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Bristol Rovers 2-3 Exeter City - October 29, 2024 / EFL Trophy 2024/2025

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EFL Trophy 2024/2025 - Round 3 - Southern Section - Group G

Memorial Stadium - Bristol - England

October 29, 2024 - 19:00

2 - 3

Exeter City

Assist by Luke ThomasConnor Taylor

31'

Assist by Bryant BilongoIsaac Hutchinson

67'

19'

Jay BirdAssist by Mustapha Carayol

49'

Millenic Alli

88'

Demetri MitchellAssist by Vincent Harper

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19' - Goal Jay Bird

31' - Goal Connor Taylor31

33' - Yellow card Bryant Bilongo33

35' - Yellow card Caleb Watts

42' - Yellow card Edward Francis

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46' - Substitution Chris Martinis substituted by Ruel Sotiriou46

46' - Substitution Pedro Borgesis substituted by Reece Cole photo Millenic Alli

46' - Substitution Jay Birdis substituted by Millenic Alli

49' - Goal Millenic Alli

55' - Substitution Jamie Lindsayis substituted by Shaqai Forde55

63' - Substitution Caleb Wattsis substituted by Vincent Harper photo Demetri Mitchell

63' - Substitution Mustapha Carayolis substituted by Demetri Mitchell

66' - Substitution Lino Sousais substituted by Taylor Moore66

67' - Goal Isaac Hutchinson67

67' - Substitution Ben Purringtonis substituted by Liam Oakes

88' - Goal Demetri Mitchell

90' - Yellow card Shaqai Forde90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol Rovers

2 - 3

Exeter City

Bristol Rovers Exeter City

Team line-ups

Bristol Rovers

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Martin46

Chris Martin

Scotland

B.date04/11/1988

Age35 years

H1m78

positionStriker

19Hutchinson67

Isaac Hutchinson

England

B.date10/04/2000

Age24 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

23McCormick

Luke McCormick

England

B.date21/01/1999

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

11Thomas

Luke Thomas

England

B.date19/02/1999

Age25 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

14Garrett

Jake Garrett

England

B.date03/10/2003

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

29Lindsay55

Jamie Lindsay

Scotland

B.date11/10/1995

Age29 years

positionDefender

27Bilongo33

Bryant Bilongo

England

B.date15/09/2001

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

25Forbes

Michael Forbes

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/2004

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

17Taylor31

Connor Taylor

England

B.date25/10/2001

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3Sousa66

Lino Sousa

England

B.date19/01/2005

Age19 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

1Griffiths

Joshua Griffiths

England

B.date05/09/2001

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Joshua Griffiths		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Jamie Lindsay	55	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Connor Taylor	31	23	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Michael Forbes		20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Lino Sousa	66	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Bryant Bilongo	33	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Jake Garrett		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Luke McCormick		25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luke Thomas		25	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Isaac Hutchinson	67	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Chris Martin	46	35	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Exeter City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

31Bird1946

Jay Bird

England

B.date13/09/2000

Age24 years

H1m86

positionForward

19Cox

Sonny Cox

England

B.date11/10/2004

Age20 years

H1m78

positionForward

41Borges46

Pedro Borges

Portugal

B.date23/07/2005

Age19 years

positionMidfield

29Carayol63

Mustapha Carayol

Gambia

B.date04/09/1988

Age36 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

47Richards

Jake Richards

England

positionMidfield

8Francis42

Edward Francis

England

B.date11/09/1999

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

17Watts6335

Caleb Watts

Australia

B.date16/01/2002

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

3Purrington67

Ben Purrington

England

B.date20/05/1996

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

40James

Ed James

Wales

positionMidfield

5Fitzwater

Jack Fitzwater

England

B.date23/09/1997

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

37MacDonald

Shaun MacDonald

England

B.date20/10/1996

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
37	G	Shaun MacDonald		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Edward Francis	42	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jack Fitzwater		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ben Purrington	67	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	M	Pedro Borges	46	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Caleb Watts	6335	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	D	Ed James			7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	M	Jake Richards			16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Mustapha Carayol	63	36	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Jay Bird	1946	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Sonny Cox		20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
35	G	Matt Hall		21
4	D	Taylor Moore	66	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Jerry Lawrence		19
43	M	Ollie Dewsbury		16
10	F	Ruel Sotiriou	46	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Shaqai Forde	5590	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Micah Anthony		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Joe Whitworth		20
46	D	Liam Oakes	67		4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Demetri Mitchell	8863	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Vincent Harper	63	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Reece Cole	46	26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Charlie Cummins		19
11	F	Millenic Alli	4946	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Isaac Hutchinson

Scott Sinclair

OUT

Jake Garrett

Grant Ward

OUT

Lino Sousa

Taylor Moore

OUT

Luke McCormick

Ruel Sotiriou

OUT

Chris Martin

Promise Omochere

OUT

Bryant Bilongo

Clinton Mola

OUT

Jamie Lindsay

Kamil Conteh

OUT

Luke Thomas

Shaqai Forde

OUT

Michael Forbes

James Wilson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jack Fitzwater

Pierce Sweeney

OUT

Jake Richards

Jack Aitchison

OUT

Ed James

Tristan Crama

OUT

Shaun MacDonald

Joe Whitworth

OUT

Edward Francis

Kami Doyle

OUT

Pedro Borges

Josh Magennis

OUT

Caleb Watts

Ryan Woods

OUT

Jay Bird

Millenic Alli

OUT

Mustapha Carayol

Ilmari Niskanen

OUT

Sonny Cox

Jack McMillan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Matt Taylor

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Taylor vs Exeter City

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 29, 2024

Taylor vs Caldwell

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 29, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Caldwell

103

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Caldwell vs Bristol Rovers

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 29, 2024

Caldwell vs Taylor

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 2024

Referee

Matthew Russell

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bristol Rovers1 match	General total	Exeter City1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bristol Rovers1 match	Season total	Exeter City1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 29, 2024					Latest figure on October 29, 2024

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Key figures

Bristol Rovers keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win in EFL Trophy running (since 05/12/2023). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/12/2019-06/10/2020 time period (4 matches).

