Wrexham vs. Ipswich score, stats, talking points, highlights as Windass gives Reds first-half lead in FA Cup

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Wrexham and Ipswich Town take a break from their pushes for promotion to the Premier League for a well-matched FA Cup fourth-round clash at the Racecourse Ground.

Ipswich lie third in the second tier, with Wrexham rounding out the playoff places, seven points back in sixth, having played a game more.

Phil Parkinson's team are aiming to take the North Wales outfit into the last 16 of the FA Cup for the first time since the 1996/97 season.

However, Wrexham are winless in their past three home matches, while the Tractor Boys have takes seven points from their past four outings on the road. Will a cup clash entrench or overturn those runs of form?

MORE: Wrexham vs. Ipswich prediction, lineups, odds, TV and bet builder tips for FA Cup match

Wrexham vs. Ipswich live score

Location: Racecourse Ground (Wrexham, UK)
Referee: Benjamin Speedie

Starting lineups:

Wrexham (3-4-2-1, right to left): Okonkwo (GK) — Cleworth, Hyam, Doyle — Longman, Dobson, Rathbone, Thomason — Windass, O'Brien— Smith.

Ipswich (4-2-3-1 right to left): Palmer (GK) — Baggott, Kipre, Greaves, Johnson — Cajuste, Neil — McAteer, Egeli, Akpom— Hirst

Wrexham vs. Ipswich key moments, highlights

34 mins: GOAL! Josh Windass puts Wrexham ahead! 

It has been coming. Thomason tears down the left but his cross is too far ahead of Smith. Longman picks up the pieces on the other flank and fizzes in a dangerous ball for Windass to score his ninth of the season.

21 mins: Palmer does well to keep out a low Windass strike amid a flurry of Wrexham corners. The Ipswich keeper saw the shot late as Rathbone leapt over it.

1 min: Almost a dream start for Wrexham as Ipswich goalkeeper Alex Palmer botches a header outside his box. Palmer recovers to parry Josh Windass' attempt from out on the right wing and does superbly to stop Sam Smith's follow-up at close quarters.

Wrexham vs. Ipswich reaction

Reaction from Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson and Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna will appear here after the match

Wrexham vs. Ipswich team news

Wrexham team news

• Phil Parkinson makes five changes from the side that lost 2-0 to Millwall in Wrexham's previous Championship match.
• Ryan Longman, George Thomason, George Dobson, Josh Windass and Sam Smith all start.
• Former Ipswich duo Kieffer Moore and Nathan Broadhead are on the bench against their old employers.

Ipswich team news

• There are wholesale changes from Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna.
• Centre-back Cedric Kipre is the only player remaining from the 2-1 win over Derby County last weekend, as McKenna makes 10 alterations.

Wrexham vs. Ipswich upcoming schedules

Wrexham upcoming fixtures

Ipswich upcoming fixtures