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Wrexham<\/a> came agonisingly close to earning a shock win over the Saints on the opening day of the campaign.<\/p>\n Josh Windass opened the scoring from the penalty spot for the visitors at St Mary’s Stadium but last-gasp goals from Ryan Manning and Jack Stephens earned the hosts victory.<\/p>\n Despite that triumph, the Saints struggled under Will Still and parted company with the head coach in early November.<\/p>\n They have drastically improved under German boss Eckert, winning nine of their past 12 league fixtures.<\/p>\n But Lewis O’Brien, who netted his side’s second goal at West Brom last time out, feels Wrexham’s<\/a> improvement since the first fixture between the sides is evident.<\/p>\n “We were a pretty new team. There were a lot of signings and we were trying to understand how everyone played,” the midfielder said of the August contest.<\/p>\n “We’ve now got three games at home and three away and hopefully we can pick up as many points as we can.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n