Bristol Rovers keeps its 3 consecutive losses vs Exeter City in EFL Trophy running (since 13/11/2018). It's a record streak. The first of history

Bristol Rovers keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Exeter City in EFL Trophy running (since 13/11/2018). It's a record streak. The first of history

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General ranking

1	Exeter City	9 pts	3 rd
2	Swindon Town	3 pts	2 rd
3	Tottenham U-23	1 pt	2 rd
4	Bristol Rovers	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Exeter City	9 pts	3 rd
2	Swindon Town	3 pts	2 rd
3	Tottenham U-23	1 pt	2 rd
4	Bristol Rovers	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBristol Rovers 3-3 Tottenham U-2320/08/2024

VBristol Rovers 2-0 Cambridge United31/08/2024

LBristol Rovers 0-4 Wigan14/09/2024

LBristol Rovers 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers28/09/2024

VBristol Rovers 3-2 Charlton01/10/2024

VBristol Rovers 1-0 Shrewsbury Town22/10/2024

Overall

VBristol Rovers 3-2 Charlton01/10/2024

VBurton Albion 1-3 Bristol Rovers05/10/2024

LSwindon Town 4-0 Bristol Rovers08/10/2024

LHuddersfield Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers19/10/2024

VBristol Rovers 1-0 Shrewsbury Town22/10/2024

LReading 1-0 Bristol Rovers26/10/2024

Current form

Away

VBolton Wanderers 0-2 Exeter City31/08/2024

LBlackpool 2-1 Exeter City14/09/2024

DWigan 0-0 Exeter City28/09/2024

VLeyton Orient 0-1 Exeter City01/10/2024

VShrewsbury Town 0-2 Exeter City17/10/2024

LHuddersfield Town 2-0 Exeter City26/10/2024

Overall

DWigan 0-0 Exeter City28/09/2024

VLeyton Orient 0-1 Exeter City01/10/2024

VExeter City 1-0 Cambridge United05/10/2024

VShrewsbury Town 0-2 Exeter City17/10/2024

LExeter City 1-2 Reading22/10/2024

LHuddersfield Town 2-0 Exeter City26/10/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	5
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
3.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Luke McCormick	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Jack Aitchison
Luke McCormick	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Isaac Hutchinson	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Pierce Sweeney
Isaac Hutchinson	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Isaac Hutchinson	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Jack Aitchison

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

6 v

7 d

4 l

29 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

6 d

8 l

22 gf

27 ga

Total

36 matches

11 v

13 d

12 l

51 gf

48 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

8 v

6 d

5 l

27 gf

22 ga

Away

17 matches

4 v

7 d

6 l

21 gf

29 ga

Total

36 matches

12 v

13 d

11 l

48 gf

51 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 15, 1998
Home	5 - 0	December 15, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 21, 2021
Away	2 - 0	April 09, 2011

Latest head to head

February 03, 2024 - Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

Exeter City

0 - 1

Bristol Rovers logo Bristol Rovers

January 23, 2024 - Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

Bristol Rovers

0 - 1

Exeter City logo Exeter City

December 29, 2022 - Sky Bet League One 2022/2023

Bristol Rovers

3 - 4

Exeter City logo Exeter City

October 01, 2022 - Sky Bet League One 2022/2023

Exeter City

2 - 2

Bristol Rovers logo Bristol Rovers

February 26, 2022 - Sky Bet League Two 2021/2022

Bristol Rovers

1 - 1

Exeter City logo Exeter City

Best historical scorers against Exeter City

Elliot Richards	2 goals	2012 - 2013
Will Hoskins	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Lee Brown	2 goals	2013 - 2016
John-Joe O'Toole	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Billy Bodin	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Ryan Loft	1 goal	2022 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bristol Rovers

Daniel Nardiello	3 goals	2010 - 2011
Timothée Dieng	3 goals	2021 - 2022
Sam Nombe	3 goals	2022 - 2022
Matt Jay	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Josh Coley	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Jevani Brown	2 goals	2022 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Exeter City

Aaron Collins	6 matches	2021 - 2024
Chris Lines	6 matches	2009 - 2016
Elliot Richards	6 matches	2010 - 2014
Lee Brown	6 matches	2012 - 2016
Antony Evans	5 matches	2022 - 2024
Sam Finley	5 matches	2021 - 2024

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol Rovers

Pierce Sweeney	7 matches	2021 - 2024
Ryan Harley	6 matches	2009 - 2016
David Noble	5 matches	2010 - 2016
Jamie Cureton	5 matches	2010 - 2013
Artur Krysiak	5 matches	2010 - 2014
Craig Woodman	5 matches	2012 - 2016