Match Report
70 points for Exeter City (8th), 79 for Bury (3rd): a 9-point gap. The last five rounds placed Bury no better than 7th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Exeter City 1.3 scored and 1.07 conceded per game, Bury 1.78 and 1.22, with the league averaging 1.28.
10 matches unbeaten backed Bury's arrival, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 2 Exeter City wins, 5 for Bury, 2 draws, at 2.56 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 78% of the meetings. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
St James Park in New Castle, capacity 52,350, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.