Grecians take bonus point after draw at Huish Park

Exeter City and Yeovil Town played out a goalless draw at Huish Park, but the Grecians claimed a bonus point following a 4-3 win penalty shoot out win as the sides played out their first match of this season's Checkatrade Trophy campaign.

A match full of chances for both sides saw neither able to go ahead as the Grecians kept their cool to take an extra point on penalties.

As expected in this competition, manager Matt Taylor made several changes to his starting line-up from the defeat against Lincoln City last weekend but still retained an experienced starting XI with the likes of Jayden Stockley, Lee Martin and Craig Woodman all involved from the beginning.

The first 15 minutes saw very little in terms of chances, but the game sprang to life when Olufela Olomola chested the ball down and turned smartly before firing a shot towards goal from the edge of the box, forcing James Hamon to palm the ball away from danger.

City’s first real attempt came from a Stockley free-kick from 20-yards out, but his effort could only deflect off the Town wall and sail just over Nathan Baxter’s goal for a corner.

The Grecians then went inches from going ahead on 23 minutes when some really clever play between Lee Martin and Hiram Boateng saw the former through on goal, but with Baxter closing the angle, the midfielder’s low shot was pushed just past the post.

Despite the away side seeing more of the ball, the Glovers then put an attack together when Bevis Mugabi surged down the right before threading the ball to Jordan Green. The forward then managed to get a shot away under pressure from Luke Croll, but Hamon collected well.

City then had the ball in the net on 38 minutes after some really patient and intricate play as Boateng threaded in Martin, who crossed low for Stockley to knock home, but the linesman adjudged Martin to have been offside in the build-up as the sides went in at the break level.

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