On a yellow card, Burton midfielder Charlie Webster is the first to be withdrawn and is replaced by defender Udoka Godwin-Malife as Burton look to retain their lead.

Hiram Boateng has made a busy impact on the game once again but this time the Mansfield sub puts too much on his attempted through ball into Lee Gregory in the box and the ball rolls out of play.

Burton's Tomas Kalinauskas delivers some fantastic footwork complete with a nutmeg and changes of direction to get past the defenders and into a great position to cross the ball in.

No yellow shirts await the pass though and Salop are able to clear.

Nice to watch but with no real reward.

Wrexham break from their own half down the right before Paul Mullin holds the ball up at the back stick and rolls to Elliot Lee who lashes a venomous 20-yard strike over the Stags bar.

Scott Flinders probably just about had it covered, but it was only a few inches over the woodwork.

Harrogate have the ball in the net but it's not going to count!

Ellis Taylor's effort is beaten away by Stuart Moore straight to Jack Muldoon who finishes superbly but he is adjudged to have been just offside and the assistant's flag is raised.

Morecambe get away with one.

Burton's Danilo Orsi almost has a quick second.

His curled effort from the edge of the box is denied by the tip of the gloves from the Salop keeper.

Nigel Clough shuffles his pack, Hiram Boateng coming on in midfield, having changed the game against Birmingham off the bench last time out.

Keanu Baccus is the player withdrawn.

It's getting a little niggly at the Peninsula and Salford wing-back Haji Mnoga is cautioned for a late tackle.

No chances of real note from either side however.

Burton midfielder Elliot Watt's superb work to set up the two goals would have taken a hit if Salop's Leo Castledine was just one second faster in picking up the bounce as the ball deflects his way off Watt's body.

Brewers keeper Max Crocombe gets there first though and dives on top of the ball to keep any Shrewsbury feet from sending in an easy goal.

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Cor, this would have been quite a goal.

Ryan Barnett flies down the right and whips in a cross which loops over Deji Oshilaja and falls to Paul Mullin who tries an acrobatic right foot volley, but can only catch the ball with his studs, ending up face down on the turf while James McClean fires the follow-up off-target.

Good chance, missed.

Chance for the hosts as Muldoon finds half a yard for himself in the box for the first time today but he can't direct his shot on target, shooting just over from a tight angle.

Shrewbury defender Josh Feeney intercepts a pass with his head but ends up knocking the ball into the path of Burton's Charlie Webster.

Though the midfielder sends it wide.

Some nice approach play from Wrexham as Elliot Lee bounces a pass off Ollie Palmer in the box but then can only bend a right-footed effort past Scott Flinders' far post from the edge of the area.

We're back underway at the Peninsula and Salford boss Karl Robinson has made a half-time substitution.

Jon Taylor has made way for 17-year-old Kyrell Malcolm.

We saw a proper warm-up for keeper Scott Flinders during the interval at Stok Ce Ras, he was caught a little cold by that injury to Christy Pym and loped straight out of the stand and onto the pitch when the Stags No1 came off.

He'll feel much better now, I'm sure...

We're back under way too.

As it stands, Shrewsbury and Carlisle are bottom and Wrexham are closing the gap to the two titans at the top in the early kick-offs.

Has the story already been told or does a twist await?

Jake Garner
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

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The Stags may feel a little hard done by following the chances they had.

Apart from conceding the goal they have looked defensively solid, they have kept their shape most the game.

Evans and Gregory have held the ball up well together, the confidence is there going into the second-half.

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Ryan Barnett's early bouncing blast from the edge of the box separates the sides at the break, but in truth it's Mansfield who have had the better of it and Will Evans and Lee Gregory have both spurned chances, with Wrexham keeper Arthur Okonkwo producing a couple of timely blocks.

The loss of Stags keeper Christy Pym won't have helped the visitors hopes of turning things around in the second period.

Good watch though, should be a cracking second half.

Ollie Palmer has gone into the book after a late lunge on Keanu Baccus.

Palmer was once of Mansfield, a decade ago, but is not fondly remembered by the travelling Stags fans, it's fair to say.

Baccus whips a shot well over the bar after the free-kick is only half-cleared.