Wrexham 1
Norwich City 2
League (Championship)


Wrexham
1 - 2
Norwich City 

League
(Championship)
Saturday, January 17th, 2026
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 10,650 (Away: 1,273)
3:00pm kick-off

Goalscorers
Sam Smith (24)
Anis Ben Slimane (9)
Jovon Makama (59)

Team Managers
Phil Parkinson
Philippe Clement

Starting Eleven
1. Arthur Okonkwo
4. Max Cleworth
2. Callum Doyle
5. Dom Hyam
12. Issa Kabore
15. George Dobson
18. Ben Sheaf
14. George Thomason
10. Josh Windass
33. Nathan Broadhead
28. Sam Smith
Vladan Kovacevic .1
Kellen Fisher .35
Ruairi McConnville .15
Jose Cordoba .33
Ben Chrisene .14
Pelle Mattsson .7
Kenny McLean .23
Matej Jurasek .10
Anis Ben Slimane .20
Ali Ahmed .21
Jovon Makama .24

Bench
25. Callum Burton
29. Ryan Barnett
13. Liberato Cacace
24. Dan Scarr
37. Matty James
27. Lewis O'Brien
20. Ollie Rathbone
19. Kieffer Moore
16. Jay Rodriguez
Daniel Grimshaw .32
Jack Stacey .3
Jakov Medic .5
Harry Darling .6
Jacob Wright .16
Tony Springett .42
Oscar Schwartau .29
Papa Amadou Diallo .19
Mathias Kvistgaarden .30

Substitutions
Matty James for George Dobson (69)
Ollie Rathbone for Josh Windass (69)
Kieffer Moore for Sam Smith (69)
Ryan Barnett for Issa Kabore (69)
Jay Rodriguez for George Thomason (89)
Oscar Schwartau for Ali Ahmed (46)
Tony Springett for Matej Jurasek (46)
Jack Stacey for Ben Chrisine (65)
Papa Amadou Diallo for Aris Ben Slimane (74)
Jacob Wright for Pelle Mattsson (90+3)

Cautions
None. Pelle Mattsson (79)

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Will Finnie (Referee)
Matthew Wilkes & Lee Venamore (Assistants)
Matt Corlett (Fourth Official)


Photography by Andy Mills

Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 17th, 2026)


2025-26 All Time
League Cups All
Arthur Okonkwo (GK) 24 - 3 - 104 -
Max Cleworth 2612 - 17511
Callum Doyle 15 - 3 - 18 -
Dom Hyam 22 - 11231
Issa Kabore 11 - 1 - 12 -
George Dobson 2514 - 773
Ben Sheaf 21 - 1 - 22 -
George Thomason 16 - 3 - 19 -
Josh Windass 2373 - 267
Nathan Broadhead 22431255
Sam Smith 234514712
Ryan Barnett (sub) 12 - 5 - 1114
Matty James (sub) 2712 - 623
Ollie Rathbone (sub) 73215712
Kieffer Moore (sub) 2410222612
Jay Rodriguez (sub) 4 - 1 - 232







League Table & Results (as at January 17th, 2026)


Other Wrexham matches played on January 17th, 2026:
Football League Youth Alliance (North Division)
Morecambe Youth2-9Wrexham Youth

Results of league matches played since last match
5th January 2026
Leicester City2-1West Brom
16th January 2026
West Brom2-3Middlesbrough
17th January 2026
Charlton1-0Sheffield Utd
Coventry C.2-1Leicester City
Ipswich Town3-0Blackburn R.
Oxford United0-0Bristol City
Preston NE0-1Derby County
Sheffield Wed.0-1Portsmouth
Southampton1-2Hull City
Stoke City0-0QPR
Swansea City1-1Birmingham
Watford0-2Millwall
Wrexham1-2Norwich City


Championship 2025-26
P W D L GD Pts
1. Coventry C. 27 16 7 4 +29 55
2. Middlesbrough 27 14 7 6 +12 49
3. Ipswich Town 26 13 8 5 +21 47
4. Millwall 27 13 7 7 -2 46
5. Hull City 26 13 5 8 +3 44
6. Preston NE 27 11 10 6 +10 43
7. Stoke City 27 12 5 10 +9 41
8. Watford 26 11 8 7 +6 41
9. Bristol City 27 11 7 9 +9 40
10. WREXHAM 27 10 10 7 +5 40
11. QPR 27 11 6 10 -1 39
12. Derby County 27 10 8 9 +1 38
13. Leicester City 27 10 7 10 -2 37
14. Birmingham 27 9 8 10 -1 35
15. Southampton 27 8 9 10 -1 33
16. Swansea City 27 9 6 12 -6 33
17. Sheffield Utd 26 10 2 14 -3 32
18. Charlton 26 8 8 10 -6 32
19. West Brom 27 9 4 14 -7 31
20. Blackburn R. 26 7 7 12 -9 28
21. Portsmouth 25 7 7 11 -13 28
22. Norwich City 27 7 6 14 -10 27
23. Oxford United 26 5 8 13 -10 23
24. Sheffield Wed. * 26 1 8 17 -34 -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.