Prior to kick-off, Frank Lampard was full of praise for Wrexham’s rapid rise up the football pyramid, and the former midfielder quickly discovered the hosts were not going to be pushovers.
Both sides had chances early on as Josh Windass blazed well over before Liam Kitching headed Matt Grimes’ in-swinging corner narrowly wide.
Much to the frustration of the home fans, Lewis O’Brien opted against shooting after being picked out by Windass as the hosts competed well with the league leaders.
After Coventry captain Grimes fired wide from a free-kick, Wrexham were presented with a glorious chance to open the scoring as Windass’ cross ran through to O’Brien who was well denied by Carl Rushworth.
The Red Dragons were emphatically punished for that miss as, just a minute later, Sakamoto’s lofted ball over the top found Mason-Clark who guided the ball beyond Arthur Okonkwo.
Coventry’s ruthless nature typified why they have been so free-scoring this season, and while Wrexham continued to get into plenty of promising positions, their lack of cutting edge ensured the visitors remained on course for an historic win.
Max Cleworth’s left-footed pile-driver flew just wide five minutes into the second-half as Wrexham remained threatening.
Coventry grew increasingly reliant on counter attacks, as evidenced when Haji Wright’s shot trickled wide from a narrow angle before the hour mark.
But the home side’s pressure told in the 60th minute as Issa Kabore fed Windass who crossed for Moore to guide the ball beyond Rushworth from six yards out.
And they were in dreamland nine minutes later as Windass this time lifted a cross into the box, with Moore guiding his header into the bottom corner to make it 2-1.
Ellis Simms, Victor Torp, Josh Eccles and Jay Dasilva were all summoned from the bench by Lampard as the latter stages of the contest became stretched.
But Moore rifled a left-footed shot beyond Rushworth to complete his hat-trick on 83 minutes.
Sakamoto’s sumptuous strike – his third of the campaign – late on set-up a nervy finish, although Wrexham held on to clinch all three points as Coventry tasted a rare defeat under Lampard.
