EXETER. Exeter City and Fleetwood Town draw 1-1. V. Harper scored the first goal (24′) for Exeter City. P. Omochere equalized (74′). Exeter City was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the St James Park stadium in Exeter on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 6,547 spectators. The referee was Sam Purkiss assisted by Marvyn Amphlett and Daniel Flynn. The 4th official was Ross Martin. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.86 degrees Celsius or 47.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 6 Total 15
- 2 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 106 Attack 75
- 58 Dangerous attack 54
- 103 Ball safe 99
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 9
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Exeter City had a strong ball possession 58% while Fleetwood Town was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Exeter City was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Exeter City to win the match.
Exeter City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Fleetwood Town shot 15 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Exeter City received 4 yellow cards (Pierce Sweeney, Yanic Wildschut, Viljami Sinisalo and Reece Cole). Talking about the opposition, Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card (Ryan Broom).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Exeter City has 40 points to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Fleetwood Town will has 27 points to remain in the 23rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Exeter City will play away against Peterborough United on the 2nd of March with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Peterborough United (1 draw).
Fleetwood Town will play away against Port Vale on the 27th of February with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Port Vale (3 draws).
Exeter City – Formation
Exeter City
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Exeter City started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
The manager Gary Caldwell decided to play with the following team: Viljami Sinisalo , Pierce Sweeney , Cheick Diabaté , Zak Jules , Ilmari Niskanen , Tom Carroll , R. Woods , Reece Cole , Vincent Harper , Luke Harris and Mo Eisa .
The home team had on the bench: Ben Purrington , Will Aimson , Yanic Wildschut , Caleb Watts, Sonny Cox , Dion Rankine and Shaun MacDonald.
Exeter City could not rely on the presence of Sonny Cox (injured) and Yanic Wildschut (injured).
Substitutions
Exeter City made 4 changes: Reece Cole for Sonny Cox (64′), R. Woods for Ben Purrington (75′), Cheick Diabaté for Will Aimson (76′) and Mo Eisa for Yanic Wildschut (76′).
Player of the match: Pierce Sweeney
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Pierce Sweeney.
His rating is with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 9 crosses.
Fleetwood Town – Formation
Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Charlie Adam played with: Jay Lynch , Brendan Wiredu , Ben Heneghan , Elijah Campbell , Carl Johnston , Bosun Lawal , Gavin Kilkenny , Harry Boyes , Ryan Graydon , Jayden Stockley and Ronan Coughlan .
They had on the bench: Danny Mayor , Ryan Broom , Imari Samuels, Promise Omochere , Shaun Rooney, Stephen McMullan and Phoenix Patterson .
Substitutions
Fleetwood Town made 4 changes: Ryan Graydon for Ryan Broom (46′), Gavin Kilkenny for Danny Mayor (46′), Harry Boyes for Promise Omochere (46′) and Jayden Stockley for Phoenix Patterson (46′).
Player of the match: Bosun Lawal
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fleetwood Town was Bosun Lawal.
His rating is with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Stevenage – Wycombe Wanderers – 1-0
- Reading – Shrewsbury Town – 2-3
- Port Vale – Lincoln City – 0-2
- Oxford United – Leyton Orient – 1-2
- Exeter City – Fleetwood Town – 1-1
- Charlton Athletic – Portsmouth – 0-0
- Cambridge United – Peterborough United – 0-1
- Burton Albion – Northampton Town – 0-2
- Bristol Rovers – Carlisle United – 2-1
- Blackpool – Bolton Wanderers – 4-1
- Barnsley – Derby County – 2-1
