FA Cup · ENG · Round 1

Exeter City
1 - 3 Full time
Luton Town

St. James Park

Lineups Predicted line-up

Exeter City4-4-2
RO1Olejnik
CW3Woodman
EA26↓82'Ampadu
JS28Stacey
JM15Moore-Taylor
PS31Sweeney
DW11↓82'Wheeler
JT25Taylor
LH10Holmes
RR33⚽Reid
RS8↓67'Simpson
CW1Walton
AS44Sheehan
JJ36↓87'Justin
SC6Cuthbert
AG15↓62'Gilliead
CM8McGeehan
GR16⚽Rea
OL19Lee
PM17Mpanzu
DH9⚽×2Hylton
JC10↓70'Cook
Luton Town4-2-3-1

Exeter City substitutes

12 Joel Grant ↑67'
16 Matt Oakley ↑82'
5 Troy Archibald-Henville ↑82'
21 James Hamon
19 Liam McAlinden
4 Lloyd James
14 Ollie Watkins

Coach: Paul Tisdale

Luton Town substitutes

4 Jonathan Smith ↑62'
12 Craig Mackail-Smith ↑70'
2 Stephen O'Donnell ↑87'
31 Craig King
3 Daniel Potts
20 Isaac Vassel
7 Jake Gray

Coach: Nathan Jones

Match events

11'Danny Hylton (penalty) 0 - 1⚽
39'Reuben Reid 1 - 1⚽
Second half
62'↑ Jonathan Smith ↓ Alex Gilliead⇄
67'↑ Joel Grant ↓ Robbie Simpson⇄
70'↑ Craig Mackail-Smith ↓ Jordan Cook⇄
71'Glen Rea 1 - 2⚽
74'Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu
82'↑ Troy Archibald-Henville ↓ David Wheeler⇄
82'↑ Matt Oakley ↓ Ethan Ampadu⇄
84'Danny Hylton (penalty) 1 - 3⚽
87'↑ Stephen O'Donnell ↓ James Justin⇄

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 5 November 2016, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Exeter City wins3Draws4Luton Town wins

8 past meetings on record. Biggest Exeter City win: Luton Town 4–1 Exeter City (2016). Biggest Luton Town win: Exeter City 1–4 Luton Town (2017).

3 Feb 2018Luton Town 1 - 0 Exeter CityLeague Two
17 Oct 2017Exeter City 1 - 4 Luton TownLeague Two
18 Mar 2017Luton Town 1 - 1 Exeter CityLeague Two
26 Nov 2016Exeter City 0 - 0 Luton TownLeague Two
7 May 2016Luton Town 4 - 1 Exeter CityLeague Two
19 Dec 2015Exeter City 2 - 3 Luton TownLeague Two
3 Apr 2015Luton Town 2 - 3 Exeter CityLeague Two
1 Nov 2014Exeter City 1 - 1 Luton TownLeague Two