Wrexham 0-0 FC Halifax Town

New signing Jake Lawlor made his Wrexham debut against FC Halifax Town

Wrexham slipped off the top of the National League table as they were held to a goalless draw by FC Halifax Town.

A game full of chances was only missing a goal, Dragons top-scorer Mike Fondop coming closest with a 40-yard shot which rattled off the crossbar.

Halifax thought they had scored the game's only goal after seven minutes but it was ruled out for a foul.

Wrexham travel to Braintree next whilst Halifax host second-place Leyton Orient at The Shay.

The Welsh side drop down to third, one place above the Shaymen.

Wrexham manager Sam Ricketts told BBC Sport Wales:

"I thought it was a really good game with two decent sides, you can see why they have had a good start to the season. They came here with a game plan to nullify us and we just couldn't manage to break it down.

"It didn't really fall for us in the final third but there were some really good bits in the game and I was pleased with our performance."

• Line-ups
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Line-ups

Wrexham

Formation 4-3-3

18Lainton

13Carrington30Lawlor20Wright3Jennings

5Pearson7Summerfield14Rutherford

11Pyke9Fondop-Talom15Maguire-Drew

• 18Lainton
• 13Carrington
• 30Lawlor
• 20Wright
• 3Jennings
• 5Pearson
• 7Summerfield
• 14RutherfordSubstituted forYoungat 70'minutes
• 11Pyke
• 9Fondop-TalomSubstituted forBeavonat 64'minutes
• 15Maguire-DrewSubstituted forHolroydat 81'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Dibble
• 8Young
• 10Holroyd
• 16Walker
• 23Beavon

Halifax

Formation 4-4-2

1Johnson

4Clarke39Skarz16Lenighan5Brown

40Hanson10Edwards18Berrett9Southwell

7Kosylo19Preston

• 1Johnson
• 4Clarke
• 39Skarz
• 16LenighanSubstituted forMaherat 74'minutes
• 5Brown
• 40Hanson
• 10Edwards
• 18Berrett
• 9SouthwellSubstituted forKingat 90+1'minutes
• 7Kosylo
• 19Preston

Substitutes

• 8King
• 11Odelusi
• 21Rowley
• 22Leacock-McLeod
• 31Maher

Referee:

Joe Hull

Attendance:

5,377

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Wrexham 0, FC Halifax Town 0.

2. 90'+2'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Wrexham 0, FC Halifax Town 0.

3. 90'+1'

   Substitution

   Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Cameron King replaces Dayle Southwell.

4. 81'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Wrexham. Chris Holroyd replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.

5. 74'

   Substitution

   Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Niall Maher replaces Simon Lenighan.

6. 70'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Wrexham. Luke Young replaces Paul Rutherford.

7. 64'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Wrexham. Stuart Beavon replaces Mike Fondop-Talom.

8. Second Half

   Second Half begins Wrexham 0, FC Halifax Town 0.

9. 45'

   Half Time

   First Half ends, Wrexham 0, FC Halifax Town 0.

10. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

11. Posted at 19:36 4 Sep 201819:36 4 Sep 2018

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.