The Bulls entertain Northampton Town on Tuesday night for the final of three home games in a week.
After losing both games last season to the Cobblers, the Bulls have a chance to record their first double of the season this term. The 3-1 win at Sixfields remains the Bulls' only League away win of the season, with goals from Darren Jones, Mathieu Manset, and Craig King - none of whom have scored in the eleven games since. Overall, the Bulls have not won any of the last four matches between the two sides at Edgar Street and have to go back to 1996 when the original Tony James scored for the Bulls.
After gifting the points to Burton on Saturday the Bulls will be aiming for three points on Tuesday night to compensate the fans. With set piece frailties again exposed fans were left wondering quite how fit Ryan Green is if he was able to sit on the bench at the weekend. He is needed to calm what is otherwise a defensive line that is very short of League experience, with only Ryan Valentine having been a regular for a full League season from the defensive line deployed on Saturday.
After the Bulls visited Sixfields the Cobblers went on a superb run of form that they seemed incapable of during that 3-1 defeat. An eleven match unbeaten run followed that boosted them into play-off contention, but they come to Edgar Street with back to back losses to Crewe and Aldershot and conceding three goals in each game. The Cobblers picked up a misconduct charge from the FA for their Aldershot performance, and had five players booked at Crewe so they'll certainly be up for the fight for points. Literally. Ex-Bull Steve Guinan hasn't started a game since the Bulls won due to injury, and is unlikely to feature on Tuesday.
Hereford United vs Northampton Town, Edgar Street, Tuesday 23rd February, 7.45pm.