Bristol Rovers vs Exeter City Prediction

League Two League Two · Regular Season - 8
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Memorial Stadium, Bristol, Gloucestershire
AI call Difficult Bristol Rovers win or draw
53%
27%
20%
Home Win Draw Away Win

Bristol Rovers vs Exeter City prediction: Sportiko gives Bristol Rovers a 53% chance of winning, Exeter City 20% and the draw 27%. Last updated 26 Sep 2026, 15:55.

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Timeline

▮ 39'
Gwion Edwards Yellow Card
Yellow Card
40' ▮
HT 0–0
Ellis Harrison Yellow Card
60' ▮
Shaqai Forde ⇄ Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny
64' ⇄
Fabrizio Cavegn assist: A. Kilgour
66' ⚽ 1–0
⇄ 68'
J. Taylor ⇄ Andrew Oluwabori
⇄ 77'
Gwion Edwards ⇄ George Birch
Ellis Harrison ⇄ Joe Quigley
79' ⇄
⇄ 85'
Jake Doyle-Hayes ⇄ Josh Gordon
Fabrizio Cavegn ⇄ Bobby Kamwa
89' ⇄
Jack Sparkes ⇄ Ben Purrington
90' ⇄
FT 1–0
Bristol Rovers

Match Stats

Exeter City
44% Ball Possession 56%
17 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Goal 5
8 Shots off Goal 1
4 Blocked Shots 2
13 Shots insidebox 4
3 Shots outsidebox 4
6 Corner Kicks 3
13 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
5 Goalkeeper Saves 4
252 Total passes 326
148 Passes accurate 230
10 Free Kicks 12
Bristol Rovers
Player Rating Min G A Shots Passes Tackles
29 Fabrizio Cavegn F 8.1 89' 1 – 3 12 (11%) –
5 A. Kilgour D 7.9 90' – 1 2 17 (9%) 2
1 Brad Young G 7.6 90' – – – 36 (14%) –
8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny M 7.2 26' – – 1 4 (3%) –
9 Joe Quigley F 7.0 11' – – 1 4 (3%) –
3 Jack Sparkes M 6.9 89' – – 1 12 (10%) 2
6 Clinton Mola M 6.7 90' – – – 18 (11%) 4
7 Shaqai Forde M 6.7 64' – – 2 19 (12%) –
4 Kofi Balmer D 6.6 90' – – 2 20 (11%) –
21 Richard Smallwood M 6.6 90' – – – 30 (24%) 3
17 Ciaran Kelly D 6.5 90' – – 1 25 (11%) 1
2 Tom James D 6.4 90' – – 2 29 (18%) 5
19 Ellis Harrison M 6.4 79' – – 1 23 (10%) –
10 Bobby Kamwa F 6.2 1' – – 1 1 (1%) –
14 Ben Purrington D 0.0 1' – – – 2 1
Exeter City
Player Rating Min G A Shots Passes Tackles
1 Jack Bycroft G 6.9 90' – – – 29 (13%) –
5 Jack Fitzwater D 6.8 90' – – – 48 (37%) 3
6 J. Taylor D 6.7 68' – – – 18 (13%) 2
2 Lakyle Samuel D 6.6 90' – – – 35 (28%) –
31 Jake Doyle-Hayes M 6.5 85' – – – 36 (31%) –
3 Luca Woodhouse D 6.4 90' – – – 43 (36%) 3
16 Charlie Cummins M 6.4 90' – – 1 27 (19%) 2
32 D. Rose F 6.4 90' – – 1 16 (9%) –
10 Josh Gordon F 6.3 5' – – – 1 (1%) –
20 George Birch M 6.3 13' – – – 1 (1%) –
7 Gwion Edwards M 6.1 77' – – 2 9 (6%) –
11 Andrew Oluwabori F 6.0 22' – – 1 3 (3%) –
23 Ethan Sutherland M 5.9 90' – – 2 31 (17%) 1
12 Reece Cole M 5.9 90' – – 1 29 (16%) 1
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Confidence Medium (53%)

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Home
53%
45%
Draw
27%
45%
Away
20%
10%

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Head to Head: Bristol Rovers vs Exeter City

No head-to-head history found between these teams.

Bristol Rovers — Recent Form

Date Opponent Result Score
06 Nov H Cambridge United W 2 - 0
31 Oct A Fleetwood Town L 3 - 1
24 Oct H Swindon Town D 0 - 0
20 Oct H Salford City L 1 - 2
17 Oct A Shrewsbury L 1 - 0

Exeter City — Recent Form

Date Opponent Result Score
07 Nov A Huddersfield W 1 - 2
31 Oct A Salford City L 2 - 1
24 Oct H Fleetwood Town W 2 - 1
20 Oct H Crewe W 2 - 0
17 Oct A Colchester D 0 - 0

League Two Standings

# Team P W D L GD Pts
1
Salford City
14 10 1 3 +10 31
2
Barnet
13 7 5 1 +10 26
3
Walsall
13 5 7 1 +9 22
4
Crewe
14 5 7 2 0 22
5
Cheltenham
14 6 3 5 -2 21
6
Grimsby
14 5 5 4 +6 20
7
York
14 5 5 4 +3 20
8
Gillingham
14 5 5 4 +1 20
9
Accrington ST
14 4 7 3 +6 19
10
Chesterfield
14 5 4 5 +3 19
11
Tranmere
14 4 7 3 +2 19
12
Exeter City
14 5 4 5 +2 19
13
Swindon Town
14 5 4 5 -2 19
14
Newport County
14 4 6 4 +3 18
15
Shrewsbury
14 5 3 6 -5 18
16
Fleetwood Town
14 4 5 5 0 17
17
Bristol Rovers
14 5 1 8 -6 16
18
Oldham
14 4 3 7 -4 15
19
Port Vale
12 4 3 5 -4 15
20
Rochdale
14 4 3 7 -9 15
21
Northampton
13 3 5 5 -1 14
22
Rotherham
14 2 6 6 -7 12
23
Colchester
13 2 6 5 -7 12
24
Crawley Town
12 2 3 7 -8 9

Bristol Rovers

Formation: 4-2-3-1 Coach: S. Evans
1 Young
5 Kilgour
17 Kelly
4 Balmer
2 James
6 Mola
21 Smallwood
19 Harrison
3 Sparkes
7 Forde
29 Cavegn

Starting XI

# Player Pos
1 Brad Young G
2 T. James D
4 K. Balmer D
17 C. Kelly D
5 A. Kilgour D
21 R. Smallwood M
6 C. Mola M
7 S. Forde M
3 J. Sparkes M
19 E. Harrison M
29 F. Cavegn F

Substitutes

22 Keenan Gough M
10 B. Kamwa F
14 B. Purrington D
9 J. Quigley F
8 R. Russell-Denny M
27 P. Sanyaolu M
32 Charlie Binns G

Exeter City

Formation: 4-2-3-1 Coach: M. Taylor
1 Bycroft
3 Woodhouse
5 Fitzwater
6 Taylor
2 Samuel
16 Cummins
31 Doyle-Hayes
23 Sutherland
12 Cole
7 Edwards
32 Rose

Starting XI

# Player Pos
1 J. Bycroft G
2 L. Samuel D
6 J. Taylor D
5 J. Fitzwater D
3 L. Woodhouse D
31 J. Doyle-Hayes M
16 C. Cummins M
7 G. Edwards M
12 R. Cole M
23 Ethan Sutherland M
32 D. Rose F

Substitutes

8 T. Perry M
22 Frankie Phillips G
18 Liam Oakes D
14 H. Kite M
10 J. Gordon F
20 George Birch M
11 A. Oluwabori F

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