Match Previews

📝 Match Preview: Mansfield Town (A)

24th September

Exeter City will be looking to pick up their first league win of the season as they travel to the One Call Stadium on Saturday to face Mansfield Town in a 3pm kick-off.

Ahead of the match, manager Matt Taylor has urged the team to perform better than last time out against Port Vale.

Mansfield have drawn both of their league games so far this season, so like City will be looking to pick up their first win of the season, and Taylor says it will a challenge to pick up points against the Nottinghamshire side.

“They’ve recruited well and invested heavily in their squad so they have some outstanding players,” he said.

“We go there with the confidence of the Salford away game and we know that as the home team it’s up to Mansfield to make the run-in in the game.

“We have to perform better than last week. We know that it was a below par performance as a collective and there were too many individuals who were off their game, so we’re looking for a response to the home performance against Port Vale."

HOW TO WATCH

We would rather you could be there in person, but you can get the next best thing by supporting at home on iFollow.

You can purchase a match pass for the 3pm kick-off at the cost of just £10 in the UK. The stream includes the live BBC Radio Devon commentary, score overlay and replays.

By purchasing a match pass on the City website, you'll be providing much welcome income whilst games are played behind closed doors with around 80% of the price going directly to the Grecians.

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You can watch the match on your laptop by purchasing a match pass and logging on to the website homepage where the will be a 'Watch Now' button near the top of the page.

This season the EFL have created a new 'iFollow' app where you can watch on your phone or tablet! The old Exeter City app is being phased out, so if you have that please uninstall and download the app:

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Season Ticket Holders

Season ticket holders get free access to City's home league matches only, and will be contacted shortly with details of how to stream City's home matches.

Guide to iFollow

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MATCH DAY COVERAGE

As usual, we’ll have the match covered across our social media channels and we’ll have a post-match interview with manager Matt Taylor and a player as they reflect on the result.

THE STADIUM

Name: One Call Stadium
Capacity: 9,186
Year opened: 1919
Address: Quarry Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 5DA

Known as the One Call Stadium for sponsorship reasons and widely recognised as Field Mill. Mansfield have entered the 100th year anniversary in playing their football at the ground that is the oldest stadium in the Football League and prior to the Stags, has hosted football since 1861.

It holds a maximum capacity of 9,186, though as with any Football League ground, that has easily been surpassed during the days of terraces. In 1953, a total of 24,467 people packed in to watch the side play local rivals Nottingham Forest.

LAST TIME OUT

Exeter City 0 Port Vale 2 | 19/9/20 | EFL Sky Bet League Two

Exeter City's home league campaign started with defeat as they were beaten 2-0 by Port Vale at St James Park.

A stunning free-kick from Tom Conlon and a composed finish from Devante Rodney secured the three points for an impressive Valiants side, with City struggling to make any real chances count in the final third.