Exeter City 1-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 March 2025

Result

Exeter City 1-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 1 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Exeter City · Northampton Town · League One predictions

Exeter City 1-1 Northampton Town: match report

Exeter City drew with Northampton Town 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 1 March 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Dara Costelloe opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Exeter City's goal came from Sonny Cox (87'). Northampton Town scored through Dara Costelloe (42').

Discipline: Exeter City received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 18th on 35 points from 31 and Northampton Town 17th on 36 points from 33. Exeter City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.

Exeter City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dara Costelloe of Northampton Town (8.1), ahead of Alex Hartridge (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Exeter City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Dara CostelloeNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Terry TaylorNorthampton Town
  • 69'Yellow card · Ilmari NiskanenExeter City
  • 87'Goal · Sonny CoxExeter City · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Reece ColeExeter City
  • 89'Yellow card · Caleb WattsExeter City
  • 90'Yellow card · Dara CostelloeNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Exeter City 2, draws 2, Northampton Town 6.

Team news

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

Joe Whitworth, J. McMillan, A. MacDonald, Alex Hartridge, Ben Purrington, Demetri Mitchell, Ryan Woods, Jack Aitchison, Tony Yogane, Ryan Trevitt, Josh Magennis

Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lee Burge, Tyler Magloire, Max Dyche, Aaron McGowan, Mitch Pinnock, Ben Perry, Terry Taylor, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Sam Hoskins, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Dara Costelloe