United make it ten games unbeaten and continue their remarkable start to the season. James Constable's seventh of the season was the difference between the sides as Wrexham ended the game with ten men,  and manager Dean Saunders also dismissed to the stand while the U's also ended with ten after Stevie Kinniburgh's sending off.

Kicking off in brilliant sunshine and  backed by their now customary superb and vociferous fans, United had a let off in just the fourth minute as Curtis Obeng scuffed a glorous chance and allowed United to scramble his shot away when it should really have been nestling in the back of the net.

Wrexham perhaps shaded possession in the opening stages but their willingness to make it an open game also meant they were allowing United space to work in and gradually that allowed the visitors to get Adam Murray into position to spray passes around and bring wide men Green and Cook into play. After 29 minutes it was Cook who took a free kick which was deflected out for a corner, and then his dead ball which created the opener. Beautifully flighted it caught Wrexham cold and a combination of poor marking and a stay at home keeper left Constable with the simplest job in the world to nod home unopposed from six yards out.

Don't be fooled by the simple finish, United work very hard on set pieces (for and against) and that training ground work almost paid off on 33 as Bulman's low drive from another Cook corner forced keeper Maxwell into a good save by his left hand post. Another Constable run on 37 was ended by a trademark Frank Sinclair challenge which left the striker on the ground and the yellow card aloft, Cook headed a golden chance wide from six yards on 42, and at half time half the job had been done very well indeed.

Half time made it 405 minutes since United had last conceded a goal when Yemi Odubade scored for Stevenage and with Creighton and Foster superb in front of the faultless Ryan Clarke they continued to batter away any Wrexham attacks despite the home fans urging their team to raise the tempo. It's easy to centre on the centre halves but full backs Batt and Kinniburgh deserve credit as well; Kinniburgh has yet to see United concede since he came into the side.

At the other end the bubbly Murray fizzed a free kick wide on the hour, one of those wicked inswingers from the left which he loves, and then sub Adam Chapman almost created the second goal with his first contribution. His precise through ball put Constable through with just the keeper to beat but Maxwell was quickly out to smother the shot. 

Tempers then flared and the red cards started to appear. The 80th minute saw Sinclair given his marching orders after thundering in to a challenge on Dannie Bulman. Sinclair blocked his man and received his second yellow, a decision which so incensed manager Dean Saunders that his protests also earned him a red card from ref Richard West.

Two minutes later and it was ten men apiece as Kinniburgh brought down Obeng on the edge of the area and also received his second yellow, United's first red of the season.

It meant plenty of passion for the closing stages but United stayed calm and kept their heads to see the job through. Cook might have killed the game on 91 as Midson's clever ball put him through on Maxwell again, only for the keeper to parry his shot away, but in the end it didn't matter and United march on. Their record at Wrexham is fairly shocking over the years so this was another fine win and once again earned with a clinical finish and 90 minutes of total commitment.

Att:3620

Away: 475

Report by Chris Williams

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