Overview
- Exeter defeated Crewe 2-0 at St James Park Tuesday, Oct 20, ending Crewe's 11-match unbeaten start to the League Two season.
- Anthony Scully converted a 21st-minute penalty after Joe White fouled academy graduate Charlie Cummins and Reece Cole sealed the win with a stoppage-time breakaway goal.
- The clean sheet was Exeter's seventh in 12 league games and continued a run that has seen them concede only six goals, a defensive record manager Matt Taylor said shows the team is 'moving in the right direction.'
- Crewe manager Lee Bell criticised referee Harry Wager and said his side should have had a penalty when Charlie McNeill went down inside the box, a decision he called a fine margin that cost his team.
- The result lifts Exeter into the top half of League Two and shifts Crewe's focus to an away trip to Chesterfield while both sides assess momentum and missed chances from the early season.