Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Exeter City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 20 March 2021
Result
Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Exeter City
League Two · Saturday 20 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Exeter City: match report
Tranmere Rovers won against Exeter City 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 March 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
David Nugent opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from David Nugent (18', penalty) and Danny Lloyd (68', penalty). Exeter City scored through J. Randall (20').
Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 4th on 58 points from 34 and Exeter City 8th on 53 points from 33. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Exeter City 9th with 70.
Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Exeter City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Clarke of Tranmere Rovers (7.5), ahead of Matt Jay (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Tranmere Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Exeter City.
Key events
- 18'Penalty goal · David Nugent
- 20'Goal · J. Randall
- 68'Penalty goal · Danny Lloyd
- 74'Yellow card · Paul Lewis
Head-to-head
Team news
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Davies, Otis Khan, Peter Clarke, George Ray, C. MacDonald, Lee O'Connor, Jay Spearing, Kieron Morris, Liam Feeney, Kaiyne Woolery, David Nugent
Exeter City line-up (4-4-1-1)
J. Andrésson, Josh Key, Rory McArdle, Alex Hartridge, Lewis Page, Robbie Willmott, Jake Taylor, Archie Collins, Joel Randall, Matt Jay, R. Bowman