Wrexham and Ebbsfleet meet on Tuesday in an FA Trophy fourth-round replay at Stonebridge Road following this poor encounter at the Racecourse.

The Dragons were unable to repeat their 3-2 Blue Square Premiership win of 13 September.

Wrexham's Jefferson Louis spurned an early chance and neither side impressed in front of goal.

Debut-making French defender Aurelien Collin was sent off for a foul after 66 minutes.

Wrexham manager Dean Saunders:
"We're still in the hat and that's the only thing to come out of that.

"That's as poor as we've been since I've been here... I made some changes for the right reasons but those who came in struggled.

"The players have a job description and not one of them can go home and say they've done it.

"The pitch is a problem for us with a team of footballers, it suits a team of hammer throwers.

"The referee... how do I say it without getting into trouble? The crowd were laughing, that about sums it up. They were beyond booing."

Wrexham: Ward, Collin, Baynes, Louis, Mike Williams, Fleming, Gyan, Aiston, Crofts, Williamson, Brown.
Subs Not Used: Kempson, Spann, McCluskey, Suffo, Fairhurst.

Ebbsfleet United: Cronin, Crooks, Long, Gash, Martin, Stone, Barrett, Shakes, Charles, Duncan, Sole.
Subs Not Used: Mott, Pooley, Ricketts, Moore, Judge.

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Ref: S Beck (England).

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