Derby are still without a home win after Ollie Rathbone scored late on to earn Wrexham a 1-1 draw at Pride Park. The Rams were on course for victory through Sam Szmodics' superb early strike only for the Welsh side to rescue a point two minutes from the end. Both teams created chances in an open game, but the finishing lacked the quality Szmodics showed when he beat Anthony Patterson with an unstoppable shot.
Derby had started positively and deservedly went ahead in the ninth minute following a clinical counter-attack. Mo Fuseini sprinted from deep inside his own half to release Szmodics, who cut inside before unleashing a rising drive past Patterson. Wrexham responded through Jacques Ekomie, who ran into the Derby box and fired in a low shot which Josh Vickers did well to palm away.
Vickers rescued Derby again when Callum O'Hare's shot took a deflection, forcing the goalkeeper into a reflex save and Issa Kabore put the rebound into the side-netting. Szmodics was close to a second in the 35th minute when he pounced on a loose ball and curled a shot just wide of Patterson's left post. After the home survived a scramble inside the six-yard box, Ekomie lashed a shot over and they were heading for defeat until Rathbone came to the rescue in the 88th minute.
The Rams had defended strongly throughout but when Imray crossed from the right, Moore rose to head the ball down and Rathbone nipped in to beat Vickers.
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