Exeter City host Crewe in League Two.
Both clubs have had contrasting starts to the season, with one side picking up points steadily and the other still finding its feet. There's a fair distance between them in the early table, though the two sides have plenty of shared history from previous meetings too.
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Form across all competitions
Widen the lens beyond the league table and Exeter's record is 4 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses across their last 20 matches, though that sample mixes League One games from last season with this term's League Two fixtures, cup ties and a trophy match. Crewe's equivalent run reads 7 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses over 20 games, also blending competitions and the odd friendly.
Exeter City: 20 completed matches; Crewe: 20 completed matches.
Exeter City
- Win
- 20% 4 / 20
- Draw
- 40% 8 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- 0
Crewe
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 27
- Conceded
- 24
- Difference
- +3
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Two | Bristol Rovers | Exeter City | 26.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| EFL Trophy | Cheltenham | Exeter City | 22.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Tranmere | 19.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| League Two | Port Vale | Exeter City | 12.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| EFL Trophy | Exeter City | Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 08.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Walsall | 05.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Barnet | 01.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Two | York | Exeter City | 29.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Accrington ST | 22.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| League Two | Grimsby | Exeter City | 15.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Two | Rotherham | Crewe | 26.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| EFL Trophy | Crewe | Aston Villa U21 | 22.09.2026 | 4-1 |
| League Two | Crewe | Shrewsbury | 19.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Two | Colchester | Crewe | 12.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Two | Crewe | York | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Two | Crewe | Walsall | 01.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| League Two | Port Vale | Crewe | 29.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| League Cup | Barnsley | Crewe | 25.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| League Two | Crewe | Northampton | 22.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| League Two | Crawley Town | Crewe | 15.08.2026 | 0-1 |
Neither record is a clean run of league-only form, so it's worth treating both as a general guide rather than a precise measure of current level.
Comparative Team Statistics: Exeter City vs Crewe

History between the sides
These two have met eight times between 2016 and 2020, with results going both ways and a few one-sided scorelines mixed in among draws.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Two | Exeter City | Crewe | 03.03.2020 | 1-1 |
| League Two | Crewe | Exeter City | 05.10.2019 | 1-1 |
| League Two | Crewe | Exeter City | 23.02.2019 | 1-2 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Crewe | 15.12.2018 | 1-0 |
| League Two | Crewe | Exeter City | 20.02.2018 | 1-2 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Crewe | 16.09.2017 | 3-0 |
| League Two | Exeter City | Crewe | 04.02.2017 | 4-0 |
| League Two | Crewe | Exeter City | 10.09.2016 | 2-0 |
That's all several seasons old now, so it doesn't tell us much about how either squad looks today.
Where they sit in League Two
Crewe are 9th with 11 points from seven games, and the numbers show two wins and five draws without a single defeat so far. Exeter City are down in 20th on six points from the same number of matches, having won just once.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Gillingham | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11/9 | 12 |
| 9 | Crewe | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8/6 | 12 |
| 10 | Tranmere | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10/8 | 11 |
| 20 | Oldham | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9/13 | 7 |
| 21 | Exeter City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4/6 | 6 |
| 22 | Northampton | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3/6 | 6 |
That's a decent early gap, though with only seven games played it's still a small sample to draw firm conclusions from.
Crewe's unbeaten league start stands out, but it's built more on draws than victories.

Crewe's key men
The data flags a few Crewe players standing out this term. J. March has three goals in seven matches, J. Tabiner has three assists in the same span, and M. Demetriou has picked up two yellow cards in five games without any reds.
There's no equivalent player breakdown for Exeter here, so we can't compare individual contributions across the squads.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Rose | England | 32 | Attacker | 173 | 57 |
| H. Kite | England | 26 | Midfielder | 176 | 69 |
| J. Doyle-Hayes | Republic of Ireland | 27 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 68 kg |
| R. Cole | England | 28 | Attacker | 178 | 65 |
| G. Edwards | Wales | 33 | Midfielder | 175 | 76 |
| J. Fitzwater | England | 29 | Defender | 188 | 70 |
| J. Gordon | England | 31 | Attacker | 178 | 70 |
| T. Perry | England | 25 | Midfielder | 180 | 72 |
| J. Bycroft | England | 25 | Goalkeeper | 184 cm | 71 kg |
| V. Harper | England | 26 | Defender | 178 | 68 |
| J. Wareham | England | 23 | Attacker | 177 | n/a |
| S. Cox | England | 21 | Attacker | 178 | 79 |
| L. Woodhouse | England | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| L. Samuel | England | 20 | Defender | 175 | n/a |
| A. Oluwabori | Nigeria | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Ajay Matthews | England | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Ethan Sutherland | Scotland | 20 | Defender | 182 | n/a |
| E. James | Wales | 21 | Defender | 185 | n/a |
| J. Taylor | England | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Liam Oakes | England | 19 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Gibson | England | 28 | Midfielder | 178 | 80 |
| L. Offord | England | 26 | Defender | 183 | 66 |
| C. Thomas | England | 32 | Midfielder | 185 | 72 |
| J. Lankester | England | 26 | Midfielder | 177 | 60 |
| I. Lawlor | Republic of Ireland | 31 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 80 |
| R. Hutchinson | England | 26 | Defender | 177 | 70 |
| M. Demetriou | England | 36 | Defender | 188 | 79 |
| J. White | England | 24 | Midfielder | 186 cm | 70 kg |
| J. March | England | 29 | Attacker | 175 | 71 |
| C. McNeill | England | 23 | Attacker | 181 | n/a |
| J. Tabiner | England | 22 | Midfielder | 178 | 66 |
| M. Holíček | Slovakia | 21 | Midfielder | 189 | n/a |
| L. Billington | England | 22 | Defender | 185 | 80 |
| T. Booth | England | 22 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 76 |
| O. Lunt | England | 22 | Midfielder | 177 | 66 |
| A. Thibaut | Republic of Ireland | 22 | Attacker | 180 | n/a |
| Kyle Ure | Scotland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Calum Agius | Wales | 21 | Midfielder | 178 | n/a |
| Stan Dancey | England | 19 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| L. Moore | England | 21 | Midfielder | 177 | n/a |
Crewe look the tidier side right now, sitting comfortably above Exeter with a longer unbeaten run behind them. But that gap is still built on a handful of games, and neither team's broader form sample is a clean league-only read.
With no market to assess and the historical meetings offering little relevance today, we're happy to sit this one out rather than force a view.
