Exeter City vs Derby County full preview

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

St James Park: Get set for a football celebration when Exeter City put their fighting gear on for Derby County. All the latest on the fixture here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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.

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Exeter City form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Exeter City at their home stadium (St James Park) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Exeter City to get some points in this home game.

The Exeter crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Plymouth Argyle here at St James Park. Midfield player Mitchell got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Mitchell hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Peterborough United.

Exeter City are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Sheffield Wednesday awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 21 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Derby County form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Derby County have produced an overall stat of 7-7-7 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bristol Rovers (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. McGoldrick has bagged at least one goal for the away side three games in a row. The capability! Barkhuizen got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Barkhuizen served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Milton Keynes Dons.

Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league games in a row with this side have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.

A new game in only four days for Derby County, the League One home match versus Burton Albion. Busy days.

County are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 21 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Derby County have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other before this match year: Derby County - Exeter City 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyD. McGoldrick
D. McGoldrick
19 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
14 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals

Exeter City missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Derby County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 21 42
14 9 3 Won W 0 7 19
11 5 1 Drew D 5 7 12
17 7 3 Lost L 2 7 11
59 32 10 Scored S 2 25 63
56 23 9 Conceded C 5 24 43
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 57% 81% 86%
74% 71% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 71% 76%
45% 48% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 45%
36% 33% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 26%
17% 14% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 17%
50% 48% 57% BTTS BTTS 29% 48% 48%
29% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 43% 33% 38%
31% 33% 43% Failed to Score F T 71% 38% 29%
 
6.2 6.3 5.9 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 6.2 6
4.8 4.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.1 4.5
1.7 1.7 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.3 11.4 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.6 13.8
3.6 3.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.7 4.9
39% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 25% 30%
 
11.3 9.3 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.5 9.2
3.5 3.1 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.5 3.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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 41 26 8 7 71 44 20 17 1 2 38 15 21 9 7 5 33 29 27 86
2 Ipswich Town 41 24 13 4 85 32 21 14 6 1 52 12 20 10 7 3 33 20 53 85
3 Sheffield Wednesday 42 24 12 6 73 35 21 14 6 1 46 15 21 10 6 5 27 20 38 84
4 Barnsley 41 25 6 10 74 38 20 15 1 4 43 19 21 10 5 6 31 19 36 81
5 Bolton Wanderers 41 20 11 10 55 32 20 12 5 3 29 12 21 8 6 7 26 20 23 71
6 Peterborough United 42 22 4 16 71 50 21 13 3 5 38 22 21 9 1 11 33 28 21 70
7 Derby County 42 19 12 11 63 43 21 12 5 4 38 19 21 7 7 7 25 24 20 69
8 Wycombe Wanderers 42 19 8 15 55 43 21 11 5 5 32 19 21 8 3 10 23 24 12 65
9 Portsmouth 42 16 16 10 56 46 21 8 10 3 31 20 21 8 6 7 25 26 10 64
10 Shrewsbury Town 41 16 8 17 49 53 20 10 3 7 29 26 21 6 5 10 20 27 -4 56
11 Charlton Athletic 42 14 13 15 62 59 21 8 7 6 39 26 21 6 6 9 23 33 3 55
12 Lincoln City 41 12 19 10 42 43 20 6 13 1 21 16 21 6 6 9 21 27 -1 55
13 Exeter City 42 14 11 17 59 56 21 9 5 7 32 23 21 5 6 10 27 33 3 53
14 Fleetwood Town 42 13 14 15 50 47 21 6 7 8 22 23 21 7 7 7 28 24 3 53
15 Bristol Rovers 40 14 10 16 54 62 21 6 7 8 24 31 19 8 3 8 30 31 -8 52
16 Burton Albion 40 13 9 18 54 76 20 8 5 7 26 32 20 5 4 11 28 44 -22 48
17 Cheltenham Town 42 12 11 19 37 54 21 7 7 7 20 24 21 5 4 12 17 30 -17 47
18 Port Vale 42 12 10 20 42 63 21 7 5 9 20 27 21 5 5 11 22 36 -21 46
19 Milton Keynes Dons 42 11 10 21 40 60 21 4 6 11 16 28 21 7 4 10 24 32 -20 43
20 Oxford United 41 9 13 19 40 51 20 5 4 11 23 28 21 4 9 8 17 23 -11 40
21 Cambridge United 41 11 7 23 35 61 21 8 4 9 21 24 20 3 3 14 14 37 -26 40
22 Morecambe 43 8 14 21 39 71 22 7 8 7 27 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -32 38
23 Accrington Stanley 41 9 11 21 35 71 21 6 5 10 25 35 20 3 6 11 10 36 -36 38
24 Forest Green Rovers 42 6 8 28 30 81 21 5 1 15 15 39 21 1 7 13 15 42 -51 26

