Notts County started strongly and forced Arthur Okonkwo into a point-blank save with less than two minutes on the clock. Indeed the hosts had the better of the first half but fell behind against the run of play on 20 minutes. Ryan Barnett delivered a great cross in from the right, and Steven Fletcher fired high into the roof of the net from close range. Notts County came back strongly with Okonkwo called into action again before the half was out, while Wrexham also had a let-off when Eoghan O'Connell headed against his own post from a cross by the lively Jodi Jones.
Wrexham piled on the pressure after the break, with Elliot Lee glancing a header just wide and Will Boyle heading against the bar from a James McClean corner. However, Notts County had chances to level and were denied an equaliser when Okonkwo produced another important stop from Macaulay Langstaff. The visitors did manage to get the ball in the back of the net through David McGoldrick, but the effort was ruled out for a handball as Wrexham held on for an important three points.