Exeter City manager Caldwell looking for three points in Lincoln City showdown

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

League One: The middle-of-the-table positions illustrates the road Exeter City and Lincoln City have been on so far. Both participants are eager to play; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One

Lincoln City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Cheltenham Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Lincoln City.

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Exeter City form and stats

Overall League One results at home this season for Exeter City are 6-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Exeter travelled for their previous game, a trip to Wycombe Wanderers that ended 1-1.

Before that, Exeter City had a home game versus Cambridge United which ended with a victory 2-0.

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.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have had two goals or less.

Exeter City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. 19 goals have been conceded. 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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Lincoln City form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Lincoln City playing as the away team in the League One this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Lincoln as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Lincoln City goalkeeper Carl Rushworth is eager to challenge this, with his 181 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cheltenham Town (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Rushworth got the top player rating of the team with 7.4/10. Rushworth topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Oxford United.

Lincoln City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's latest 10 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lincoln City as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lincoln have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other previously this season, with the result Lincoln City - Exeter City 1-1 logged in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Exeter City victories, three draws and two Lincoln City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ExeterJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
10 goals
Lincoln CityB. House
B. House
8 goals

Exeter City missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Lincoln City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 5 17 34
11 6 2 Won W 1 5 9
10 5 3 Drew D 1 5 18
13 5 1 Lost L 3 7 7
45 22 9 Scored S 7 16 32
44 19 5 Conceded C 8 22 33
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 79%
74% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 65%
38% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 24%
29% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 9%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
47% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 29% 44%
32% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 38%
32% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 53% 38%
 
6.6 6.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 4.4
4.9 4.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.7
1.6 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.5 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.2 11.4 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 8.1 9.2
3.4 3.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.5 2.3
38% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 38% 41%
 
11.5 9.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 12.1 11.9
3.6 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the most matches under the total-line (26) in League One

  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 33 22 8 3 60 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 38 74
2 Plymouth Argyle 35 22 8 5 63 38 18 16 1 1 36 13 17 6 7 4 27 25 25 74
3 Ipswich Town 35 19 12 4 68 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 37 69
4 Barnsley 33 19 6 8 52 29 16 11 1 4 29 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 23 63
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 18 9 9 51 28 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 6 5 7 23 19 23 63
6 Derby County 35 17 10 8 56 33 18 12 4 2 37 14 17 5 6 6 19 19 23 61
7 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 6 11 47 32 18 10 4 4 28 16 16 7 2 7 19 16 15 57
8 Peterborough United 34 17 3 14 55 42 17 11 2 4 33 18 17 6 1 10 22 24 13 54
9 Shrewsbury Town 35 15 7 13 44 38 17 9 2 6 25 21 18 6 5 7 19 17 6 52
10 Portsmouth 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 8 2 28 17 17 6 4 7 18 23 6 51
11 Lincoln City 34 9 18 7 32 33 17 4 13 0 16 11 17 5 5 7 16 22 -1 45
12 Exeter City 34 11 10 13 45 44 16 6 5 5 22 19 18 5 5 8 23 25 1 43
13 Port Vale 35 12 7 16 35 49 18 7 4 7 18 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -14 43
14 Fleetwood Town 35 10 12 13 36 37 17 5 5 7 16 17 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 42
15 Bristol Rovers 34 11 9 14 47 55 17 5 6 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 42
16 Charlton Athletic 34 10 11 13 45 46 17 6 5 6 28 22 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 41
17 Cheltenham Town 35 10 7 18 26 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 18 4 3 11 12 26 -20 37
18 Oxford United 35 9 9 17 36 45 17 5 3 9 20 23 18 4 6 8 16 22 -9 36
19 Burton Albion 33 9 8 16 40 62 16 5 5 6 17 23 17 4 3 10 23 39 -22 35
20 Accrington Stanley 33 8 10 15 28 51 16 5 5 6 19 24 17 3 5 9 9 27 -23 34
21 Morecambe 35 7 12 16 34 54 18 6 7 5 23 21 17 1 5 11 11 33 -20 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 35 8 6 21 31 54 17 2 4 11 11 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -23 30
23 Cambridge United 35 8 6 21 27 56 18 6 4 8 16 21 17 2 2 13 11 35 -29 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 35 5 8 22 27 66 17 4 1 12 12 29 18 1 7 10 15 37 -39 23

Lincoln City:
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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 33 22 8 3 60 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 38 74
2 Plymouth Argyle 35 22 8 5 63 38 18 16 1 1 36 13 17 6 7 4 27 25 25 74
3 Ipswich Town 35 19 12 4 68 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 37 69
4 Barnsley 33 19 6 8 52 29 16 11 1 4 29 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 23 63
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 18 9 9 51 28 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 6 5 7 23 19 23 63
6 Derby County 35 17 10 8 56 33 18 12 4 2 37 14 17 5 6 6 19 19 23 61
7 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 6 11 47 32 18 10 4 4 28 16 16 7 2 7 19 16 15 57
8 Peterborough United 34 17 3 14 55 42 17 11 2 4 33 18 17 6 1 10 22 24 13 54
9 Shrewsbury Town 35 15 7 13 44 38 17 9 2 6 25 21 18 6 5 7 19 17 6 52
10 Portsmouth 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 8 2 28 17 17 6 4 7 18 23 6 51
11 Lincoln City 34 9 18 7 32 33 17 4 13 0 16 11 17 5 5 7 16 22 -1 45
12 Exeter City 34 11 10 13 45 44 16 6 5 5 22 19 18 5 5 8 23 25 1 43
13 Port Vale 35 12 7 16 35 49 18 7 4 7 18 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -14 43
14 Fleetwood Town 35 10 12 13 36 37 17 5 5 7 16 17 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 42
15 Bristol Rovers 34 11 9 14 47 55 17 5 6 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 42
16 Charlton Athletic 34 10 11 13 45 46 17 6 5 6 28 22 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 41
17 Cheltenham Town 35 10 7 18 26 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 18 4 3 11 12 26 -20 37
18 Oxford United 35 9 9 17 36 45 17 5 3 9 20 23 18 4 6 8 16 22 -9 36
19 Burton Albion 33 9 8 16 40 62 16 5 5 6 17 23 17 4 3 10 23 39 -22 35
20 Accrington Stanley 33 8 10 15 28 51 16 5 5 6 19 24 17 3 5 9 9 27 -23 34
21 Morecambe 35 7 12 16 34 54 18 6 7 5 23 21 17 1 5 11 11 33 -20 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 35 8 6 21 31 54 17 2 4 11 11 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -23 30
23 Cambridge United 35 8 6 21 27 56 18 6 4 8 16 21 17 2 2 13 11 35 -29 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 35 5 8 22 27 66 17 4 1 12 12 29 18 1 7 10 15 37 -39 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.