Derby County:
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 Plymouth Argyle 41 26 8 7 71 44 20 17 1 2 38 15 21 9 7 5 33 29 27 86
2 Ipswich Town 41 24 13 4 85 32 21 14 6 1 52 12 20 10 7 3 33 20 53 85
3 Sheffield Wednesday 42 24 12 6 73 35 21 14 6 1 46 15 21 10 6 5 27 20 38 84
4 Barnsley 41 25 6 10 74 38 20 15 1 4 43 19 21 10 5 6 31 19 36 81
5 Bolton Wanderers 41 20 11 10 55 32 20 12 5 3 29 12 21 8 6 7 26 20 23 71
6 Peterborough United 42 22 4 16 71 50 21 13 3 5 38 22 21 9 1 11 33 28 21 70
7 Derby County 42 19 12 11 63 43 21 12 5 4 38 19 21 7 7 7 25 24 20 69
8 Wycombe Wanderers 42 19 8 15 55 43 21 11 5 5 32 19 21 8 3 10 23 24 12 65
9 Portsmouth 42 16 16 10 56 46 21 8 10 3 31 20 21 8 6 7 25 26 10 64
10 Shrewsbury Town 41 16 8 17 49 53 20 10 3 7 29 26 21 6 5 10 20 27 -4 56
11 Charlton Athletic 42 14 13 15 62 59 21 8 7 6 39 26 21 6 6 9 23 33 3 55
12 Lincoln City 41 12 19 10 42 43 20 6 13 1 21 16 21 6 6 9 21 27 -1 55
13 Exeter City 42 14 11 17 59 56 21 9 5 7 32 23 21 5 6 10 27 33 3 53
14 Fleetwood Town 42 13 14 15 50 47 21 6 7 8 22 23 21 7 7 7 28 24 3 53
15 Bristol Rovers 40 14 10 16 54 62 21 6 7 8 24 31 19 8 3 8 30 31 -8 52
16 Burton Albion 40 13 9 18 54 76 20 8 5 7 26 32 20 5 4 11 28 44 -22 48
17 Cheltenham Town 42 12 11 19 37 54 21 7 7 7 20 24 21 5 4 12 17 30 -17 47
18 Port Vale 42 12 10 20 42 63 21 7 5 9 20 27 21 5 5 11 22 36 -21 46
19 Milton Keynes Dons 42 11 10 21 40 60 21 4 6 11 16 28 21 7 4 10 24 32 -20 43
20 Oxford United 41 9 13 19 40 51 20 5 4 11 23 28 21 4 9 8 17 23 -11 40
21 Cambridge United 41 11 7 23 35 61 21 8 4 9 21 24 20 3 3 14 14 37 -26 40
22 Morecambe 43 8 14 21 39 71 22 7 8 7 27 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -32 38
23 Accrington Stanley 41 9 11 21 35 71 21 6 5 10 25 35 20 3 6 11 10 36 -36 38
24 Forest Green Rovers 42 6 8 28 30 81 21 5 1 15 15 39 21 1 7 13 15 42 -51 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.