BRISTOL. Bristol Rovers and Exeter City draw 1-1. L. Hoole scored the first goal (10′) for Bristol Rovers. J. Brown settled the score (24′).

The match was played at the Memorial Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Wright with the collaboration of Abbas Khan and Declan O’Shea. The 4th official was Dumitru-Ravel Cheosiaua. The weather was clear. The temperature was freezing at -3 degrees Celsius or 26.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Bristol Rovers was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Exeter City that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Exeter City had a more offensive attitude with 43 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Exeter City to win the encounter​.

Bristol Rovers shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Exeter City shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card (). Talking about the opposition, Exeter City didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, Bristol Rovers will have 48 points to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Exeter City will have 54 points like Sutton United to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Bristol Rovers will host Harrogate Town on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Bristol Rovers (0 draws).

Exeter City will host Colchester United on the 15th of April with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Exeter City (6 draws).

Bristol Rovers – Formation

Bristol Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Joey Barton decided to play with the following team: James Belshaw (7.1), Luca Hoole (7.5), Connor Taylor (6.8), James Connolly (6.8), Harry Anderson (6.2), Sam Finley (6.4), Paul Coutts (6.5), Sam Nicholson (7.1), Antony Evans (7.6), Elliot Anderson (6.4) and Aaron Collins (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: G. Whelan, Ryan Loft (6.4), A. Jaakkola, L. Clarke, J. Nolan, Luke Thomas (6.4) and N. Wilmer-Anderton.

Substitutions

Bristol Rovers made 4 changes: S. Finley for R. Loft (46′), A. Collins for L. Thomas (77′), S. Nicholson for G. Whelan (90′) and S. Nicholson for G. Whelan (90′).

Best player: Antony Evans​

The most impressive player for Bristol Rovers was Antony Evans.

His rating is (7.6) with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 7 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 (6.6), Pierce Sweeney (7.8), Sam Stubbs (6.9), Cheick Diabate (6.7), Josh Key (6.9), Archie Collins (6.8), Timothée Dieng (7.4), Jake Caprice (6.3), Matt Jay (7.1), Jevani Brown (7.7) and Sam Nombe (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: N. Atangana, S. Brown, Kieran Phillips (6.8), Josh Coley, J. Sparkes, K. Taylor and Jonathan Grounds (7.0).

Exeter City could not rely on the presence of J. Grounds (injured) and J. Coley (injured).

Substitutions

Exeter City made 3 changes: C. Diabate for J. Grounds (55′), S. Nombe for K. Phillips (69′) and J. Brown for J. Coley (85′).

Best player: Pierce Sweeney​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Pierce Sweeney.

His rating is (7.8) with 34 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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