Wrexham 3
Nottingham Forest 3 (4-3 on pens.)
FA Cup (3rd Round)


Wrexham
3 - 3
(4-3 on pens.)
Nottm Forest 

FA Cup
(3rd Round)
Friday, January 9th, 2026
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,603 (Away: 1,292)
7:30pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Liberato Cacace (37)
Ollie Rathbone (40)
Dom Hyam (74)
Igor Jesus (64)
Callum Hudson-Odoi (76)
Callum Hudson-Odoi (89)

Team Managers
Phil Parkinson
Sean Dyche

Starting Eleven
1. Arthur Okonkwo
13. Liberato Cacace
2. Callum Doyle
5. Dom Hyam
47. Ryan Longman
24. Dan Scarr
15. George Dobson
20. Ollie Rathbone
18. Ben Sheaf
33. Nathan Broadhead
28. Sam Smith
Matz Sels .26
Nicola Savono .37
Jair Cunha .23
Morato .4
Oleksandr Zinchenko .35
Douglas Luiz .12
James McAtee .24
Dan Ndoye .14
Omari Hutchinson .21
Dilane Bakwa.29
Igor Jesus .19

Bench
25. Callum Burton
29. Ryan Barnett
6. Conor Coady
7. James McClean
45. Harry Ashfield
27. Lewis O'Brien
14. George Thomason
10. Josh Windass
16. Jay Rodriguez
Angus Dunn .18
Zach Abbott .44
Taiwo Awoniyi .9
Nicolas Dominguez .16
Morgan Gibbs-White .10
Callum Hudson-Odoi .7
Nikola Milenkovic .31
Murillo .5
Neco Williams .3

Substitutions
George Thomason for Liberato Cacace (60)
Josh Windass for Nathan Broadhead (69)
Lewis O'Brien for Ollie Rathbone (69)
James McClean for Ben Sheaf (88)
Ryan Barnett for Ryan Longman (91)
Jay Rodriguez for Sam Smith (100)
Morgan Gibbs-White for Dilane Bakwa (46)
Nikolas Dominguez for James McAtee (46)
Neco Williams for Oleksandr Zinchenko (46)
Callum Hudson-Odoi for Dan Ndoye (69)
Taiwo Awoniyi for Douglas Luiz (88)
Murillo for Nicola Savono (97)

Cautions
Josh Windass (120)
Omari Hutchinson (87)
Douglas Luiz (87)
Morato (112)
Nikolas Dominguez (112)

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Paul Tierney (Referee)
Stuart Burt & James Mainwaring (Assistants)
Darren England (Fourth Official)


Photography by Lisa Hill

Match Report


Photo: Arthur Okonkwo saves Omari Hutchinson's penalty.

PENALTY SHOOT-OUT

Wrexham
Josh Windass - scored
James McClean - missed (wide)
Callum Doyle - scored
George Thomason - scored
Jay Rodriguez - scored

Nottingham Forest
Morgan Gibbs-White - scored
Igor Jesus - missed (saved)
Callum Hudson-Odoi - scored
Neco Williams - scored
Omari Hutchinson - missed (saved)



Squad Statistics (as at January 9th, 2026)


2025-26 All Time
League Cups All
Arthur Okonkwo (GK) 23 - 3 - 103 -
Liberato Cacace 9 - 11101
Callum Doyle 14 - 3 - 17 -
Dom Hyam 21 - 11221
Ryan Longman 2425 - 503
Dan Scarr 13 - 4 - 37 -
George Dobson 2414 - 763
Ollie Rathbone 63215612
Ben Sheaf 20 - 1 - 21 -
Nathan Broadhead 21431245
Sam Smith 223514611
James McClean (sub) 16 - 3 - 1088
Ryan Barnett (sub) 11 - 5 - 1104
George Thomason (sub) 15 - 3 - 18 -
Josh Windass (sub) 2273 - 257
Lewis O'Brien (sub) 2035 - 253
Jay Rodriguez (sub) 3 - 1 - 222







League Table & Results (as at January 9th, 2026)


Results of league matches played since last match
5th January 2026
Leicester City2-1West Brom


Championship 2025-26
P W D L GD Pts
1. Coventry C. 26 15 7 4 +28 52
2. Middlesbrough 26 13 7 6 +11 46
3. Ipswich Town 25 12 8 5 +18 44
4. Preston NE 26 11 10 5 +11 43
5. Millwall 26 12 7 7 -4 43
6. Watford 25 11 8 6 +8 41
7. Hull City 25 12 5 8 +2 41
8. Stoke City 26 12 4 10 +9 40
9. WREXHAM 26 10 10 6 +6 40
10. Bristol City 26 11 6 9 +9 39
11. QPR 26 11 5 10 -1 38
12. Leicester City 26 10 7 9 -1 37
13. Derby County 26 9 8 9 0 35
14. Birmingham 26 9 7 10 -1 34
15. Southampton 26 8 9 9 0 33
16. Sheffield Utd 25 10 2 13 -2 32
17. Swansea City 26 9 5 12 -6 32
18. West Brom 26 9 4 13 -6 31
19. Charlton 25 7 8 10 -7 29
20. Blackburn R. 25 7 7 11 -6 28
21. Portsmouth 24 6 7 11 -14 25
22. Norwich City 26 6 6 14 -11 24
23. Oxford United 25 5 7 13 -10 22
24. Sheffield Wed. * 25 1 8 16 -33 -7

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for filing for administration on October 24th.

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 6 points on December 1st for multiple breaches of EFL regulations relating to payment obligations.