Cheltenham Town 3-1 Exeter City: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Cheltenham Town 3-1 Exeter City

League One · Saturday 18 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cheltenham Town 3-1 Exeter City: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Exeter City 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 18 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Keena opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from A. Keena (17'), Caleb Taylor (74') and Alfie May (79'). Exeter City scored through Josh Key (69').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 5 yellow cards; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 17th on 40 points from 36 and Exeter City 11th on 46 points from 35. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Exeter City 14th with 56.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Exeter City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfie May of Cheltenham Town (8.1), ahead of Luke Southwood (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cheltenham Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Exeter City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Missed penalty · Sam NombeExeter City
  • 17'Goal · A. KeenaCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Caleb TaylorCheltenham Town
  • 41'Yellow card · Elliot BondsCheltenham Town
  • 61'Yellow card · Luke SouthwoodCheltenham Town
  • 65'Yellow card · Will FerryCheltenham Town
  • 69'Goal · Josh KeyExeter City · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · Caleb TaylorCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 79'Goal · Alfie MayCheltenham Town · 3-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Josh KeyExeter City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Will AimsonExeter City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ryan BroomCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 3, draws 2, Exeter City 5.

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Caleb Taylor, Tom Bradbury, Ryan Jackson, Elliot Bonds, Liam Sercombe, Will Ferry, Ryan Broom, Aidan Keena, Alfie May

Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Pavel Kucera, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Jonathan Grounds, Josh Key, Kegs Chauke, Archie Collins, Demetri Mitchell, Joe White, Jay Stansfield, Sam Nombe