with the Red Dragons accumulating 199 points in total across those promotion-winning seasons.

Wrexham have also made the Racecourse Ground a fortress so far this term, with Parkinson’s side winning all five of their home matches in the league prior to the Terriers’ visit.

“I think we just need to add consistency,” Duff said. “We won four games, then we lost a load, and we’ve just won three on the spin. We’re searching ourselves for a level of consistency, even within games as well sometimes.

“They’re five from five at home this year, so if we can be the first team [to take points off them there], that will be a marker, and hopefully we can go and do it, knowing how difficult it will be, but it will give our lads a shot in the arm as well if we can get the result.”