League football has taken a midweek break, with both Wrexham and Paul Mullin in Carabao Cup action.
Wrexham played host to League One side Reading in the third round of the Carabao Cup in midweek.
The Dragons made a lot of changes for the meeting, with summer addition Callum Doyle the only player to keep his place from Saturday.
Wrexham were competing in the third round of the competition for the first time in decades, and there was a chance they could be drawn against Paul Mullin’s Wigan Athletic in the next phase if both teams won.
Mullin is impressing for Wigan, already matching his League One goal tally from 2024/25 in less than 10 games for the Latics.
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In League One, Wrexham were battling with the likes of Charlton Athletic and Wycombe Wanderers for the second automatic promotion place.
It was Phil Parkinson’s men who ended up taking second place, while Charlton secured a spot in the 2025/26 Championship via the play-offs.
Wycombe, despite running Wrexham close for much of last season, are once again plying their trade in the third tier this term.
They took a midweek break, however, to play against Mullin’s Wigan on September 23.
The Wrexham loanee, who scored against Bolton Wanderers last time out, started the fixture on the bench.
Wycombe took the lead in the 22nd minute via Caolan Boyd-Munce, before Donnell McNeilly made it 2-0 shortly after the hour mark to secure the win and knock Wigan out of the Carabao Cup.
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Paul Mullin stats for Wigan Athletic vs Wycombe Wanderers
Despite being 2-0 down from the 62nd minute, Lowe did not bring Mullin on until there were 10 minutes left to play.
The striker was unable to have any real impact during this time and could do little to change the result.
As per Sofascore, he touched the ball just twice, did not have a shot, completed one of his two passes, and won one of his two aerial duels.
Wigan’s exit and Wrexham beating Reading 2-0, of course, means the two sides won’t be meeting in this competition in 2025/26.
There is still one more chance for the Dragons to take on Mullin’s current team later this season in the FA Cup, though.