Another adrenaline-pumping match as Exeter City receive Barnsley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 28.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

League One: Two squads in fairly good shape get together for this match. Barnsley might have a tiny upper hand with their 4th position in the table?

Insights:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One

The hosts Exeter City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. This match was also played here at St James Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Barnsley have had more rest.

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Exeter City form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Exeter City have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at St James Park after three straight home wins.

The Exeter City supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Accrington Stanley and win 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Exeter played a great game against Accrington Stanley and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The attacking player Nombe won the honour of being "man of the match" for Exeter City with the rating of 8.43/10. Nombe scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Cheltenham Town.

There will be little rest for Exeter after this match as they are travelling to Fleetwood Town for a League One game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 18 league matches. On the other hand, Exeter City have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

Playing away, Barnsley have won 9 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the League One this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Barnsley as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Impressive finishing from Norwood, Kitching, Cole and Watters secured the home win 4-2 against Sheffield Wednesday in their previous game. An off the wall match with heaps of goals last time out for Barnsley, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this fixture be as full of joy? Cole, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Cole scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wycombe Wanderers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

After this away game Barnsley return home for a League One game against Morecambe. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Barnsley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Barnsley as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded history involving both these squads is the Barnsley - Exeter 0-2 played previously this season. Stansfield loves to meet Barnsley and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
13 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
BarnsleyD. Cole
D. Cole
11 goals

Exeter City missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Barnsley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 6 18 36
13 8 2 Won W 3 9 22
10 5 1 Drew D 2 5 6
14 5 1 Lost L 1 4 8
53 29 7 Scored S 6 24 60
48 20 6 Conceded C 4 13 31
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 94%
76% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 75%
43% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 39% 50%
32% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 25%
19% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
49% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 39% 42%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 39%
30% 28% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 25%
 
6.5 6.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5 5.2
4.7 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.6 4.8
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.3 11.6 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.1 11.9
3.6 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 3.7
39% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 45%
 
11.2 9.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.3 8.9
3.5 3.2 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Barnsley have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in League One
  • Barnsley have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One
  • Barnsley have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 37 23 9 5 64 28 19 13 5 1 42 14 18 10 4 4 22 14 36 78
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 36 22 6 8 60 31 18 13 1 4 36 18 18 9 5 4 24 13 29 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 37 13 10 14 53 48 18 8 5 5 29 20 19 5 5 9 24 28 5 49
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 37 12 7 18 32 47 18 7 4 7 17 21 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 43
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

Barnsley:
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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 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 37 23 9 5 64 28 19 13 5 1 42 14 18 10 4 4 22 14 36 78
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 36 22 6 8 60 31 18 13 1 4 36 18 18 9 5 4 24 13 29 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 37 13 10 14 53 48 18 8 5 5 29 20 19 5 5 9 24 28 5 49
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 37 12 7 18 32 47 18 7 4 7 17 21 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 43
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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