Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Exeter City & Reading face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Exeter City form and stats
Last season, Exeter City's EFL Trophy journey ended in the group stage.Exeter City have collected 7 points from their League One home games so far after 2-1-1.
Exeter City's last game was hosting Cheltenham Town and winning 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Caldwell when Watts scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute. Aimson was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.04 out of 10. The defender Aimson hit two key passes and won 12 of 17 duels.
Preceding that match was a League One defeat to Leyton Orient (1-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Exeter handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The manager Caldwell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Oxford United in only four days.
Exeter City are not conceding a lot of goals here at St James Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Reading form and stats
It's not happening yet for Reading on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Impressive finishing from Vickers and Savage secured the home win 2-1 against Bolton Wanderers in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Salvador when Vickers scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute. Midfielder Azeez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Azeez hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Cambridge United's place.We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats.
Reading have another fixture away in just four nights, a League One fixture against Blackpool. A rough diary for the visiting team!
Goals are few and far between in Reading's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 3 travels. As opposed to that, Reading have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Aimson 2 goals |  D. Mitchell 2 goals |  R. Trevitt 2 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Reading missing players
| Exeter City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 42% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 10.5 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Swindon Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Reading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Exeter City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 3 | Oxford United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | Peterborough United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Reading | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 23 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 1 |
| 24 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 1 |
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