Exeter City 2-1 Yeovil Town

Jayden Stockley's 15th strike of the season makes him League Two's joint top scorer

Jayden Stockley struck his 15th goal of the season with two minutes remaining to earn a 2-1 win for Exeter City over West Country neighbours Yeovil.

Exeter dominated the first half without creating too many clear-cut chances before breaking the deadlock after 35 minutes.

Pierce Sweeney's overlapping run created the space for Lee Holmes to cut infield and, from the corner of the penalty box, he curled a delightful shot over the head of Stuart Nelson and into the far top corner - an almost identical goal to Lee Martin's winner against Crewe in Exeter's last home game.

Yeovil barely threatened, coming closest with two wild Sessi D'Almeida efforts high and wide, but they levelled things up with a fine goal of their own in the 54th minute.

A corner was cleared as far as Tom James some 25 yards out and he took one touch to kill the ball dead before curling a delightful shot into the bottom corner.

The game seemed destined for a draw, with so few chances created. But, in the 88th minute Dean Moxey's shot was blocked on the line and the ball fell at the feet of top scorer Stockley, who made no mistake from eight yards.

Report supplied by the Press Association.

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Line-ups

Exeter

• 1Pym
• 2Sweeney
• 4O'Shea
• 21Moxey
• 3Woodman
• 8LawSubstituted forTillsonat 89'minutes
• 25Taylor
• 27Collins
• 10HolmesSubstituted forOgbeneat 74'minutes
• 7MartinSubstituted forAbrahamsat 76'minutes
• 11Stockley

Substitutes

• 5Martin
• 6Tillson
• 13Hamon
• 14Forte
• 17Jay
• 19Abrahams
• 24Ogbene

Yeovil

• 1Nelson
• 23James
• 4Warren
• 2Gafaiti
• 3Dickinson
• 7BrowneBooked at 50minsSubstituted forArquinat 50'minutes
• 20D'Almeida
• 30Santos
• 11GreenBooked at 23mins
• 13ZokoSubstituted forOlomolaat 74'minutes
• 9Fisher

Substitutes

• 5Mugabi
• 10Gray
• 12Baxter
• 18Arquin
• 24Olomola
• 27Donnellan
• 28Arnold

Referee:

Graham Salisbury

Attendance:

5,974

Match Stats

Home TeamExeterAway TeamYeovil

Possession

Home58%

Away42%

Shots

Home8

Away13

Shots on Target

Home2

Away4

Corners

Home7

Away7

Fouls

Home13

Away6

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Exeter City 2, Yeovil Town 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Exeter City 2, Yeovil Town 1.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt saved. Adel Gafaiti (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'

Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Jayden Stockley.

Posted at 90'

Attempt blocked. Jordan Green (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 89'

Substitution, Exeter City. Jordan Tillson replaces Nicky Law.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Christy Pym.

Goal!

Posted at 88'

Goal! Exeter City 2, Yeovil Town 1. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Carl Dickinson.

Posted at 85'

Chiedozie Ogbene (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Alex Fisher (Yeovil Town).

Posted at 83'

Foul by Craig Woodman (Exeter City).

Posted at 83'

Jordan Green (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Attempt saved. Olufela Olomola (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 76'

Substitution, Exeter City. Tristan Abrahams replaces Lee Martin.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Yoann Arquin (Yeovil Town).

Posted at 76'

Dara O'Shea (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Exeter City. Chiedozie Ogbene replaces Lee Holmes.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Yeovil Town. Olufela Olomola replaces Francois Zoko.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Tom James (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.

Posted at 72'

Jordan Green (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Lee Holmes (Exeter City).

Posted at 71'

Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Christy Pym.

Posted at 71'

Attempt saved. Yoann Arquin (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Nicky Law (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 66'

Delay in match Archie Collins (Exeter City) because of an injury.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Alex Fisher (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Alefe Santos (Yeovil Town).

Posted at 65'

Archie Collins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 62'

Carl Dickinson (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Lee Holmes (Exeter City).

Posted at 59'

Attempt missed. Alefe Santos (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 58'

Jordan Green (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Foul by Nicky Law (Exeter City).

Posted at 58'

Attempt blocked. Craig Woodman (Exeter City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 58'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Adel Gafaiti.

Posted at 55'

Attempt blocked. Yoann Arquin (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Goal!

Posted at 53'

Goal! Exeter City 1, Yeovil Town 1. Tom James (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

Posted at 52'

Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Lee Holmes.

Posted at 52'

Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Pierce Sweeney.

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