James Young
BBC Radio Gloucestershire summariser

Steve Cotterill would have asked his players for a bit more quality in the final third at the break.

Their performance on the ball has been really good, but he'll be looking for more from his attacking players in this second half.

There's certainly a game here to be won, and goals to be had.

They may have only taken five points from seven away games this season but it's Cheltenham on the front foot in the early stages of the second half.

We go again in the Devon sunshine.

No changes from either side with things very much in the balance.

Can either side break the deadlock or will this be a third 0-0 at SJP this season?

It's been the hosts pressing forward the more of the two sides.

But Cheltenham have held them at bay relatively comfortably, limiting the Grecians to half-chances really.

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As it stands, Cheltenham are missing the chance to move into the automatic promotion places and Exeter are letting go an opportunity to break into the play-off zone.

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Goalless at the break, but not through the lack of trying.

The hosts are unbeaten at home and have probably had the better of the game but haven't really worked Wyll Stanway in the Town goal and it was at the other end when the unmarked Andi Weimann swept a shot onto the crossbar with only the keeper to beat.

Exeter did feel they should have had a penalty as Anthony Scully went down in the box on the break but their appeals were waved away.

You don't see too many goals at SJP these days and it feels like one might prove to be decisive this afternoon.

James Young
BBC Radio Gloucestershire summariser

He's been very diligent in his work rate Ryan Broom but it's just not coming off for him.

He needs to change bails around like Stuart Broad used to do - he needs something to change his luck this afternoon.

Ticking down towards the interval with an additional ONE minute to come.

Exeter will have the chance to spent it on the attack as Kirsten Otchere picks up another booking after a rather soft tug back on Lakyle Samuel on the right.

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Former Exeter City defender on BBC Radio Devon

It's been quite a bitty game - it's stopping and starting and the ball keeps going out of play.

The quality hasn't quite been there from either team.

I want to see an Exeter City centre midfielder demand that ball from the defensive line and get a few more passes through the middle of the park.

Another pot-shot from outside the box from Exeter - who must know Town have allowed six goals from long range this season - as George Birch arrows wide from 20 yards.

Play resumes and Town skipper James Wilson might be a touch fortunate to only see a yellow card after diving in on Harry Kite after his own heavy touch and sending the Exeter midfielder, er, flying.

James Young
BBC Radio Gloucestershire summariser

With just over 32 minutes on the clock, it's Cheltenham who have had the best two chances of the game here.

They started brightly and had that really good spell that culminated with the Andi Weimann chance that he probably should have scored.

Now Exeter are having their spell on the ascendency. We have two quite well matched sides here from what we've seen so far.

Jake Doyle-Hayes tries a long throw from the left but it goes higher than it does far and Ben Stevenson is able to clear his lines and when the ball comes back in Sonny Cox's flicked header drops to a defender.

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Some slick approach play from Exeter with Harry Kite playing Anthony Scully through on the left neatly but his low ball into the goalmouth is blocked behind by former teammate Pierce Sweeney.

The subsequent corner drops for George Birch to volley in the box but his effort is blocked.

City are getting on top late in the half.

Reece Cole has the chance to curl the ball into the Town area from a deep free-kick on the left but he gets too much on his cross and it drifts beyond the far post without a touch, or a bounce, and it's a goal-kick.

Exeter's Reece Cole has his first sight of goal, 30-odd yards out, and thinks why not.

He's got quite a back-catalogue of wonderstrikes but this time he hooks his dipping effort a couple of yards past the far post.

The home side are starting to build up a head of steam, however.

Thirty minutes gone in the sunshine at SJP, not an awful lot in it, Exeter have probably posed more threat but the best chance by far fell to Town's Andi Weimann.

The Grecians, though, will feel they should have had a penalty for the challenge on Anthony Scully nine minutes in - here's the clearest picture we've found of the incident, which suggests the hosts have a case to be aggrieved...

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Ryan Broom takes a wonderful first touch to knock the ball inside his man on the right touchline but can't quite catch up to the loose ball as he darts into the area and it's shepherded back to keeper Jack Bycroft to gather.

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George Birch whips in another dangerous cross from the right of the Town box which flicks off a defender and is angling towards the near post before keeper Wyll Stanway shovels it beyond the upright.

Reece Cole's corner from the right is cleared at the near post, however, and Town's promising break fizzles out.