Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth has set his sights on overhauling League Two leaders Burton Albion ahead of a mouth-watering bank holiday double header.

A derby game against Oxford at Adams Park beckons on Good Friday before Blues make the trip to play Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s table toppers on Easter Monday.

The Blues boss was watching as Burton dropped points at home to Stevenage on Monday night, meaning Wycombe are now just three points adrift of top spot.

“We got a few pointers of how Burton want to play, and we know now that if we beat Oxford we go into a game against Burton where we could catch them,” said Ainsworth.

“That would be a fantastic achievement for a club like Wycombe to be able to say that we can do that at this stage of the season.”

Wanderers are firmly in the hunt for automatic promotion with seven games left to play, and they lie seven points ahead of fourth place Bury, but Ainsworth insisted that the season would still be a success if the club is still playing League Two football next term.

“Looking at the big picture I think we are doing absolutely fantastic, and there’s no pressure on us to get promoted,” said Ainsworth.

“It would be nice to finish the job but I’m hoping that the fans share my thoughts that, after last season, we’ve done remarkably well as a club. Not just the playing side but the playing side, the business side and the supporting side.

“I think it’s come on leaps and bounds, so there will be no falling away in my eyes. It’s a challenge and one I’ll looking forward to week in, week out next season whatever league we’re in. We are going for promotion and we want to get into League One, but there isn’t any pressure to get there.”

Since taking charge at Adams Park the 41-year-old has faced The U’s five times, winning twice, drawing once and losing twice.

The Wycombe boss wouldn’t agree with the suggestion that this was the most significant meeting between the sides of his tenure as manager, instead pointing to a clash which had importance in keeping the club in League Two rather than being promoted from it.

He said: “In my first season in charge we won at Oxford and that more or less guaranteed us staying in the league that season. I don’t want to put any more on the game than there already is.

“It’s billed as the M40 derby. I know Oxford have other ideas on who their rivals are and so do Wycombe, but let’s be honest it’s two clubs in close proximity to each other playing on a bank holiday and it’s going to be a good day.

“It will be a good game, I look forward to it but there’s no more magnitude on it than any other game. They’re all big for us and the lads know that.”

A solitary strike from Aaron Pierre against Dagenham last time out ensured the Chairboys finished March unbeaten having won four and drawn two of their six fixtures.

Blues are one of the form sides in League Two and are unbeaten in eight games, but Ainsworth believes their recent run will count for little as they prepare for their bank holiday double header.

“The form book goes out the window for most games, not just because it’s a derby game that just adds a bit of spice to it for the fans,” said the Wycombe manager.

“We’re working hard on what we want to do against Oxford on Friday. We’ll do that and, whatever the result, as soon as the referee’s whistle goes at full time I’ll be fully focussed on Burton on Monday, and that’s how it’s got to be.

“I can’t be harbouring any emotion or feeling with me. It’s straight onto Burton, professional and that’s what I’m paid to do.”