Wrexham struck in each half to defeat play-off chasing Bristol City and extend their winning run at home in the league to four matches.

Nathan Broadhead bagged his fourth goal of the season early on in sumptuous fashion.

Both sides had several chances thereafter and Wrexham found a second when George Thomason looked to have netted his first goal for the Red Dragons directly from a corner, but the ball appeared to go in off goalkeeper Radek Vitek.

Victory meant Wrexham - who rise to 10th place - extended their unbeaten league run to seven games.

Defeat for Bristol City - just their second away from home in the Championship this season - meant the Robins dropped to seventh, a point adrift of the top six.

Wrexham made two changes from Saturday's 0-0 draw with Ipswich Town as Kieffer Moore, returning from injury, and Broadhead started in place of Sam Smith and Josh Windass.

Gerhard Struber made three alterations to his line-up from Saturday's 3-0 win over Swansea City as Mark Sykes, Haydon Roberts and Yu Hirakawa came in for Neto Borges, Scott Twine and Sinclair Armstrong.

Having absorbed pressure throughout against Ipswich last time out, Wrexham swiftly got on the front foot this time around.

They took the lead in stunning fashion on 16 minutes as captain James McClean and George Thomason combined on the left to find Broadhead, whose curling effort from 25 yards out flew beyond Vitek.

It sparked the game into life as both sides spurned glorious chances soon after, with Anis Mehmeti blazing over just a minute before George Dobson slid an effort wide at the other end.

The Robins ended the first half strongly and thought they had equalised when Ross McCrorie tapped into the net after Arthur Okonkwo parried Mehmeti's deflected effort, but the goal was disallowed for a foul by Emil Riis on the Wrexham goalkeeper.

Roberts then drilled over as Wrexham went into the break with their slender one-goal advantage intact.

Struber's men lifted the tempo in their quest to find an equaliser, although Wrexham were dangerous on the counter-attack and saw George Thomason rifle over seven minutes after the restart.

The hosts went even closer two minutes as Thomason quickly took a free-kick to set Moore free, although the forward dragged his shot inches wide.

McCrorie and Mehmeti had efforts for the away side as the game became increasingly open - with Moore and substitute Windass going close for the Red Dragons in the 69th minute.

But Thomason's teasing delivery from a corner struck the far post before going in via goalkeeper Vitek to give Wrexham the breathing space they craved.

Okonkwo was alert to deny Cameron Pring in added time as the Red Dragons kept a fourth successive league clean sheet to move to within two points of the play-off spots.

Much was made of Wrexham's significant spend in the summer transfer window.

But the club's Hollywood owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds will be feeling increasingly confident that the hefty outlay has been fully worth it.

Broadhead started in place of Windass, and the club's record signing produced a moment of magic to give his side an early lead.

Thomason played a pivotal role in that opener and was desperately unfortunate not to be credited with his side's second as his corner kick went in off goalkeeper Vitek.

And while the new recruits have been playing their part in Wrexham's charge up the table, the more established club men have been equally pivotal.

McClean - captaining the side - produced a majestic display at left wing-back in the absence of Liberato Cacace while Max Cleworth and Dan Scarr again shone at the back with summer signing Dom Hyam.

Even with injuries to key personnel of late, the Red Dragons have been able to adapt and thrive, with their seven-game unbeaten run in the league serving as evidence that they could do something significant this season.

They have also combined a steeliness with quality, which has seen them score a variety of goals and pick up points in different ways in what is a notoriously testing division.

As for the Robins, their bumper win against Swansea at the weekend aside, the going has been tougher of late following a fine start under Struber.

They were far too slow in getting out of the blocks against Wrexham and wasteful when opportunities came their way.

Work needs to be done if they are to avoid falling into a greater slump and potentially being overhauled by the likes of Wrexham in this season's wide open league.

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson:

"I thought first 35 minutes we were really good then they came into it which you'd expect, they're a good side.

"In the second half, they had moments but we had some great chances ourselves to take the game away from them.

"But all in all, I thought we built from the weekend. We spoke to the lads after the Ipswich game about having a really good structure, work ethic and team togetherness. But it was about if could we now get back to that quality in possession ourselves, and I thought we did that tonight."

Bristol City boss Gerhard Struber:

"I was really frustrated with how cheaply we lost this game.

"I would say we had a bit of a different shape, and in this shape, you need everyone in both directions to invest.

"The performance must be better, it's our own responsibility, but at the same time, I wish the referees have a little bit more experience in a game like that."