Cheltenham Town 5-3 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Cheltenham Town 5-3 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Cheltenham Town 5-3 Exeter City: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Exeter City 5-3 in the League Two on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Archie Collins opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Liam Sercombe (7'), Alfie May (13'), Liam Sercombe (45+3', penalty), Andy Williams (77') and Will Boyle (90+1'). Exeter City scored through Archie Collins (4'), Matt Jay (56') and Miljan Djurovic (88').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 2nd on 29 points from 15 and Exeter City 3rd on 27 points from 15. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Exeter City 9th with 70.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Exeter City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicky Law of Exeter City (8.0), ahead of Chris Hussey (7.5).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Archie CollinsExeter City · 0-1
  • 7'Goal · Liam SercombeCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 13'Goal · Alfie MayCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Matty BlairCheltenham Town
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Pierce SweeneyExeter City
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Liam SercombeCheltenham Town · 3-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Alfie MayCheltenham Town
  • 56'Goal · Matt JayExeter City · 3-2
  • 77'Goal · Andy WilliamsCheltenham Town · 4-2
  • 88'Goal · Miljan DjurovicExeter City · 4-3
  • 90+1'Goal · Will BoyleCheltenham Town · 5-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 0, draws 3, Exeter City 7.

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)

Josh Griffiths, Charlie Raglan, Ben Tozer, Will Boyle, Matty Blair, Liam Sercombe, Finn Azaz, Chris Clements, Chris Hussey, Alfie May, George Lloyd

Exeter City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Jonathan Maxted, Josh Key, Pierce Sweeney, Tom Parkes, Jack Sparkes, Randell Williams, Jake Taylor, Archie Collins, Joel Randall, Matt Jay, R. Bowman