Exeter City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Exeter City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Exeter City 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Exeter City lost to Forest Green Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 27 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Reece Brown opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Exeter City's goal came from Aaron Martin (90+4'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Reece Brown (50') and Liam Shephard (72').

Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 3rd on 29 points from 15 and Forest Green Rovers 6th on 24 points from 15. Exeter City went on to finish that season 9th with 70 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Exeter City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.

Going into the match Exeter City's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Forest Green Rovers's W-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Jordan TillsonExeter City
  • 31'Yellow card · Tahvon CampbellForest Green Rovers
  • 46'Yellow card · L. JamesForest Green Rovers
  • 50'Goal · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers · 0-1
  • 72'Goal · Liam ShephardForest Green Rovers · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Theo ArchibaldForest Green Rovers
  • 90+4'Goal · Aaron MartinExeter City · 1-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Exeter City 2, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.

Team news

Exeter City line-up

James Hamon, Pierce Sweeney, Dean Moxey, Jordan Tillson, Aaron Martin, Luke Croll, Jake Taylor, Nicky Law, Jayden Stockley, Jonathan Forte, Lee Martin

Forest Green Rovers line-up

Robert Sánchez, Liam Shephard, Joseph Mills, Lloyd James, Gavin Gunning, N. McGinley, Paul Digby, Carl Winchester, Tahvon Campbell, Reece Brown, Dayle Grubb