Exeter City 4-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021
Result
Exeter City 4-1 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
Exeter City 4-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Exeter City won against Bristol Rovers 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 4-0.
Matt Jay opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Exeter City's goals came from Matt Jay (3'), Matt Jay (15'), Timothée Dieng (22') and Harry Kite (24'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Finley (70').
Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 20th on 2 points from 3 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 3 points from 3. Exeter City went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Bristol Rovers 6th with 80.
Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Dawson of Exeter City (8.5), ahead of Jevani Brown (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Matt Jay
- 15'Goal · Matt Jay
- 22'Goal · Timothée Dieng
- 24'Yellow card · Jack Baldwin
- 24'Goal · Harry Kite
- 59'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 70'Goal · Sam Finley
- 87'Yellow card · Owura Edwards
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Cameron Dawson, Pierce Sweeney, George Ray, Alex Hartridge, Josh Key, T. Dieng, Harry Kite, Jake Caprice, Matt Jay, Jevani Brown, Padraig Amond
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
James Belshaw, Jack Baldwin, Mark Hughes, Nick Anderton, Alex Rodman, Sam Finley, Joshua Grant, Harry Anderson, Paul Coutts, Aaron Collins, Harvey Saunders