Box Occupation
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers kept getting bodies into the area — 78% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 18
- Share
- 78%
League Two · Matchday 8Bristol Rovers
Fabrizio Cavegn 66'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Exeter City
League Two
Matchday 8Bristol Rovers1–0Exeter City
14
Shots in the box
5
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
66′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Exeter City
Bristol Rovers edged out Exeter City 1-0 at Memorial Stadium in League Two. Cavegn opened the scoring for Bristol Rovers on 66'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Bristol Rovers took 14 of their 18 attempts inside the box, Exeter City 5 of 8. Exeter City held 56.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Bristol Rovers graded out for box occupation — 14 of 18 shots in the box.
F. Cavegn came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.1 for Bristol Rovers from 1 goal, 1 key pass and 3 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Bristol Rovers conceding the most free-kicks (13).
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
44%Possession56%
18Shots8
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
🟨39'
Gwion Edwards
Steve Evans
Dissent
🟨40'
Half-time
Ellis Harrison
Foul
🟨60'
Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny ↑ Shaqai Forde ↓
🔄64'
Fabrizio Cavegn
⚽66'
🔄68'
Andrew Jose Oluwabori ↑ Jack Paul Taylor ↓
🔄77'
George Birch ↑ Gwion Edwards ↓
Joe Quigley ↑ Ellis Harrison ↓
🔄79'
🔄85'
Josh Gordon ↑ Jake Doyle Hayes ↓
Bobby Kamwa ↑ Fabrizio Cavegn ↓
🔄89'
Ben Purrington ↑ Jack Sparkes ↓
🔄90'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueMemorial Stadium, Bristol
CompetitionLeague Two
Season2026
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished