Wycombe Wanderers captain Joe Jacobson has revealed that the club’s win over Aldershot Town put them in good stead for their recent 0-0 friendly draw against Cardiff.

The Chairboys defeated the Shots 2-1 on July 22, seven days before they took on the Bluebirds in their final pre-season match of the summer.

The match as a whole saw very few chances for both sides, but the 36-year-old admitted that a clean sheet versus a side a league above them was ‘important’ to get.

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He told the press at full-time: “We spoke a lot this week after the Aldershot game as we thought we conceded a few too many chances against them.

“We sat down, watched the video and went through it, and since then we’ve not conceded a goal.

“Clean sheets are important throughout the season and if you look at the top teams in any division, they’ll have the strongest defences in the league.

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“They're my bread and butter - that’s what I want first and foremost from a game.

“If we don’t concede then we’ve got a chance at winning.”

On the fixture itself, which the Welshman’s testimonial to celebrate 10 seasons at Adams Park, he added: “It’s important to get that clean sheet against a top team, the players they’ve got in their army as well, it’s been a good day.”

Jacobson has played 377 times for Wanderers since joining in 2014.