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Andy Holt is replaced by Alex Smith.
Wrexham are replacing Matt Crowell with Hector Sam.
David Cotterill is replaced by Ryan Harley.
Goal!! Scott Murray scores for Bristol City.
Wrexham are replacing Mark Jones with Chris Armstrong.
Bradley Orr is being taken off, Scott Murray has come on in his place.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
Half time whistle is blown by P Melin
Tom Doherty is replaced by Scott Brown.
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
Scott Murray scored for the first time in five months to give Bristol City a narrow 1-0 home win and plunge Wrexham deeper into relegation trouble. After running the first half relegation-threatened Wrexham had seen their grip slip before Murray was sent on to open up the right flank. A half-time lashing from manager Brian Tinnion saw City put a stuttering start behind them and the introduction of Murray for Bradley Orr around the hour proved decisive. He ran in perfectly to angle Scott Brown's cross from the left past Ben Foster. Wrexham reacted by sending on Hector Sam to boost their attack but the damage had been done. The Robins were already heading for a double over the Welsh club and a remarkable unbeaten 11-match run against them - nine of them won. City, who signalled their intent to rebuild in the summer, had an unfamiliar look both to their line-up and opening half style. Before the goal they had made just one real chance and that very early on when Paul Heffernan turned past Carlos Edwards to hammer a shot against the bar from the edge of the box. The rub of the green went against them later when Foster, racing off his line, sent Heffernan tumbling a couple of yards inside his right hand edge of the box. Both the bench and the crowd rose in anticipation of a penalty call which never came. Wrexham, their confidence high, after their LVD Vans Trophy success six days earlier, were looking much more aggressive around the box but were being let down by their final ball. A corner gave them an opening for an attempt at goal as the ball dropped well for Shaun Pejic, but the defender leant back too far and volleyed over the top. The response from City was a patient raid carefully built for Louis Carey to get in a high cross but promising teenager Scott Golbourne got no power behind the header.
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