Exeter City 5-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020
Result
Exeter City 5-0 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Exeter City 5-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Exeter City defeated Tranmere Rovers 5-0 in the League Two on Saturday 12 December 2020. The half-time score was 3-0.
Ryan Bowman opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Exeter City's goals came from Ryan Bowman (8'), Matt Jay (18', penalty), Ryan Bowman (27'), Jake Taylor (73') and Ryan Bowman (77'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 5th on 27 points from 16 and Tranmere Rovers 10th on 24 points from 16. Exeter City went on to finish that season 9th with 70 points, and Tranmere Rovers 7th with 74.
Exeter City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Bowman of Exeter City (9.8), ahead of Jake Taylor (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Tranmere Rovers.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Ryan Bowman
- 18'Penalty goal · Matt Jay
- 27'Goal · Ryan Bowman
- 41'Yellow card · Calum MacDonald
- 48'Yellow card · Tom Parkes
- 62'Yellow card · Peter Clarke
- 73'Goal · Jake Taylor
- 74'Yellow card · Scott Davies
- 77'Goal · Ryan Bowman
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (4-4-2)
Jonathan Maxted, Josh Key, Pierce Sweeney, Tom Parkes, Jack Sparkes, Randell Williams, Jake Taylor, Archie Collins, Joel Randall, R. Bowman, Matt Jay
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Scott Davies, Lee O'Connor, Peter Clarke, Manny Monthe, C. MacDonald, Liam Feeney, Jay Spearing, Otis Khan, Kieron Morris, Danny Lloyd, Kaiyne Woolery