Wrexham beat league leaders Middlesbrough 2-0

Wrexham beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Racecourse Ground. Championship leaders Middlesbrough suffered their second league defeat of the season. The home side secured a win that eased the pressure on Phil Parkinson.

George Thomason opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Substitute Ollie Rathbone sealed the match with a header in the 84th minute. Wrexham had lost consecutive matches to Blackburn and Sheffield United and were sitting just above the relegation zone.

Middlesbrough went into the game on an 11-match unbeaten league run. However, their top scorer Will Lankshear was unable to play through injury, and the side struggled to have an impact in the first half. Lankshear had scored 15 goals this season, a total that matched the goals scored by the entire Wrexham squad before the match. The first shot on target came in the 29th minute.

Parkinson made four changes after the Sheffield United match. Thomason and Max Cleworth returned to the squad after injury. George Dobson and Ben Whiteman also started in the starting eleven.