League One prediction: Cheltenham Town should edge out Exeter City on their own turf

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Exeter City know they have a hard excursion to Cheltenham Town and their Jonny-Rocks Stadium. This news article has all the intelligence you need ahead of the game.

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Overall League One statistics at home this season for Cheltenham Town are 6-4-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Luke Southwood not having conceded a league goal in 293 minutes.

Cheltenham Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Peterborough United's place. The match ended 3-0 with Bradbury and May (2) scoring.

Before that, Cheltenham drew at home versus Lincoln City.

It should be considered that a peek at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Cheltenham Town aren't scoring a lot here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in the league, with only {14 goals} from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cheltenham Town have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Exeter City playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Exeter go into this game after a win, the home game against Lincoln City that ended 2-1. Attacker Nombe got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Nombe scored two goals.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Wycombe Wanderers.

Lacking goals? 14 of this side's last 17 league matches have seen two goals or less.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Exeter City have scored 23 goals in 18 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Exeter City have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Exeter City - Cheltenham 0-1 was the result in these sides' last h2h fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cheltenham Town victories, three draws and four Exeter City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CheltenhamA. May
A. May
12 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
12 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 6 Played P 7 18 35
11 6 1 Won W 3 5 12
7 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
18 7 3 Lost L 2 8 13
29 14 4 Scored S 9 23 47
46 20 9 Conceded C 4 25 45
86% 76% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 89% 89%
50% 47% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 72% 74%
39% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 33% 40%
19% 24% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 28% 29%
11% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 17%
31% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 29% 44% 49%
39% 53% 50% Clean Sheets C S 57% 33% 31%
44% 41% 50% Failed to Score F T 29% 33% 31%
 
3.8 4.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 6.4 6.5
5.1 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.5 5
2.1 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.4 12.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 11.1 11.1
2.8 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 3.2 3.4
29% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 40% 39%
 
13 11.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14.1 13.2 11.4
3.6 2.5 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.8 3.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 34 23 8 3 61 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 16 10 4 2 20 9 39 77
2 Plymouth Argyle 36 22 8 6 63 41 18 16 1 1 36 13 18 6 7 5 27 28 22 74
3 Ipswich Town 36 20 12 4 70 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 39 72
4 Barnsley 34 20 6 8 55 29 17 12 1 4 32 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 26 66
5 Derby County 36 18 10 8 59 35 18 12 4 2 37 14 18 6 6 6 22 21 24 64
6 Bolton Wanderers 37 18 9 10 51 30 19 12 4 3 28 11 18 6 5 7 23 19 21 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 17 6 12 48 34 18 10 4 4 28 16 17 7 2 8 20 18 14 57
8 Shrewsbury Town 36 16 7 13 47 39 18 10 2 6 28 22 18 6 5 7 19 17 8 55
9 Peterborough United 35 17 3 15 55 45 18 11 2 5 33 21 17 6 1 10 22 24 10 54
10 Portsmouth 35 13 12 10 46 41 18 7 8 3 28 18 17 6 4 7 18 23 5 51
11 Exeter City 35 12 10 13 47 45 17 7 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 25 2 46
12 Lincoln City 35 9 18 8 33 35 17 4 13 0 16 11 18 5 5 8 17 24 -2 45
13 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 50 56 17 5 6 6 22 26 18 7 3 8 28 30 -6 45
14 Port Vale 36 12 8 16 36 50 18 7 4 7 18 22 18 5 4 9 18 28 -14 44
15 Fleetwood Town 36 10 13 13 37 38 18 5 6 7 17 18 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 43
16 Charlton Athletic 35 10 12 13 46 47 18 6 6 6 29 23 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 42
17 Cheltenham Town 36 11 7 18 29 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 19 5 3 11 15 26 -17 40
18 Burton Albion 34 10 8 16 42 63 17 6 5 6 19 24 17 4 3 10 23 39 -21 38
19 Oxford United 36 9 9 18 38 48 18 5 3 10 22 26 18 4 6 8 16 22 -10 36
20 Accrington Stanley 34 8 11 15 29 52 16 5 5 6 19 24 18 3 6 9 10 28 -23 35
21 Morecambe 36 7 12 17 35 57 18 6 7 5 23 21 18 1 5 12 12 36 -22 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 36 9 6 21 32 54 18 3 4 11 12 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -22 33
23 Cambridge United 36 8 6 22 27 57 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 2 2 14 11 36 -30 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 36 5 8 23 28 69 18 4 1 13 13 32 18 1 7 10 15 37 -41 23

Cheltenham Town:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 34 23 8 3 61 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 16 10 4 2 20 9 39 77
2 Plymouth Argyle 36 22 8 6 63 41 18 16 1 1 36 13 18 6 7 5 27 28 22 74
3 Ipswich Town 36 20 12 4 70 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 39 72
4 Barnsley 34 20 6 8 55 29 17 12 1 4 32 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 26 66
5 Derby County 36 18 10 8 59 35 18 12 4 2 37 14 18 6 6 6 22 21 24 64
6 Bolton Wanderers 37 18 9 10 51 30 19 12 4 3 28 11 18 6 5 7 23 19 21 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 17 6 12 48 34 18 10 4 4 28 16 17 7 2 8 20 18 14 57
8 Shrewsbury Town 36 16 7 13 47 39 18 10 2 6 28 22 18 6 5 7 19 17 8 55
9 Peterborough United 35 17 3 15 55 45 18 11 2 5 33 21 17 6 1 10 22 24 10 54
10 Portsmouth 35 13 12 10 46 41 18 7 8 3 28 18 17 6 4 7 18 23 5 51
11 Exeter City 35 12 10 13 47 45 17 7 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 25 2 46
12 Lincoln City 35 9 18 8 33 35 17 4 13 0 16 11 18 5 5 8 17 24 -2 45
13 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 50 56 17 5 6 6 22 26 18 7 3 8 28 30 -6 45
14 Port Vale 36 12 8 16 36 50 18 7 4 7 18 22 18 5 4 9 18 28 -14 44
15 Fleetwood Town 36 10 13 13 37 38 18 5 6 7 17 18 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 43
16 Charlton Athletic 35 10 12 13 46 47 18 6 6 6 29 23 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 42
17 Cheltenham Town 36 11 7 18 29 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 19 5 3 11 15 26 -17 40
18 Burton Albion 34 10 8 16 42 63 17 6 5 6 19 24 17 4 3 10 23 39 -21 38
19 Oxford United 36 9 9 18 38 48 18 5 3 10 22 26 18 4 6 8 16 22 -10 36
20 Accrington Stanley 34 8 11 15 29 52 16 5 5 6 19 24 18 3 6 9 10 28 -23 35
21 Morecambe 36 7 12 17 35 57 18 6 7 5 23 21 18 1 5 12 12 36 -22 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 36 9 6 21 32 54 18 3 4 11 12 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -22 33
23 Cambridge United 36 8 6 22 27 57 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 2 2 14 11 36 -30 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 36 5 8 23 28 69 18 4 1 13 13 32 18 1 7 10 15 37 -41 23

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.