SWINDON. Exeter City managed to reverse the scoreline against Swindon Town to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Swindon Town to strike first with a goal of J. Tomlinson at the 58′. Then it was a goal in the 84′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, T. Dieng gave the win to Exeter City in the 88′ minute.

The match was played at the County Ground stadium in Swindon on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren Drysdale with the help of Damith Bandara and Andrew Aylott. The 4th official was Andrew Bennett. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Swindon Town was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Exeter City that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Exeter City had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Exeter City won the match.​

Swindon Town shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Exeter City shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Swindon Town will stay with 43 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Exeter City will have 44 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Swindon Town will play away with Tranmere Rovers on the 8th of February with a 11-4 head to head statistic in favor of Swindon Town (2 draws).

Exeter City will host Leyton Orient on the 8th of February with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Exeter City (4 draws).

Swindon Town – Formation

Swindon Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Ben Garner decided to play with the following team: Joseph Wollacott (6.3), Jake O’Brien (6.6), Brandon Cooper (7.1), Akinwale Odimayo (6.3), Robert Donald Hunt (6.3), Ben Gladwin (6.6), Jordan Lyden (7.1), Jonathan Williams (6.2), Joseph Tomlinson (7.8), Josh Davison (6.7) and Harry McKirdy (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: R. East, L. Ward, M. Baudry, R. Aguiar, Louie Barry (6.4), Ellis Iandolo (6.6) and J. Mitchell-Lawson.

Swindon Town could not rely on the presence of E. Iandolo (injured).

Substitutions

Swindon Town made 3 changes: J. Lyden for E. Iandolo (67′), J. Davison for L. Barry (70′) and A. Odimayo for J. Mitchell-Lawson (90′).

Best player: Joseph Tomlinson​

The most impressive player for Swindon Town was Joseph Tomlinson.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 42 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 11 crosses.

Exeter City – Formation

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

Matthew Taylor played with: Cameron Dawson (6.7), Pierce Sweeney (6.8), Sam Stubbs (6.8), Cheick Diabate (7.0), Josh Key (6.4), Timothée Dieng (8.3), Archie Collins (7.3), Jake Caprice (6.9), Matt Jay (7.1), Kieran Phillips (7.0) and Jevani Brown (8.5).

These were the players on the bench: Jack Sparkes (6.8), Josh Coley (7.0), S. Brown, K. Taylor, Sam Nombe (7.0), J. Grounds and N. Atangana.

Substitutions

Exeter City made 3 changes: K. Phillips for S. Nombe (61′), J. Caprice for J. Sparkes (73′) and P. Sweeney for J. Coley (77′).

Best player: Jevani Brown​

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

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Barrow – Tranmere Rovers – 1-1
• Crawley Town – Stevenage – 2-2
• Forest Green Rovers – Newport County – 2-0
• Harrogate Town – Bradford City – 2-0
• Leyton Orient – Colchester United – 0-1
• Scunthorpe United – Oldham Athletic – 0-1
• Sutton United – Bristol Rovers – 1-1
• Swindon Town – Exeter City – 1-2
• Walsall – Northampton Town – 0-1