Exeter City come up short

EXETER CITY went down in defeat at Brunton Park as Alex Gilliead struck Carlisle United's winning goal ten minutes from time.

The Grecians had three changes from the starting eleven that drew 3-3 with Stevenage a week earlier at St James Park, with Arron Davies and Danny Butterfield coming into the midfield and Alex Nicholls starting out wide.

An end-to-end first half saw Carlisle, mostly through nineteen-year-old Newcastle United loanee Alex Gilliead, cause the Grecians problems with a peppering of crosses into the box, but City handled the defensive side of their game well. Arron Davies and Alex Nicholls both brought saves out of home goalkeeper Mark Gillespie, but David Wheeler couldn't make the most of the opportunity provided by Troy Brown heading down Danny Butterfield's cross.

HALF-TIME: CARLISLE UNITED 0-0 EXETER CITY

EXETER CITY: Olejnik, Ribeiro, Brown, Moore-Taylor, McAllister (Hoskins 82'), Davies, Butterfield, Holmes, Grant (Morrison 57'), Nicholls (Tillson 70'), Wheeler.
SUBS: Hamon, Jay, Watkins, Nichols.

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