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
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.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Will Norris
- 34'Goal · Sonny Cox
- 44'Yellow card · Elliot Bonds
- 45+3'Yellow card · Brendan Wiredu
- 49'Yellow card · Luca Woodhouse
- 66'Goal · Luke Garbutt
- 88'Goal · Will Aimson
Form and table
- Salford CityLast five: W W W W W
- Exeter CityLast five: W W D W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salford City | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 31 | WWWWW |
| 12 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 19 | WDWWL |
Team news
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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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