Match ends, Exeter City 3, Yeovil Town 2.
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Will Hoskins marked his Exeter City debut with a late winner at they beat West Country rivals Yeovil Town.
Tom Nichols gave City the lead from the penalty spot before David Wheeler made it 2-0 as he calmly finished past Yeovil goalkeeper Chris Weale.
Marc Laird pulled one back straight after half-time before Matthew Dolan equalised from the spot.
But with six minutes left former Brighton and Watford striker Hoskins lifted the ball over Weale to win it.
Yeovil Town manager Paul Sturrock told BBC Radio Bristol:
"Obviously a straight ball caught out our defence again. It's going to take time for this team to settle down.
"It was a fantastic fight for us to get back into it again and we started to create two or three chances.
"But we're all gutted obviously because it would have been nice to have come away from here with something."
Line-ups
Exeter
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Olejnik
- 11Davies
- 6Ribeiro
- 39Brown
- 5McAllister
- 22Wheeler
- 7Harley
- 8Oakley
- 4NobleBooked at 31minsSubstituted forOyelekeat 87'minutes
- 14NichollsSubstituted forHoskinsat 73'minutes
- 20NicholsSubstituted forMorrisonat 84'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Butterfield
- 3Woodman
- 13Morrison
- 16Hoskins
- 19Oyeleke
- 21Hamon
- 26Tillson
Yeovil
Formation 4-4-2
- 12Weale
- 24Roberts
- 5Arthurworrey
- 21LaceySubstituted forSokolikat 74'minutes
- 3Smith
- 20FogdenSubstituted forCornickat 45'minutes
- 7Laird
- 4Dolan
- 11DicksonSubstituted forBirdat 86'minutes
- 22Beck
- 10Jeffers
Substitutes
- 1Krysiak
- 6Sokolik
- 9Bird
- 16Burrows
- 19Allen
- 23Cornick
- Referee:
- Gavin Ward
- Attendance:
- 5,659
Match Stats
Home TeamExeterAway TeamYeovil
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home5
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home5
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Exeter City 3, Yeovil Town 2.
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Attempt missed. Jakub Sokolik (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt blocked. Stephen Arthurworrey (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Manny Oyeleke (Exeter City).
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Iffy Allen (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Exeter City. Manny Oyeleke replaces David Noble.
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Ryan Bird replaces Ryan Dickson.
Goal!
Goal! Exeter City 3, Yeovil Town 2. Will Hoskins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Oakley.
Substitution
Substitution, Exeter City. Clinton Morrison replaces Tom Nichols.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Robert Olejnik.
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Attempt saved. Shaun Jeffers (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Will Hoskins.
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David Wheeler (Exeter City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box.
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Attempt saved. Arron Davies (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Will Hoskins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Connor Roberts (Yeovil Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Jakub Sokolik replaces Alex Lacey.
Substitution
Substitution, Exeter City. Will Hoskins replaces Alex Nicholls.
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Foul by Ryan Harley (Exeter City).
