EXETER. Exeter City and Shrewsbury Town didn’t manage to score any goal on Tuesday. Exeter City was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

The match was played at the St James Park stadium in Exeter on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Alan Young who had the assistance of Justin Amey and Steven Plane. The 4th official was James Durkin. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.64 degrees Celsius or 45.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Exeter City had a strong ball possession 64% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Exeter City was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Exeter City to win the match​.

Exeter City shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shrewsbury Town shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Exeter City received 2 yellow cards (Pierce Sweeney and Reece Cole). On the other side, Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card (Jordan Shipley).

Standings

After playing this match, Exeter City will have 18 points to sit in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Shrewsbury Town will have 24 points like Bristol Rovers to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Exeter City will host Carlisle United on the 6th of January with a 12-6 head to head stats in favor of Exeter City (6 draws).

Shrewsbury Town will play away agasint Lincoln City on the 6th of January with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Shrewsbury Town (8 draws).

Exeter City – Formation

Exeter City adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Gary Caldwell decided to play with the following team: Viljami Sinisalo (7.3), Pierce Sweeney (7.0), Will Aimson (7.9), Zak Jules (7.3), Ilmari Niskanen (6.7), Reece Cole (7.1), Ryan Trevitt (7.7), Yanic Wildschut (7.3), Jack Aitchison (7.1), Dion Rankine (6.8) and Cheick Diabaté (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Alex Hartridge, Tom Carroll (7.0), James Scott (6.8), Harry Kite, Kyle Taylor (6.3), Shaun MacDonald and Vincent Harper.

Substitutions

Exeter City made 5 changes: Cheick Diabaté for James Scott (67′), Dion Rankine for Kyle Taylor (67′), Reece Cole for Tom Carroll (77′), Ilmari Niskanen for Harry Kite (86′) and Yanic Wildschut for Vincent Harper (86′).

Player of the match: Will Aimson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Will Aimson.

His rating is (7.9) with 60 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 18.

Shrewsbury Town – Formation

Also Shrewsbury Town adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Matthew Taylor played with: Marko Maroši (7.5), Cheyenne Dunkley (7.5), Aaron Pierre (7.5), Joseph Anderson (7.5), Elliott Bennett (6.8), Carl Winchester (7.3), Nohan Kenneh (7.3), Jordan Shipley (7.0), Max Mata (7.1), Ryan Bowman (7.0) and Daniel Udoh (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Malvind Benning, Harry Burgoyne, Tunmise Sobowale (7.5), Nana Owusu-Gyimah, Isaac Godwin, Jack Loughran and Luca Whitney.

Shrewsbury Town could not rely on the presence of Tunmise Sobowale (injured) and Malvind Benning (injured).

Substitutions

Shrewsbury Town made 2 changes: Elliott Bennett for Tunmise Sobowale (24′) and Max Mata for Malvind Benning (89′).

Player of the match: Marko Maroši​

The most impressive player for Shrewsbury Town was the goalkeeper: Marko Maroši. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Reading – Carlisle United – 5-1
• Wigan Athletic – Fleetwood Town – 3-0
• Stevenage – Peterborough United – 2-2
• Port Vale – Derby County – 0-1
• Oxford United – Bolton Wanderers – 0-0
• Exeter City – Shrewsbury Town – 0-0
• Charlton Athletic – Cheltenham Town – 2-1
• Cambridge United – Lincoln City – 0-3
• Burton Albion – Portsmouth – 0-2
• Bristol Rovers – Leyton Orient – 1-1
• Blackpool – Northampton Town – 1-2
• Barnsley – Wycombe Wanderers – 1-0