EXETER. Exeter City and Salford City didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

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 Andy Woolmer with the help of Simon Shaw and Steven Plane. The 4th official was Paul Howard. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Exeter City was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Salford City that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Exeter City was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Exeter City to win the match​.

Exeter City shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Salford City shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Exeter City didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Salford City received 1 yellow card (J. Turnbull).

Standings

After this match, Exeter City will have 58 points like Swindon Town to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Salford City will have 49 points to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Exeter City will host Colchester United on the 15th of April with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Exeter City (6 draws).

Salford City will play away agasint Rochdale on the 15th of March with a 0-0 head to head.

Exeter City – Formation

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

The manager Matthew Taylor decided to play with the following team: Cameron Dawson (6.4), Pierce Sweeney (7.0), Sam Stubbs (7.2), Alex Hartridge (6.8), Josh Key (7.1), Archie Collins (6.6), Timothée Dieng (6.1), Jack Sparkes (7.4), Matt Jay (6.2), Jevani Brown (7.3) and Sam Nombe (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: C. Diabate, J. Caprice, S. Brown, K. Taylor, Josh Coley, K. Phillips and Offrande Zanzala (6.5).

Exeter City could not rely on the presence of O. Zanzala (injured).

Substitutions

Exeter City made 2 changes: S. Nombe for O. Zanzala (31′) and J. Brown for J. Coley (86′).

Best player: Jack Sparkes​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Jack Sparkes.

His rating is (7.4) with 22 passes (54% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Salford City – Formation

Salford City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Gary Bowyer played with: Tom King (7.1), Jason Lowe (7.0), Theo Vassell (7.7), Jordan Turnbull (7.4), Corrie Ndaba (7.3), Stephen Kelly (7.2), Matthew Lund (6.5), Ryan Watson (7.5), Liam Shephard (6.8), Matt Smith (7.0) and Brandon Thomas-Asante (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: D. Love, T. Golden, I. Touray, L. Loughlan, Luke Bolton (7.0), Ashley Hunter and J. Torrance.

Salford City could not rely on the presence of L. Bolton (injured).

Substitutions

Salford City made 2 changes: L. Shephard for L. Bolton (45′) and M. Smith for A. Hunter (81′).

Best player: Theo Vassell​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Salford City was Theo Vassell.

His rating is (7.7) with 34 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 11. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

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