Northampton Town 2-0 Exeter City: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Northampton Town 2-0 Exeter City
League One · Saturday 23 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Northampton Town 2-0 Exeter City: match report
Northampton Town defeated Exeter City 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 23 August 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ethan Wheatley opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Ethan Wheatley (1') and Max Dyche (16'). Exeter City did not score.
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Exeter City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 1 point from 4 and Exeter City 12th on 6 points from 4. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-3-1-3 and Exeter City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Dyche of Northampton Town (8.0), ahead of Nesta Guinness-Walker (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 1 for Exeter City.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Ethan Wheatley
- 16'Goal · Max Dyche
- 43'Yellow card · S. Cox
- 77'Yellow card · Jake Doyle Hayes
- 79'Yellow card · Ed Turns
- 90+3'Yellow card · Joshua Brendan David Magennis
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-3-1-3)
Lee Burge, Conor McCarthy, Max Dyche, Jack Perkins, Sam Hoskins, Dean Campbell, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Terry Taylor, Cameron McGeehan, Ethan Wheatley, Tyrese Fornah
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, E. Turns, Jack Fitzwater, J. McMillan, Ilmari Niskanen, Ethan Brierley, Ed Francis, Ryan Rydel, Jack Aitchison, Sonny Cox, Jayden Wareham