Exeter City face Crewe Alexandra in League Two clash

Summarised from DevonLive's report · Updated 20 Oct, 07:38 · Archive

Exeter City play league leaders Crewe Alexandra on Tuesday, seeking to improve after a goalless first half in their last eight games.

Exeter City will play Crewe Alexandra at home on Tuesday at 7.45pm. Crewe are the league leaders and unbeaten in the league this season with five wins and six draws. Exeter have the best defensive record in League Two, conceding only six goals in eleven games, but sit 16th with 13 points.

Exeter have not seen a goal in the first half of any League Two game since 29 August, when they fell behind in the 7th minute at York City. In their last eight games, it has been 0-0 at the break. The Grecians are unbeaten at home in seven games this season.

Exeter manager Matt Taylor said after a weekend 0-0 draw at Colchester: 'I said to the players I'm content. We know we have to be better if we want to get to the right end of this league table.' He called for two strong home performances this week. City are two points off the play-off spots.

Read the report

• Exeter City want to hit Crewe with plenty of energy after slow startsIt has been 0-0 at half-time in all of Exeter City's last eight League Two gamesDevonLive · 20 Oct, 06:07

In this story: Exeter City · Crewe Alexandra · Matt Taylor · League Two · St James Park

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem