Exeter City 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 March 2025
Result
Exeter City 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 8 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Exeter City 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Exeter City defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 8 March 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Caleb Watts opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Exeter City's goals came from Caleb Watts (29') and Demetri Mitchell (48'). Shrewsbury Town did not score.
Discipline: Exeter City received 4 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 19th on 37 points from 33 and Shrewsbury Town 24th on 28 points from 35. Exeter City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Shrewsbury Town 24th with 33.
Exeter City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Hartridge of Exeter City (8.2), ahead of Demetri Mitchell (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Shrewsbury Town.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Ben Purrington
- 28'Missed penalty · Josh Magennis
- 29'Goal · Caleb Watts
- 39'Yellow card · Patrick Jones
- 48'Goal · Demetri Mitchell
- 73'Yellow card · Dominic Gape
- 80'Yellow card · A. MacDonald
- 80'Yellow card · Vadaine Oliver
- 87'Yellow card · Ryan Trevitt
- 90+4'Yellow card · Josh Feeney
Head-to-head
Team news
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Exeter City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Whitworth, E. Turns, A. MacDonald, Alex Hartridge, Ben Purrington, Ryan Trevitt, Ed Francis, Patrick Jones, Caleb Watts, Demetri Mitchell, Josh Magennis
Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Pavel Kucera, M. Feeney, Josh Feeney, George Nurse, Luca Hoole, Dominic Gape, Harrison Biggins, Mal Benning, Alex Gilliead, Vadaine Oliver, George Lloyd