Hayden Hackney's first goal since mid-August preserved Middlesbrough's unbeaten home record by securing a 1-1 draw with Wrexham on their first visit to the Riverside Stadium.

Boro, sitting second, were forced to battle all the way to deliver a positive result and were thankful to the head of Hackney for finding the net with 10 minutes remaining.

That goal cancelled out Josh Windass' deflected fourth goal of the season in the seventh minute as Wrexham looked like making it back-to-back wins before Middlesbrough's intervention.

Wrexham, despite being without the suspended Callum Doyle, carried on from where they left off during the midweek win over Oxford by starting confidently.

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Sol Brynn had already turned away Ryan Longman's stinging drive before the Red Dragons took the lead from the resulting corner.

And it was Lewis Brunt, a replacement for Doyle before an early withdrawal himself in the game, who rolled the short corner to George Thomason.

He then turned it over to Windass to shoot from 25 yards, with the ball taking a deflection off Dael Fry's outstretched boot to beat Brynn.

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