Ninety
Exeter
EFL Trophy
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2 - 0
Full time
Spurs U21
Exeter vs Spurs U21: match report
Exeter City hosted Tottenham Hotspur U21 at St James Park on Tuesday 8 September 2026, in the EFL Trophy (round 1). Alan Young is the referee, averaging 5.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.
Result and scorers
Exeter 2-0 Spurs U21. Goals: Danny Rose 35' for Exeter; Louie Cayless 86' for Exeter. Attendance: 1,647.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 35' Goal: Danny Rose (Exeter)
- 37' Yellow card: Danny Rose (Exeter)
- 44' Yellow card: George Feeney (Spurs U21)
- 52' Yellow card: Louie Cayless (Exeter)
- 73' Yellow card: Liam Oakes (Exeter)
- 85' Yellow card: Maxwell Henry Oliver Sebastian Adeyemi Adeo Adedeji (Spurs U21)
- 86' Goal: Louie Cayless (Exeter)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 33.3% | Possession | 66.7% |
| 17 | Shots | 5 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 9 | Corners | 2 |
| 13 | Fouls | 13 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Exeter 3-1-4-2
Coach: Matt Taylor
- 22 Frankie Phillips GK
- 46 Louie Cayless DEF
- 6 Jack Taylor DEF
- 3 Luca Woodhouse DEF
- 18 Liam Oakes MID
- 20 George Birch MID
- 8 Taylor Perry MID
- 24 Vincent Harper MID
- 23 Ethan Sutherland MID
- 15 Ajay Matthews FWD
- 32 Danny Rose FWD
Bench
- 1 Jack Bycroft GK
- 2 Lakyle Samuel DEF
- 47 Liam Cartwright DEF
- 43 Tobias Alsop MID
- 19 Sonny Cox FWD
- 10 Josh Gordon FWD
- 44 George Williams MID
Spurs U21 4-2-3-1
- 51 Jacob Knightbridge GK
- 76 James Rowswell DEF
- 48 Alfie Dorrington DEF
- 66 Malachi Hardy DEF
- 74 Maeson King DEF
- 89 Tye Hall MID
- 78 Harry Byrne DEF
- 71 George Feeney
- 49 Tyrese Hall MID
- 58 Ellis Lehane FWD
- 72 Reiss Elliott-Parris FWD
Bench
- 77 Samual Archer GK
- 84 Miracle Adewole DEF
- 82 Elisha Sowunmi FWD
- 81 Maxwell Adedeji DEF
- 87 Oliver Boast FWD
- 86 Ronny Moncur FWD
Previous meetings
- Tuesday 24 September 2024: Exeter City 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur U21