Salford City 2-1 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Salford City 2-1 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · The Peninsula Stadium, Salford · half-time 0-1

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Salford City 2-1 Exeter City: match report

Salford City beat Exeter City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 October 2026 at The Peninsula Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sonny Cox opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Salford City's goals came from Luke Garbutt (66') and Will Aimson (88'). Exeter City scored through Sonny Cox (34').

Discipline: Salford City received 3 yellow cards; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Salford City were 1st on 28 points from 13 and Exeter City 9th on 19 points from 13. In the current table Salford City are 1st on 31 points and Exeter City are 12th on 19 points.

Salford City lined up in a 5-4-1 and Exeter City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Aimson of Salford City (7.8), ahead of Luke Garbutt (7.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Will NorrisSalford City
  • 34'Goal · Sonny CoxExeter City · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Elliot BondsSalford City
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Brendan WireduSalford City
  • 49'Yellow card · Luca WoodhouseExeter City
  • 66'Goal · Luke GarbuttSalford City · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · Will AimsonSalford City · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Salford City1410132515+1031WWWWW
12Exeter City14545119+219WDWWL

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Team news

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  • E. TurnsExeter City · injury (Hip Injury)

Salford City line-up (5-4-1)

Will Norris, Abraham Odoh, Adebola Oluwo, Dan Scarr, Will Aimson, Luke Garbutt, Ben Woodburn, Elliot Bonds, Brendan Wiredu, Luke Molyneux, Macaulay Langstaff

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

Jack Bycroft, Lakyle Samuel, Jack Taylor, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Harry Kite, Charlie Cummins, George Birch, Taylor Perry, Anthony Scully, Sonny Cox

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