City travel to Oxford Sports Park on Wednesday afternoon for their first behind-closed-doors friendly of the 2024/25 campaign.

Hoping to build on four unbeaten matches against non-league teams so far, the Grecians are set to face their first EFL opponents in newly-promoted Championship side Oxford United. The match will kick-off at 3pm at their training ground. 

The U’s are a familiar opponent for Gary Caldwell’s side, having last met just under three months ago on the final day of last season. Despite a strong second half performance from Exeter, which included a goal from Millenic Alli, two early strikes first half strikes won Oxford three points at SJP.

That win confirmed a Playoff spot for Oxford, and they subsequently overcame Peterborough United in the semi-final, before Des Buckingham’s team beat favourites Bolton Wanderers to secure promotion back to the second tier for the first time in 25 years.

How to Follow

This match is behind closed doors at Oxford Sports Park due to ongoing pitch renovations at the Kassam Stadium. We kindly ask fans not to travel to Oxford as you won’t be able to watch the match. 

Instead, you can follow the 90 minutes on our social media channels, where we’ll have live full coverage, including reaction from the players and staff following the full-time whistle. Please note that there will also be no stream of the game.

Previous Encounter

Exeter City 1 Oxford United 2 | April 27, 2024 – League One

The final game of the season saw City’s nine-match unbeaten run come to an end at the hands of Oxford as they secured a Playoff spot despite a spirited second-half fight back from the Grecians.