Bristol Rovers vs Exeter City

12 April 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee M Russell

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Ruel Sotiriou 70’
  • Caleb Watts 11’
  • Reece Cole 42’

Match summary

Exeter City won 2-1 away at Bristol Rovers. Exeter City led 2-0 at half-time.

Caleb Watts put Exeter City ahead in the 11th minute, Reece Cole made it 0-2 in the 42nd minute, and Ruel Sotiriou pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 70th minute.

Shots finished 15-5 to Bristol Rovers, with 2 on target for Bristol Rovers and 3 for Exeter City.

Match stats

Bristol Rovers Exeter City
15 Shots 5
2 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bristol Rovers Exeter City
Kick-off
11’
Caleb Watts0-1 (Exeter City)
42’
Reece Cole0-2 (Exeter City)
Half-time0-2
Ruel Sotiriou1-2 (Bristol Rovers)
70’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bristol Rovers
  • Romaine Sawyers
Exeter City
  • Joe Whitworth
  • Jack McMillan
  • Kevin McDonald
  • Caleb Watts

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Exeter City attacking Bristol Rovers attacking 
11’ Caleb Watts (Exeter City), open play, goal 12’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 21’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 24’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 28’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 33’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), set piece, blocked 38’ Reece Cole (Exeter City), open play, saved 42’ Reece Cole (Exeter City), open play, goal 60’ Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 64’ Joel Colwill (Exeter City), open play, blocked 66’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 70’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, goal 72’ Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 77’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 79’ Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, off target 79’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 84’ Joel Colwill (Exeter City), open play, off target 86’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 90’ Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+3’ James Wilson (Bristol Rovers), set piece, off target 11’ Caleb Watts (Exeter City), open play, goal 12’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 21’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 24’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 28’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 33’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), set piece, blocked 38’ Reece Cole (Exeter City), open play, saved 42’ Reece Cole (Exeter City), open play, goal 60’ Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 64’ Joel Colwill (Exeter City), open play, blocked 66’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 70’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, goal 72’ Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 77’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 79’ Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, off target 79’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, blocked 84’ Joel Colwill (Exeter City), open play, off target 86’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 90’ Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, blocked 90+3’ James Wilson (Bristol Rovers), set piece, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Sil Swinkels Taken off
69′ – – – – – – –
Romaine Sawyers
90′ – – – – – –
Matt Butcher Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Kofi Shaw
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Grant Ward Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 6 – – – –
Gatlin O'Donkor Taken off
69′ – – 2 – – – –
Isaac Hutchinson Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 2 – – – –
Luke Thomas Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 – – – –
Scott Sinclair Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Ollie Dewsbury Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Bristol Rovers win 43% Avg odds 2.19
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.12
Exeter City win 27% Avg odds 3.48

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.