Exeter City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: result and report
League One · Thursday 23 October 2025
Result
Exeter City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle
League One · Thursday 23 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Exeter City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: match report
Exeter City defeated Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in the League One on Thursday 23 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
R. Cole opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Exeter City's goals came from R. Cole (18') and Akeel Higgins (58'). Plymouth Argyle did not score.
Discipline: Exeter City received 3 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 20th on 13 points from 13 and Plymouth Argyle 21st on 13 points from 12. Exeter City went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Plymouth Argyle 8th with 73.
Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to E. Turns of Exeter City (7.6), ahead of Akeel Higgins (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 0 draws and 7 for Plymouth Argyle.
Key events
- 18'Goal · R. Cole
- 28'Yellow card · P. Sweeney
- 40'Yellow card · Danny Andrew
- 58'Goal · Akeel Higgins
- 76'Yellow card · J. McMillan
- 78'Yellow card · Matthew Sorinola
- 87'Yellow card · Owen Oseni
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, E. Turns, Ilmari Niskanen, J. McMillan, Ethan Brierley, Danny Andrew, Reece Cole, Akeel Higgins, Jayden Wareham
Plymouth Argyle line-up (3-4-1-2)
Conor Hazard, Brendan Wiredu, Alex Mitchell, Brendan Galloway, Malachi Boateng, Joe Edwards, Bradley Ibrahim, Sander Krabbendam, Matthew Sorinola, L. Tolaj, Aribim Pepple