Exeter City 2-0 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Wednesday 31 January 2018
Result
Exeter City 2-0 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Wednesday 31 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Exeter City 2-0 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Exeter City defeated Forest Green Rovers 2-0 in the League Two on Wednesday 31 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jayden Stockley opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Exeter City's goals came from Jayden Stockley (51') and Pierce Sweeney (57', penalty). Forest Green Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 9th on 48 points from 27 and Forest Green Rovers 23rd on 26 points from 29. Exeter City went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Forest Green Rovers 21st with 47.
Exeter City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Forest Green Rovers in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Exeter City win, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.
Going into the match Exeter City's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Forest Green Rovers's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 51'Goal · Jayden Stockley
- 57'Penalty goal · Pierce Sweeney
- 67'Yellow card · Gavin Gunning
- 68'Yellow card · Lee Collins
- 82'Yellow card · Lee Holmes
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (4-3-3)
Christy Pym, Pierce Sweeney, Craig Alan Woodman, Troy Archibald-Henville, Dean Moxey, Lloyd James, Jordan Tillson, Ryan Harley, Lee Holmes, Jake Taylor, Jayden Stockley
Forest Green Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Lee Collins, Gavin Gunning, Farrend Rawson, Haydn Hollis, Dayle Grubb, Isaiah Osbourne, Christian Doidge, Dan Wishart, Reuben Reid