Sheffield Utd 1-2 Wrexham (Mar 21, 2026) Game Analysis – ESPN Skip to main content Skip to navigation ESPN NFL NFL NBA NBA NCAAM NCAAM NCAAW NCAAW MLB MLB NHL NHL Soccer Soccer More Sports More Sports Watch Watch Fantasy Fantasy Where to Watch Search Sheffield Utd v Wrexham 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season Sheffield United Sheffield Utd SHU 15-5-19 , 50 PTS 1 15-5-19 , 50 PTS FT Wrexham Wrexham WXM 17-12-10 , 63 PTS 2 17-12-10 , 63 PTS Andre Brooks – 49' Josh Windass – 54' Sam Smith – 78' Summary Report Commentary Statistics Line-Ups Wrexham boost playoff hopes with comeback win over Sheffield United By PA Updated: Mar 21, 2026, 01:10 pm Facebook Facebook Messenger Twitter Email Wrexham came from behind to strengthen their Championship play-off hopes with a 2-1 win at Sheffield United . The Red Dragons were second best in the first half and fell behind to an Andre Brooks goal in the 49th minute, but former Sheffield Wednesday striker Josh Windass soon levelled before Sam Smith headed in a 78th-minute winner. The victory keeps Wrexham level on points with sixth-placed Southampton as they bounced back from Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to Watford. For United, a four-match winless run has left them 13 points from the top six with seven games left to play and any hopes of a late play-off push of their own are seemingly over. Tuesday had been a second defeat in three for Wrexham, and the travelling supporters might have feared another as the Blades repeatedly cut them open in the first half. The hosts should have been ahead 11 minutes in when a slip from Dom Hyam allowed Harrison Burrows to put the ball on a plate for an unmarked Patrick Bamford, but he somehow scuffed wide from seven yards out. Burrows wasted the next chance himself, shooting narrowly wide on his weaker left foot from Callum O’Hare’s cross. Wrexham could have snatched the lead in the 29th minute but Lewis O’Brien headed wide after getting on the end of Issa Kabore’s cross. Instead United continued to push. Gustavo Hamer had the ball in the net in the 32nd minute but the flag was correctly up for offside as he headed in Jairo Riedewald’s cross at the back post. O’Hare then shot tamely at Arthur Okonkwo and just before the break Bamford’s poked effort was gathered by the goalkeeper after neat interplay with O’Hare. Within seconds of the restart Windass had the ball in the net for Wrexham but the flag had already gone up as he raced on to a long ball forward. United were soon back on top as Hamer fired wide before Brooks was denied by Okonkwo. Moments later, Brooks was celebrating the opener. The Jamaican fed Bamford and though his shot was saved, Brooks had kept his run going and arrived at the back post to tuck in the rebound. Brooks then threatened again with a shot that was deflected over. Wrexham appeared to be rocking, yet they were level after 54 minutes. Windass made it look easy, dropping off the shoulder of Burrows to side-foot home Smith’s low cross for his 11th goal of the season. The goal seemed to energise the visitors as they took control of the game, steadily building pressure on Adam Davies’ goal. That paid off in the 78th minute when Zak Vyner found Kabore and his cross was nodded home by Smith at the back post, his ninth goal of the season. Blades substitute Oliver Arblaster sent a late header wide before Tom Davies curled a shot narrowly over, but Wrexham hung on for an important win which was vigorously celebrated by Phil Parkinson and his players in front of the away end. Game Information Bramall Lane 11:00 AM , March 21, 2026 Coverage : Paramount+ Sheffield , England Attendance : 27,997 Referees : Samuel Allison English League Championship Standings Team GP W D L GD P Coventry City 38 23 8 7 +38 77 Middlesbrough 39 20 11 8 +22 71 Ipswich Town 38 19 12 7 +28 69 Millwall 39 20 9 10 +9 69 Hull City 39 20 6 13 +5 66 Southampton 39 17 12 10 +15 63 Wrexham 39 17 12 10 +9 63 Derby County 39 17 9 13 +8 60 Watford 39 14 14 11 +4 56 Norwich City 39 16 6 17 +6 54 Birmingham City 39 14 11 14 -1 53 Queens Park Rangers 39 15 8 16 -6 53 Swansea City 38 15 7 16 -2 52 Preston North End 39 13 13 13 -4 52 Stoke City 39 14 9 16 +3 51 Bristol City 39 14 9 16 -1 51 Sheffield United 39 15 5 19 0 50 Charlton Athletic 39 12 12 15 -10 48 Blackburn Rovers 39 11 10 18 -13 43 West Bromwich Albion 39 11 10 18 -14 43 Portsmouth 38 10 10 18 -17 40 Leicester City 39 11 12 16 -9 39 Oxford United 39 9 12 18 -15 39 Sheffield Wednesday 39 1 9 29 -55 -6 Full Table EFL Championship News Swansea raise concern after Wrexham coverage: We felt like 'afterthought' Swansea will raise concerns over television coverage of their all-Welsh affair against Wrexham with the EFL after saying the team owned by Hollywood stars Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds “were given priority at every opportunity.” Wrexham boost playoff hopes with comeback win over Sheffield United Wrexham came from behind to strengthen their Championship play-off hopes with a 2-1 win at Sheffield United. 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