Exeter City 0-2 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 September 2023
Result
Exeter City 0-2 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Exeter City 0-2 Northampton Town: match report
Exeter City lost to Northampton Town 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Exeter City did not score. Northampton Town scored through Sam Hoskins (20') and Patrick Brough (90+2').
Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 6th on 16 points from 9 and Northampton Town 20th on 7 points from 8. Exeter City went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Northampton Town 14th with 60.
Exeter City lined up in a 5-3-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Brough of Northampton Town (8.1), ahead of Shaun McWilliams (7.8).
Going into the match Exeter City's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Northampton Town's L-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Zak Jules
- 9'Yellow card · J. Brady
- 20'Goal · Sam Hoskins
- 34'Yellow card · Kieron Bowie
- 41'Yellow card · Patrick Brough
- 44'Yellow card · Sam Sherring
- 62'Yellow card · Akinwale Odimayo
- 84'Yellow card · Emmanuel Monthe
- 90+2'Goal · Patrick Brough
Team news
Exeter City line-up (5-3-2)
Viljami Sinisalo, Vincent Harper, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Alex Hartridge, Zak Jules, Reece Cole, Tom Carroll, Kyle Taylor, Y. Wildschut, Sonny Cox
Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Sam Sherring, Jon Guthrie, Patrick Brough, Shaun McWilliams, M. Leonard, Kieron Bowie, Mitch Pinnock, Sam Hoskins, Louis Appéré