Exeter City vs Bolton Wanderers betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

Bolton Wanderers visit Exeter City and St James Park brimming with confidence, but the home team is not easy meat. More news on the match here!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in League One

Exeter City and Bolton Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Exeter City have managed 9 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 19 games. Exeter has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at St James Park. We remember; it was Shrewsbury Town.

An away draw last time out for Exeter City, facing Fleetwood Town in a game that ended 2-2.

Before that, Exeter City had a home game versus Barnsley which ended with a victory 3-1.

Goals are flowing in this club's league matches, with 5 in a row seeing at least three goals (over 2.5).

There will be little rest for Exeter after this match as they are travelling to Peterborough United for a League One game in only three days.

Exeter City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St James Park with 32 goals in 19 league matches. On the other hand, Exeter City have conceded 21 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

6-6-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bolton Wanderers in their League One matches away. Wanderers has drawn their two previous away games.

The fans enjoyed Bolton Wanderers's previous game versus Plymouth Argyle, a EFL Trophy win (4-0) played at home.

Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Sheffield Wednesday that ended 1-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cambridge United in just three days.

Wanderers have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bolton Wanderers have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Bolton Wanderers - Exeter City 2-0. Head to head numbers (for the last three meetings): Exeter won one game, one match ended with a draw and Bolton Wanderers managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.

Top Goalscorers

Bolton WanderersD. Charles
D. Charles
15 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
14 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals

Exeter City missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Bolton Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 6 19 38
14 9 3 Won W 2 6 18
11 5 1 Drew D 1 6 10
14 5 1 Lost L 3 7 10
58 32 10 Scored S 8 24 52
51 21 7 Conceded C 10 20 31
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 84% 84%
77% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 66%
46% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 39%
36% 37% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 18%
18% 16% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 16% 11%
51% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 83% 47% 37%
31% 32% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 32% 47%
28% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 37% 32%
 
6.4 6.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.8 5.6
4.7 4.2 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.8 4.6
1.7 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 11.5 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.7 11.6
3.7 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.2
40% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 41% 42%
 
11.4 9.5 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.6 10.8
3.5 3.2 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) 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 Sheffield Wednesday 39 23 11 5 67 31 20 13 6 1 43 15 19 10 5 4 24 16 36 80
2 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
3 Ipswich Town 38 22 12 4 74 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 19 10 6 3 32 19 43 78
4 Barnsley 38 23 6 9 66 34 19 14 1 4 41 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 32 75
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Peterborough United 39 20 4 15 65 47 20 12 3 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 64
7 Derby County 39 18 10 11 59 41 20 12 4 4 37 18 19 6 6 7 22 23 18 64
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 8 13 53 38 20 10 5 5 30 19 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 62
9 Portsmouth 39 16 13 10 54 44 20 8 9 3 31 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 10 61
10 Shrewsbury Town 38 16 7 15 47 47 18 10 2 6 28 22 20 6 5 9 19 25 0 55
11 Exeter City 39 14 11 14 58 51 19 9 5 5 32 21 20 5 6 9 26 30 7 53
12 Charlton Athletic 39 13 13 13 59 50 20 7 7 6 36 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 9 52
13 Fleetwood Town 39 12 14 13 43 41 20 6 7 7 21 21 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 50
14 Lincoln City 38 9 19 10 35 41 18 4 13 1 16 14 20 5 6 9 19 27 -6 46
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Cheltenham Town 39 12 9 18 34 49 20 7 6 7 19 23 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 45
17 Port Vale 39 12 9 18 40 57 20 7 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 20 30 -17 45
18 Burton Albion 37 11 9 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 19 5 4 10 26 41 -23 42
19 Milton Keynes Dons 39 11 7 21 36 56 19 4 4 11 13 25 20 7 3 10 23 31 -20 40
20 Oxford United 38 9 11 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 20 4 8 8 17 23 -10 38
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 40 7 13 20 37 68 20 6 8 6 25 26 20 1 5 14 12 42 -31 34
23 Cambridge United 38 9 6 23 30 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 19 3 2 14 13 36 -29 33
24 Forest Green Rovers 39 6 8 25 29 72 19 5 1 13 14 32 20 1 7 12 15 40 -43 26

Bolton Wanderers:
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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 Sheffield Wednesday 39 23 11 5 67 31 20 13 6 1 43 15 19 10 5 4 24 16 36 80
2 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
3 Ipswich Town 38 22 12 4 74 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 19 10 6 3 32 19 43 78
4 Barnsley 38 23 6 9 66 34 19 14 1 4 41 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 32 75
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Peterborough United 39 20 4 15 65 47 20 12 3 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 64
7 Derby County 39 18 10 11 59 41 20 12 4 4 37 18 19 6 6 7 22 23 18 64
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 8 13 53 38 20 10 5 5 30 19 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 62
9 Portsmouth 39 16 13 10 54 44 20 8 9 3 31 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 10 61
10 Shrewsbury Town 38 16 7 15 47 47 18 10 2 6 28 22 20 6 5 9 19 25 0 55
11 Exeter City 39 14 11 14 58 51 19 9 5 5 32 21 20 5 6 9 26 30 7 53
12 Charlton Athletic 39 13 13 13 59 50 20 7 7 6 36 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 9 52
13 Fleetwood Town 39 12 14 13 43 41 20 6 7 7 21 21 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 50
14 Lincoln City 38 9 19 10 35 41 18 4 13 1 16 14 20 5 6 9 19 27 -6 46
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Cheltenham Town 39 12 9 18 34 49 20 7 6 7 19 23 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 45
17 Port Vale 39 12 9 18 40 57 20 7 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 20 30 -17 45
18 Burton Albion 37 11 9 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 19 5 4 10 26 41 -23 42
19 Milton Keynes Dons 39 11 7 21 36 56 19 4 4 11 13 25 20 7 3 10 23 31 -20 40
20 Oxford United 38 9 11 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 20 4 8 8 17 23 -10 38
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 40 7 13 20 37 68 20 6 8 6 25 26 20 1 5 14 12 42 -31 34
23 Cambridge United 38 9 6 23 30 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 19 3 2 14 13 36 -29 33
24 Forest Green Rovers 39 6 8 25 29 72 19 5 1 13 14 32 20 1 7 12 15 40 -43 26

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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.