Macclesfield Town 2-3 Exeter City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 15 February 2020
Result
Macclesfield Town 2-3 Exeter City
League Two · Saturday 15 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Macclesfield Town 2-3 Exeter City: match report
Macclesfield Town were beaten by Exeter City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 15 February 2020. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Nicky Ajose opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Macclesfield Town's goals came from Connor Kirby (40') and Fiacre Kelleher (63'). Exeter City scored through Nicky Ajose (11'), Pierce Sweeney (17') and R. Bowman (86').
Discipline: Macclesfield Town received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Macclesfield Town were 20th on 35 points from 32 and Exeter City 3rd on 60 points from 32. Macclesfield Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 36 points, and Exeter City 4th with 68.
Macclesfield Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Exeter City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Randell Williams of Exeter City (7.6), ahead of R. Bowman (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Macclesfield Town wins, 0 draws and 3 for Exeter City.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Nicky Ajose
- 13'Yellow card · Aaron Martin
- 17'Goal · Pierce Sweeney
- 40'Goal · Connor Kirby
- 63'Goal · Fiacre Kelleher
- 75'Yellow card · Brennan Dickenson
- 86'Goal · R. Bowman
- 87'Yellow card · Theo Archibald
Head-to-head
Team news
Macclesfield Town expected line-up (3-4-1-2)
Owen Evans, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Miles Welch-Hayes, Jay Harris, Corey O'Keeffe, Connor Kirby, Emmanuel Osadebe, Ben Stephens, Joe Ironside
Exeter City line-up (3-5-2)
Lewis Ward, Pierce Sweeney, Aaron Martin, Dean Moxey, Brennan Dickenson, Archie Collins, Nigel Atangana, Matt Jay, Randell Williams, R. Bowman, Nicky Ajose