Wrexham 2
Chelsea 4 (AET)
FA Cup (5th Round)
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| Goalscorers | |
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Sam Smith (18) Callum Doyle (79) |
Arthur Okonkwo (o.g.) (41) Josh Acheampong (82) Alejandro Garnacho (97) Joao Pedro (120+5) |
| Team Managers | |
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Phil Parkinson |
Liam Rosenior |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Arthur Okonkwo 4. Max Cleworth 2. Callum Doyle 5. Dom Hyam 47. Ryan Longman 26. Zak Vyner 15. George Dobson 27. Lewis O'Brien 20. Ollie Rathbone 14. George Thomason 28. Sam Smith |
Robert Sanchez .1 Josh Acheampong .34 Tosin Adarabioyo .4 Mamadou Sarr .19 Jorrel Hato .21 Roméo Lavia .45 Benoit Badiashile .5 Pedro Neto .7 Andrey Santos .17 Alejandro Garnacho .49 Liam Delap .9 |
| Bench | |
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21. Danny Ward 29. Ryan Barnett 3. Lewis Brunt 24. Dan Scarr 7. Davis Keillor-Dunn 10. Josh Windass 33. Nathan Broadhead 19. Kieffer Moore 16. Jay Rodriguez |
Teddy Sharman-Lowe .28 Malo Gusto .27 Trevoh Chalobah .23 Reece James .24 Marc Cucurella .3 Jesse Derry .55 Dario Essugo .14 Marc Guiu .38 Joao Pedro .20 |
| Substitutions | |
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Josh Windass for Ollie Rathbone (66) Kieffer Moore for Sam Smith (66) Nathan Broadhead for Zak Vyner (76) Ryan Barnett for Ryan Longman (91) Lewis Brunt for Callum Doyle (106) Davis Keillor-Dunn for Max Cleworth (112) |
Marc Guiu for Mamadou Sarr (58) Dario Essugo for Roméo Lavia (65) Marc Cucurella for Jorrel Hato (65) Joao Pedro for Liam Delap (85) Malo Gusto for Josh Acheampong (85) Jesse Derry for Pedro Neto (100) |
| Cautions | |
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George Thomason (101) Kieffer Moore (120) |
Roméo Lavia (23) Andrey Santos (110) Alejandro Garnacho (120) |
| Red Cards | |
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George Dobson (90) |
None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Peter Bankes (Referee) |
Match Report
VAR was used for the first time ever in a Wrexham match. The VAR officials were:
Video Assistant Referee: Paul Howard
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Sian Massey-Ellis
Squad Statistics (as at March 7th, 2026)
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| Arthur Okonkwo (GK) | 24 |
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32 | - | 5 | - | 101 | - | 13 | - | 114 | - | |||
| Max Cleworth | 23 |
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33 | 2 | 4 | - | 148 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 184 | 12 | |||
| Callum Doyle | 22 |
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23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | |||
| Dom Hyam | 30 |
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30 | - | 3 | 1 | 30 | - | 3 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |||
| Ryan Longman | 25 |
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28 | 2 | 7 | - | 47 | 3 | 9 | - | 56 | 3 | |||
| Zak Vyner | 28 |
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3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | |||
| George Dobson | 28 |
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32 | 1 | 6 | - | 74 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 86 | 3 | |||
| Lewis O'Brien | 27 |
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28 | 4 | 7 | - | 28 | 4 | 7 | - | 35 | 4 | |||
| Ollie Rathbone | 29 |
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15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 67 | 15 | |||
| George Thomason | 25 |
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23 | 1 | 5 | - | 23 | 1 | 5 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| Sam Smith | 27 |
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29 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 15 | |||
| Ryan Barnett (sub) | 26 |
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12 | - | 6 | - | 96 | 4 | 16 | - | 112 | 4 | |||
| Lewis Brunt (sub) | 25 |
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9 | - | 3 | - | 31 | - | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | |||
| Josh Windass (sub) | 32 |
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30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 10 | |||
| Davis Keillor-Dunn (sub) | 28 |
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1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | |||
| Kieffer Moore (sub) | 33 |
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32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 13 | |||
| Nathan Broadhead (sub) | 27 |
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28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 6 | |||
League Table & Results (as at March 7th, 2026)
| Other Wrexham matches played on March 7th, 2026: |
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| Football League Youth Alliance (North Division) | ||
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| Preston NE Youth | 1-1 | Wrexham Youth |
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 2nd March 2026 |
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| Birmingham | 1-3 | Middlesbrough |
| 3rd March 2026 |
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| Ipswich Town | 1-0 | Hull City |
| 6th March 2026 |
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| Preston NE | 1-3 | Oxford United |
| 7th March 2026 |
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| Blackburn R. | 1-1 | Portsmouth |
| Bristol City | 0-2 | Coventry C. |
| Charlton | 1-0 | Birmingham |
| Derby County | 2-1 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Hull City | 1-3 | Millwall |
| Ipswich Town | 1-1 | Leicester City |
| Sheffield Utd | 1-1 | West Brom |
| Swansea City | 2-0 | Stoke City |
| Championship 2025-26 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Coventry C. | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | +36 | 74 |
| 2. | Middlesbrough | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | +19 | 66 |
| 3. | Millwall | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | +9 | 65 |
| 4. | Ipswich Town | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | +26 | 64 |
| 5. | Hull City | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | +5 | 60 |
| 6. | WREXHAM | 35 | 15 | 12 | 8 | +9 | 57 |
| 7. | Derby County | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | +7 | 54 |
| 8. | Southampton | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | +11 | 53 |
| 9. | Watford | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | +4 | 51 |
| 10. | Bristol City | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | +2 | 50 |
| 11. | Sheffield Utd | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | +2 | 49 |
| 12. | Birmingham | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 49 |
| 13. | Swansea City | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 49 |
| 14. | Preston NE | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 49 |
| 15. | Stoke City | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | +3 | 47 |
| 16. | QPR | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 47 |
| 17. | Norwich City | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | +3 | 45 |
| 18. | Charlton | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 44 |
| 19. | Portsmouth | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 40 |
| 20. | Blackburn R. | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 39 |
| 21. | West Brom | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -18 | 36 |
| 22. | Leicester City * | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 35 |
| 23. | Oxford United | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 35 |
| 24. | Sheffield Wed. * | 36 | 1 | 8 | 27 | -51 | -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.
Leicester City were deducted 6 points on February 5th for breaching financial rules.