Exeter City 4-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Exeter City 4-1 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Exeter City 4-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Exeter City won against Bristol Rovers 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 4-0.

Matt Jay opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Exeter City's goals came from Matt Jay (3'), Matt Jay (15'), Timothée Dieng (22') and Harry Kite (24'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Finley (70').

Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 20th on 2 points from 3 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 3 points from 3. Exeter City went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Bristol Rovers 6th with 80.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Dawson of Exeter City (8.5), ahead of Jevani Brown (8.3).

Going into the match Exeter City's last five read D-L-D and Bristol Rovers's W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Matt JayExeter City · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Matt JayExeter City · 2-0
  • 22'Goal · Timothée DiengExeter City · 3-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Jack BaldwinBristol Rovers
  • 24'Goal · Harry KiteExeter City · 4-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Sam FinleyBristol Rovers
  • 70'Goal · Sam FinleyBristol Rovers · 4-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Owura EdwardsExeter City

Team news

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

Cameron Dawson, Pierce Sweeney, George Ray, Alex Hartridge, Josh Key, T. Dieng, Harry Kite, Jake Caprice, Matt Jay, Jevani Brown, Padraig Amond

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

James Belshaw, Jack Baldwin, Mark Hughes, Nick Anderton, Alex Rodman, Sam Finley, Joshua Grant, Harry Anderson, Paul Coutts, Aaron Collins, Harvey Saunders