Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Exeter go second with win at Oldham

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Exeter moved up to second in League Two after seeing off struggling Oldham 2-0 at Boundary Park.

Kyle Taylor opened the scoring seven minutes after half-time and Jevani Brown added a second deep into stoppage time despite Nigel Atangana’s dismissal.

Oldham’s Sam Hart had a spot-kick saved by Cameron Dawson as the hosts suffered a fourth straight loss.

Latics’ top scorer Davis Keillor-Dunn swivelled smartly before seeing a 20-yard drive tipped over the top by Dawson.

At the other end Exeter’s ex-Oldham midfielder Timothee Dieng darted in to meet Brown’s cross, but failed to make a decisive touch.

Grecians’ skipper Pierce Sweeney glanced a header inches off target as he rose to meet Archie Collins’ corner.

Seven minutes after the restart Exeter struck when Taylor nodded home Jake Caprice’s cross.

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The visitors were clearly buoyed by their opener, though Sam Stubbs ought to have made it two when he headed over the top from five yards.

Hart had a 73rd-minute spot-kick saved by Dawson after sub Atangana had fouled home sub Christopher Missilou.

Atangana was red-carded in stoppage time after he clattered into Missilou again, before Brown coolly converted Caprice’s cross in the dying seconds.