Match Report
Crawley Town went into the game 21st in the table on 46 points; Exeter City sat 16th on 56 — a 10-point gap. Crawley Town's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 21st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Crawley Town 1.24 scored and 1.8 conceded per game, Exeter City 1.07 and 1.41, with the league averaging 1.29.
16 meetings are on record — 4 won by Crawley Town, 7 by Exeter City, 5 drawn, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 31% of those meetings. History points to goals: 63% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%. The recent trend is more open — 4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.13 all-time.
The People's Pension Stadium in Crawley staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,134. On the scoreboard, Crawley Town led 3-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 3-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Crawley Town: Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (7'), Panutche Camará (9'), Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (23') · Exeter City: Caleb Watts (25')