Starting line-ups ahead of the Devon derby
OLLIE WATKINS makes a first Exeter City start and Jamie Reid leads the line as the Grecians name a new-look line-up for the Devon derby against Plymouth Argyle at Home Park.Birthday-boy Danny Butterfield joins Ryan Harley and David Noble in the middle of the park, while David Wheeler returns to the starting line-up as Paul Tisdale makes four changes to the side which drew at home to Crawley Town last time out.
In the absence of Reuben Reid, Peter Hartley, Luke McCormick and Hiram Boateng, Plymouth name two of their midweek loan signings in the starting eleven - goalkeeper Christian Walton and defender Luke Crolley.
LINE-UPS:
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE: Walton, Mellor, Sawyer, Nelson (capt), Simpson, Carey, Wylde, Jervis, Threlkeld, Tanner, Croll.
SUBS: Cox, Harvey, Purrington, Brunt, Bentley, Bittner, Rooney.
EXETER CITY: Olejnik, Butterfield, Noble, McAllister, Harley, Davies, Moore-Taylor (capt), Reid, Wheeler, Watkins, Brown.
SUBS: Ribeiro, Oakley, Holmes, Morrison, Holmes, Hamon, McCready.
REFEREE: Graham Scott
ASSISTANTS: Daniel Cook, Andrew Fox
FOURTH: Christopher Sarginson