Cardiff put themselves in the hat for the Carabao Cup quarter-finals and grabbed the Welsh bragging rights with a 2-1 win over Wrexham.
In the first meeting between the two Welsh clubs since 2004, it was the League One visitors who ran out deserving winners with goals from Yousef Salech and Will Fish.
Wrexham, who conceded a whopping 23 shots to their rivals, did draw level through Kieffer Moore but this was to be Cardiff’s night.
Wrexham were booed at the break after Phil Parkinson’s side put in a ponderous first-half display in which Salech scored an early opener and the impressive Rubin Colwill struck a free-kick off the crossbar.
Substitute Moore’s towering header breathed new life into the hosts, but Fish’s strike ensured there was no memorable comeback story for the next series of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’.
The Bluebirds are in the quarter-final draw for the first time since they reached the 2011-12 final following a triumph to cherish in north Wales.
That draw takes place on Wednesday, after Newcastle’s fifth-round game with Tottenham.
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