Exeter City 3-2 Bradford City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 6 February 2021
Result
Exeter City 3-2 Bradford City
League Two · Saturday 6 February 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Exeter City 3-2 Bradford City: match report
Exeter City defeated Bradford City 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 6 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-2.
Charles Vernam opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Exeter City's goals came from Pierce Sweeney (41'), Ryan Bowman (61') and Matt Jay (79', penalty). Bradford City scored through Charles Vernam (17') and Oliver Crankshaw (45').
Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 8th on 39 points from 25 and Bradford City 17th on 31 points from 24. Exeter City went on to finish that season 9th with 70 points, and Bradford City 15th with 59.
Exeter City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bradford City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Bowman of Exeter City (8.2), ahead of Matt Jay (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bradford City.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Elliot Watt
- 17'Goal · Charles Vernam
- 23'Yellow card · Pierce Sweeney
- 41'Goal · Pierce Sweeney
- 45'Goal · Oliver Crankshaw
- 61'Goal · Ryan Bowman
- 78'Yellow card · Sam Hornby
- 79'Penalty goal · Matt Jay
- 90+2'Yellow card · Paudie O'Connor
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (4-4-2)
J. Andrésson, Josh Key, Pierce Sweeney, Tom Parkes, Lewis Page, Robbie Willmott, Jake Taylor, Archie Collins, Jack Sparkes, R. Bowman, Matt Jay
Bradford City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Hornby, Finn Cousin-Dawson, Paudie O'Connor, Anthony O'Connor, Connor Wood, Levi Sutton, Elliot Watt, Jordan Stevens, Callum Cooke, Ollie Crankshaw, Charles Vernam