Stockport County vs Wrexham, 2024-25 English League One, Regular Season
· English League OneWrexham beaten by Stockport to lose ground in promotion race
Wrexham suffered their third league defeat of the season at Stockport County on Saturday as the Welsh side lost more ground in the race for automatic promotion from England's League One.
Match Commentary
- 2': Macauley Southam (Stockport County) Yellow Card at 2'
- 6': Fraser Horsfall (Stockport County) Yellow Card at 6'
- 20': Louie Barry (Stockport County) Yellow Card at 20'
- 24': Louie Barry (Stockport County) Goal at 24'
- 45': Andrew Cannon (Wrexham) Yellow Card at 45'
- 62': Oliver Rathbone (Wrexham) Substitution at 62'
- 63': Paul Mullin (Wrexham) Substitution at 63'
- 63': Elliott Lee (Wrexham) Yellow Card at 63'
- 63': Eoghan O'Connell (Wrexham) Substitution at 63'
- 73': Isaac Olaofe (Stockport County) Substitution at 73'
- 73': Mo Faal (Wrexham) Substitution at 73'
- 79': Oliver Rathbone (Wrexham) Yellow Card at 79'
- 82': Odin Bailey (Stockport County) Substitution at 82'
- 82': Jayden Fevrier (Stockport County) Substitution at 82'
- 83': Tayo Adaramola (Stockport County) Substitution at 83'
- 85': Matty James (Wrexham) Substitution at 85'
- 90'+2': Isaac Olaofe (Stockport County) Yellow Card at 92'
Statistics
 WXM |
STO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 6 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 7 | Saves | 1 |
| 46 | Possession | 54 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Passes | 0 |
| 0 | Passes | 0 |
| 0.0 | Pass Completion % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 0 | Crosses | 0 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Long Balls | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Long Balls | 0 |
| 0.0 | Long Balls % | 0.0 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 0 | Effective Tackles | 0 |
| 0 | Tackles | 0 |
| 0.0 | Tackle % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Clearances | 0 |
| 0 | Clearances | 0 |
Game Information
Venue: Edgeley Park
Location: Stockport, England
Attendance: 10,327
EFL League One Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham City | 30 | +32 | 70 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | +27 | 64 |
| 3 | Wrexham | 31 | +19 | 58 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 33 | +17 | 57 |
Line-Ups
Stockport County (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hinchliffe (GK) |
| 6 | Fraser Horsfall  |
| 15 | Ethan Pye |
| 16 | Callum Connolly |
| 4 | Lewis Bate |
| 26 | Oliver Norwood |
| 23 | Ryan Rydel |
| 12 | Macauley Southam |
| 19 | Kyle Wootton |
| 20 | Louie Barry |
| 14 | Will Collar |
Wrexham (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Callum Burton (GK) |
| 24 | Dan Scarr |
| 6 | Thomas O'Connor |
| 4 | Max Cleworth |
| 7 | James McClean |
| 29 | Ryan Barnett |
| 15 | George Dobson |
| 38 | Elliott Lee |
| 8 | Andrew Cannon |
| 28 | Jón Bödvarsson |
| 9 | Ollie Palmer |
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