Scunthorpe United 3-1 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 22 October 2019

Result

Scunthorpe United 3-1 Exeter City

League Two · Tuesday 22 October 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Scunthorpe United 3-1 Exeter City: match report

Scunthorpe United beat Exeter City 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 22 October 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

James Perch opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from James Perch (24'), Jamie Ward (37') and Alex Gilliead (75'). Exeter City scored through Matt Jay (27').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 22nd on 10 points from 14 and Exeter City 4th on 26 points from 14. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 20th with 40 points, and Exeter City 4th with 68.

Scunthorpe United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Exeter City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Colclough of Scunthorpe United (8.2), ahead of Matt Jay (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Scunthorpe United win, 1 draw and 2 for Exeter City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Harrison McGaheyScunthorpe United
  • 8'Yellow card · Yann Songo'oScunthorpe United
  • 21'Yellow card · Tom ParkesExeter City
  • 24'Goal · James PerchScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Matt JayExeter City · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Jamie WardScunthorpe United · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Alex GillieadScunthorpe United · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Scunthorpe United 1, draws 1, Exeter City 2.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)

Rory Watson, James Perch, Harrison McGahey, Rory McArdle, Junior Brown, Ryan Colclough, Matthew Lund, Yann Songo'o, Jamie Ward, Lee Novak, Kevin van Veen

Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jonathan Maxted, Aaron Martin, Tom Parkes, Dean Moxey, Jayden Richardson, Nigel Atangana, Archie Collins, Jack Sparkes, Matt Jay, R. Bowman, Ben Seymour