EXETER. Exeter City had a surprising win over Scunthorpe United with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Brown (63′) and a goal from O. Zanzala (76′).

The match was played at the St James Park stadium in Exeter on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Hicks with the collaboration of Robert Dabbs and Michael Begley. The 4th official was Adam Ricketts. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Exeter City was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Scunthorpe United that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Exeter City was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Exeter City won the match​.

Exeter City shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Scunthorpe United shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Exeter City didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards (J. Rowe and H. Hackney).

Standings

After playing this contest, Exeter City will have 37 points to remain in the 8th place. On the other side, Scunthorpe United will stay with 19 points to sit in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Exeter City will play away with Walsall on the 22nd of January with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Exeter City (6 draws).

Scunthorpe United will host Newport County on the 22nd of January with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Newport County (3 draws).

Exeter City – Formation

Exeter City started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Matthew Taylor decided to play with the following team: Cameron Dawson (6.4), Pierce Sweeney (6.4), Sam Stubbs (7.3), Cheick Diabate (6.6), Josh Key (6.9), Archie Collins (7.3), Timothée Dieng (7.3), Jake Caprice (6.2), Matt Jay (7.0), Jevani Brown (8.2) and Offrande Zanzala (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: J. Coley, S. Brown, K. Taylor, J. Sparkes, G. Ray, H. Kite and Pádraig Amond (6.4).

Substitutions

Exeter City made 2 changes: O. Zanzala for P. Amond (80′) and J. Brown for J. Sparkes (90′).

Best player: Jevani Brown​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Jevani Brown.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 9 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.

Scunthorpe United – Formation

Scunthorpe United started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

Keith Hill played with: Rory Watson (6.6), Luke Matheson (6.4), Manny Onariase (6.6), George Taft (7.0), Mason O’Malley (7.9), Jai Rowe (6.2), Tom Pugh (6.1), Hayden Hackney (6.9), Myles Hippolyte (6.2), Aaron Jarvis (6.4) and Sam Burns (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: T. Collins, Alfie Beestin (6.3), H. Lewis, Harry Wood, Kenan Dunnwald (6.8), H. Bunn and H. Davis.

Scunthorpe United could not rely on the presence of H. Wood (injured).

Substitutions

Scunthorpe United made 4 changes: S. Burns for A. Beestin (59′), J. Rowe for K. Dunnwald-Turan (73′), H. Hackney for H. Wood (85′) and M. Hippolyte for H. Lewis (90′).

Best player: Mason O’Malley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Scunthorpe United was Mason O’Malley.

His rating is (7.9) with 39 passes (56% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 14 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Bradford City – Salford City – 2-1
• Bristol Rovers – Hartlepool United – 2-0
• Carlisle United – Crawley Town – 1-1
• Colchester United – Barrow – 0-2
• Exeter City – Scunthorpe United – 2-0
• Mansfield Town – Walsall – 2-0
• Newport County – Harrogate Town – 4-0
• Northampton Town – Forest Green Rovers – 1-1
• Port Vale – Swindon Town – 1-3
• Stevenage – Sutton United – 3-3
• Tranmere Rovers – Rochdale – 2-0