Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Exeter City 13th with 61 points, Fleetwood Town 22nd with 43, 18 apart. Fleetwood Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 22nd overall. Per game in the league, Exeter City were scoring 1 and conceding 1.33, Fleetwood Town 1.07 and 1.57, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Exeter City, 1 by Fleetwood Town, 3 drawn, at 2.86 goals per meeting. 86% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
St James Park in New Castle, capacity 52,350, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Exeter City led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.