In-form City go for a Burton away from home

Exeter City’s fantastic undefeated away record came to a disappointing end by a 4-2 scoreline at the hands of in-form Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium.

On a freezing afternoon in the Midlands, the travelling Grecians had had very little to cheer in the first period.  City trailed 3-0 at the interval, with Michael Symes, Marcus Holness and Jacques Maghoma all finding the net.

The game looked effectively over on 60 minutes when Brewers hit a fourth through Lee Bell, smashing from outside the box.

Guillem Bauza (pictured) and Scot Bennett reduced the arrears and ignited hope of a fightback in the closing stages, but it came too late for the Grecians.

Exeter City boss Paul Tisdale made just a single enforced change compared to the side that had beaten Morecambe 3-0 on the Grecians’ last away trip – Rhys Evans was called in to replace the injured Artur Krysiak, meaning a seat on the bench for youngster Christy Pym.

John O’Flynn and Matt Oakley, conversely, had overcome recent injury troubles to earn a seat on the bench.

“It’s very hard to take a snap-judgement on the performance without taking the time to analyse it and think about it,” said Tis.  “They deserved to win today – they played better than us, and they executed their performance better.   I don’t think we were that bad that we deserved to concede four goals, but I don’t think we deserved to win the game either.

“The major factor today was that we conceded goals which we haven’t done recently.  Now it’s about moving onto the next game, and I’ve highlighted one or two things we should have done better today.”

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