Match Report
Exeter City went into the game 1st in the table on 84 points; Salford City sat 10th on 70 — a 14-point gap. Exeter City had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Exeter City were scoring 1.41 and conceding 0.89, Salford City 1.3 and 1, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Salford City had not lost in 5 games.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by Exeter City, 0 by Salford City, 1 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win.
A. Woolmer officiated: 52 games logged, averaging 0.9 yellow cards each. The venue was St James Park in New Castle, with room for 52,350 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.