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Wrexham Edges Out Exeter City in Close Encounter at St James Park
Wrexham secured a 2-0 victory over Exeter City in a thrilling match at St James Park in Exeter, Devon on March 29th, 2025, as part of League One’s 39th round. Despite Exeter City holding 51% possession, Wrexham proved more clinical in front of goal.
Ollie Rathbone opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, assisted by James McClean. J. Rodriguez added a second from the penalty spot in the 60th minute.
While Exeter City managed eight shots, only one was on target. Wrexham, in contrast, had seven shots with six on target. Referee A. Chilowicz issued only one yellow card, to an Exeter City player. The match was a closely fought contest, with a total of 22 fouls committed (13 by Exeter and 9 by Wrexham). The win keeps Wrexham in a strong position in the league.
Substitutions exeter city: at minute 67 E. Francis came in and B. Purrington went out., at minute 67 R. Cole came in and J. Colwill went out., at minute 67 V. Harper came in and T. Yogane went out., at minute 78 C. Watts came in and P. Jones went out., at minute 78 S. Cox came in and J. Magennis went out.
Substitutions wrexham: at minute 72 S. Fletcher came in and J. Rodriguez went out., at minute 83 R. Barnett came in and R. Longman went out., at minute 87 E. Lee came in and S. Smith went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Exeter City
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