Counter-Punch
Exeter City
Exeter City were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.00 xG from 43.0% possession.
- Possession
- 43.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.00
- Opponent xG
- 0.77
League Two · Matchday 7Exeter City
0 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Tranmere
League Two
Matchday 7Exeter City0–0Tranmere
1.00
Expected goals
0.77
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: EC 1.00, TRA 0.77.
Match report
Exeter City 0-0 Tranmere
Exeter City and Tranmere played out a goalless League Two draw at St James Park.
Expected goals finished Exeter City 1.00, Tranmere 0.77. Tranmere held 57.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Exeter City graded out for counter-punch — 43.0% possession and 1.00 expected goals. Tranmere graded out for passive possession — 57.0% possession and 0.77 expected goals.
Jack Fitzwater came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.2 for Exeter City from 1 tackle.
It was a niggly afternoon: 26 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Exeter City conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
43%Possession57%
9Shots10
1.00xG0.77
What the numbers say
4 readsPassive Possession
Tranmere
Tranmere controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 57.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.77
- On target
- 1
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.19
Box Occupation
Exeter City
Exeter City kept getting bodies into the area — 78% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 7 of 9
- Share
- 78%
- xG per shot
- 0.11
Shooting From Range
Tranmere
Tranmere could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 70% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 7 of 10
- Share
- 70%
- xG per shot
- 0.08
Timeline
🟨30'
Nathan James Smith
Foul
Josh Gordon
Time wasting
🟨45'
Half-time
Ed James
Foul
🟨52'
G. Edwards ↑ L. Samuel ↓
🔄60'
🔄62'
Z. Okoro ↑ J. Davies ↓
🟨65'
Dylan Jones
Argument
G. Birch ↑ D. Rose ↓
🔄67'
🔄71'
S. Finley ↑ T. Conlon ↓
🔄71'
J. Ironside ↑ D. Jones ↓
🟨75'
Jacob Slater
Foul
T. Perry ↑ J. Doyle-Hayes ↓
🔄86'
🔄87'
C. Veevers ↑ C. Whitaker ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSt James Park, Exeter
CompetitionLeague Two
Season2026
RoundMatchday 7
StatusMatch Finished