Walsall 3-1 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2020

Result

Walsall 3-1 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Walsall 3-1 Exeter City: match report

Walsall won against Exeter City 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 7 March 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rory Holden opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Walsall's goals came from Rory Holden (3'), Elijah Adebayo (71') and Elijah Adebayo (90+2'). Exeter City scored through Ryan Bowman (51').

Discipline: Walsall received 2 yellow cards; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 15th on 44 points from 35 and Exeter City 4th on 65 points from 36. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Exeter City 4th with 68.

Walsall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Exeter City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elijah Adebayo of Walsall (8.6), ahead of Rory Holden (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 1 draw and 5 for Exeter City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Rory HoldenWalsall · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Jayden RichardsonExeter City
  • 51'Goal · Ryan BowmanExeter City · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · Elijah AdebayoWalsall · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieWalsall
  • 87'Yellow card · Josh GordonWalsall
  • 90+2'Goal · Elijah AdebayoWalsall · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ryan BowmanExeter City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Walsall 1, draws 1, Exeter City 5.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-4-2)

Liam Roberts, Cameron Norman, James Clarke, Dan Scarr, Cameron Pring, Rory Holden, Stuart Sinclair, Danny Guthrie, Wesley McDonald, Caolan Lavery, Josh Gordon

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

Lewis Ward, Jayden Richardson, Aaron Martin, Tom Parkes, Brennan Dickenson, Nigel Atangana, Archie Collins, Randell Williams, Matt Jay, Nicky Law, R. Bowman