West Ham United’s Championship clash with Wrexham is set to make history on Friday night.
More than 60,000 supporters are expected inside London Stadium when Nuno Espirito Santo’s side host Phil Parkinson’s Wrexham at 8pm.
That would make it the largest crowd Wrexham have ever played in front of during their 162-year history.
Their existing attendance record has stood for more than half a century.
West Ham clash set for historic Wrexham crowd
According to a BBC Sport Wales report, Wrexham’s current record is the 54,096 who watched them face Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup fourth round in January 1970.
Friday’s attendance at the 62,500-capacity London Stadium is expected to comfortably surpass that figure.
Parkinson described the prospect of being part of a Wrexham team playing in front of a new record crowd as “very special”.
The occasion adds another layer to an already intriguing Championship fixture.
West Ham enter the game second in the table after three consecutive victories over Wolves, Derby County and Bolton Wanderers.
Wrexham arrive in east London unbeaten in their last three league matches and have also kept clean sheets in each of their last two Championship away games.
Read West Ham has analysed why Wrexham’s recent defensive improvement could test West Ham’s in-form attack.
London Stadium stage awaits Wrexham
Wrexham’s rise through the divisions has brought increasingly high-profile fixtures, but Friday represents another significant occasion.
The Welsh club last faced West Ham in a league fixture 45 years ago.
They now return to east London with worldwide attention surrounding the club and the prospect of setting a new attendance record.
West Ham will be more concerned with extending their winning run and putting further pressure on the teams around them in the promotion race.
A victory would move the Hammers provisionally to the top of the Championship before the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.
Our full West Ham vs Wrexham preview covers the latest team news, form and prediction.
Supporters attending Friday’s game can also use our London Stadium guide for travel, capacity and matchday information.
