Down To Ten
Exeter City
Exeter City played the closing 0 minutes a man down after a 97′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 97′
- Player
- Ethan Sutherland
EFL Trophy · Group South · 1
Cheltenham
Jake Bickerstaff 45+1', 95'
George Miller 89', 97'
George Nurse 92'
K. Otchere 94'
Ryan Broom 96'
2 – 2
FT
HT 1–0
Exeter City
Josh Gordon 77', 92'
Charlie Cummins 86', 95'
Lakyle·Samuel 93'
L. Woodhouse 94'
Taylor Perry 97'
EFL Trophy
Group South · 1Cheltenham2–2Exeter City
9
Shots in the box
8
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
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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
Cheltenham 2-2 Exeter City
Cheltenham and Exeter City shared 4 goals in a 2-2 EFL Trophy draw at Whaddon Road. Bickerstaff opened the scoring for Cheltenham on 46', Gordon levelled for Exeter City on 77', Cummins put Exeter City back in front on 86', Miller levelled for Cheltenham on 89' from the penalty spot, Nurse put Cheltenham back in front on 92' from the penalty spot, Lakyle·Samuel levelled for Exeter City on 93' from the penalty spot, Woodhouse put Exeter City back in front on 94' from the penalty spot and Bickerstaff added his second on 95' from the penalty spot, before 3 further goals.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Cheltenham took 9 of their 12 attempts inside the box, Exeter City 8 of 17. Exeter City held 56.0% of the ball.
Sutherland was dismissed for Exeter City in the closing moments, too late to shape the result. It was settled late — Miller struck on 97' to swing it Cheltenham's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Cheltenham graded out for box occupation — 9 of 12 shots in the box. Cheltenham graded out for busy goalkeeper — 8 saves and 2 conceded.
J. Day came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.5 for Cheltenham across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 1 yellow card, 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
44%Possession56%
12Shots17
What the numbers say
5 readsComeback Win
Cheltenham
Cheltenham went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 6–5
Box Occupation
Cheltenham
Cheltenham kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 12
- Share
- 75%
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Cheltenham scored on 97′.
- Goals after 80′
- 9
- Last goal
- 97′
Timeline
🟨13'
Edward James
Foul
Noah Carter ↑ mark barber ↓
🔄34'
🔄45'
Josh Gordon ↑ Ajay Matthews ↓
🔄45'
Charlie Cummins ↑ Harry Kite ↓
🔄45'
L. Woodhouse ↑ Edward James ↓
Jake Bickerstaff — assist: K. Otchere
⚽45+1'
Half-time
S. Obieri ↑ Archie Philip Hill ↓
🔄62'
🔄65'
Lakyle·Samuel ↑ Gwion Edwards ↓
Jack Robinson ↑ Harry Tustin ↓
🔄71'
⚽77'
Josh Gordon — assist: Ethan Sutherland
⚽86'
Charlie Cummins — assist: George Birch
George Miller (Pen)
⚽89'
🔄90+6'
Tobias Alsop ↑ George Birch ↓
🟥90+7'
Ethan Sutherland
Serious Foul
Full-time
⚽92'
Josh Gordon (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
George Nurse (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
⚽92'
⚽93'
Lakyle·Samuel (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
K. Otchere (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
⚽94'
⚽94'
L. Woodhouse (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
Jake Bickerstaff (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
⚽95'
⚽95'
Charlie Cummins (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
Ryan Broom (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
⚽96'
⚽97'
Taylor Perry (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
George Miller (Pen)
Penalty Shootout
⚽97'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueWhaddon Road, Cheltenham
RefereeE. Heaslip
CompetitionEFL Trophy
Season2026
RoundGroup South · 1
StatusMatch Finished