National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Exeter City or Stevenage that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Exeter City and Stevenage.
Exeter City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Carabao Cup for Exeter, as the manager Caldwell led his troops to eliminate Crawley Town, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Only two League One home games for Exeter City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Exeter City's last game was hosting Reading and winning 2-1. The victory against Reading came after Cole's winning goal. The Exeter City manager Caldwell was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute. Aimson, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Aimson scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Carlisle United and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Exeter City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Exeter City as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Exeter City has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Exeter as they are travelling to their away game against Burton Albion in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Exeter City has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Stevenage form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Watford in order to reach 2nd round of Carabao Cup. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Stevenage have six points from their first three away games in the League One, meaning two victories and a loss.
Stevenage aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 188 league minutes without a goal. Reid was the last player to find the net.
Stevenage's last game was the home draw against Portsmouth (0-0). MacDonald was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender MacDonald hit three key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, the Stevenage manager Evans faced defeat when travelling to Reading and losing 0-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stevenage playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Stevenage wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Stevenage have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a League One fixture vs Leyton Orient. A grim itinerary for the visitors!
Stevenage have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Exeter City have won at least one point in the last 9 games (7-2-0) versus Stevenage.Top Goalscorers
  W. Aimson 2 goals |  J. Reid 2 goals |  D. Mitchell 1 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Exeter City | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 48% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oxford United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Derby County | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Peterborough United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 13 | Northampton Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Reading | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 1 |
