Wrexham 4-0 Accrington Stanley: Paul Mullin scores hat-trick as Wrexham rise to third - BBC

Paul Mullin struck a first-half hat-trick as Wrexham hammered Accrington Stanley at The Stok Racecourse to move into the automatic promotion spots.

The striker's instincts brought him the three goals in an 18-minute spell, as Wrexham refound their clinical edge.

Top goalscorer Elliot Lee added the a fourth for Wrexham before the break.

Lewis Shipley and Tommy Leigh were among the visitors to see chances go begging as Accrington dropped two places to 16th in League Two.

Shipley was sent off in added time

Victory for Wrexham paired with a defeat for Crewe sees the Welsh side rise a place to third.

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson: "(I'm) pleased, a really good performance from the lads and yes, it's a great win.

"I've been saying we've dominated a lot of games without really getting our rewards, but we've kept believing that dominance will be turned into goals because in the last few years, it normally has.

"It's probably the first time where we've had periods where we haven't punished teams and today, we were excellent in around that final third, which is obviously the most important part of the football pitch.

" Mulls [Mullin] was brilliant today. He was back to his sharpest."

Line-ups

Wrexham

Formation 5-3-2

33Okonkwo

29Barnett32Cleworth15O'Connell25Boyle19Mendy

23McClean20Cannon38Lee

9Palmer10Mullin

• 33Okonkwo
• 29BarnettSubstituted forBoltonat 82'minutes
• 32Cleworth
• 15O'ConnellSubstituted forTozerat 69'minutes
• 25Boyle
• 19Mendy
• 23McCleanBooked at 75minsSubstituted forYoungat 88'minutes
• 20Cannon
• 38Lee
• 9PalmerSubstituted forFletcherat 69'minutes
• 10MullinSubstituted forMarriottat 82'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Tozer
• 7Davies
• 8Young
• 11Marriott
• 17Bolton
• 21Howard
• 26Fletcher

Accrington

Formation 4-2-3-1

21Vítek

38O'Brien4Mellor16Gubbins2Shipley

25Pickles22Martin

7Whalley18Leigh17Nolan

55Adedoyin

• 21Vítek
• 38O'Brien
• 4Mellor
• 16Gubbins
• 2ShipleyBooked at 90mins
• 25PicklesSubstituted forWoodsat 45'minutesBooked at 46mins
• 22MartinSubstituted forPatrickat 90'minutes
• 7WhalleySubstituted forAdekoyaat 60'minutes
• 18Leigh
• 17NolanSubstituted forTrickettat 84'minutes
• 55AdedoyinSubstituted forHendersonat 84'minutes

Substitutes

• 12Quirk
• 20Patrick
• 26Adekoya
• 27Trickett
• 30Henderson
• 39Woods
• 61McIntyre

Referee:

Ben Atkinson

Attendance:

12,209

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Match ends, Wrexham 4, Accrington Stanley 0.

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