League One fixture research: Exeter City vs Lincoln City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

Exeter City are banking on their home following to aid them in this game hosting Lincoln City. Who triumphs at St James Park?

Insights:
  • Exeter City is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Exeter City have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Exeter and Lincoln City.

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Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City's struggle is real here at St James Park with only 7 points collected from 7 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Exeter City with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Cheltenham Town game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Exeter haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 337 minutes ago. Scott scored that one.

No payout for Exeter City in their previous match, an away game at Derby County that ended in defeat 0-2. Exeter's goalkeeper Sinisalo was extremely busy against Derby County, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Jules (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Jules dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Wigan Athletic with the scoreline 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Exeter City handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 14 latest league fixtures reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Exeter as they have a new game in only three days, a Carabao Cup match thankfully also at home. Middlesbrough are visiting.

Exeter City aren't scoring a lot here at St James Park in the league, with only {4 goals} from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Lincoln go into this game after a win, the home game against Charlton Athletic that ended 3-1. Attacker Adelakun got a player rating of 9.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Adelakun scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that result Lincoln City won their away game at Fleetwood Town. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Lincoln have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 6 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

After this away game Lincoln City return home for a League One game against Oxford United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Lincoln City when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Lincoln have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these teams: Exeter City won five, Lincoln City were winners in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityH. Adelakun
H. Adelakun
3 goals
Exeter CityW. Aimson
W. Aimson
2 goals
Exeter CityD. Mitchell
D. Mitchell
2 goals

Exeter City missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Exeter City Lincoln City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 13
5 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
8 4 1 Lost L 0 3 4
11 4 1 Scored S 3 6 18
18 8 2 Conceded C 2 10 13
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 77%
36% 29% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 46%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
21% 29% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 38%
36% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 38%
50% 57% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
6.1 7.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 2.8
5.5 5 10 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.1 5.1
1.8 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.6 16 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.3 11.1
3.7 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.9
21% 19% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 35%
 
12.6 10.9 19 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.4 12.3
4.9 3.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.3 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Exeter City have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
  • Exeter City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Exeter City is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 14 9 5 0 22 8 8 6 2 0 12 4 6 3 3 0 10 4 14 32
2 Oxford United 13 9 1 3 24 12 7 5 1 1 13 5 6 4 0 2 11 7 12 28
3 Barnsley 14 8 2 4 29 13 7 3 0 4 16 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 16 26
4 Bolton Wanderers 13 8 2 3 25 18 8 5 1 2 15 13 5 3 1 1 10 5 7 26
5 Peterborough United 14 7 4 3 21 14 7 4 2 1 13 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 25
6 Blackpool 14 6 5 3 19 15 8 5 2 1 15 7 6 1 3 2 4 8 4 23
7 Stevenage 15 6 5 4 19 16 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 4 1 3 12 10 3 23
8 Derby County 13 6 3 4 20 12 6 2 2 2 6 5 7 4 1 2 14 7 8 21
9 Lincoln City 13 6 3 4 18 13 6 4 1 1 12 3 7 2 2 3 6 10 5 21
10 Wycombe Wanderers 13 6 2 5 20 21 6 3 1 2 9 9 7 3 1 3 11 12 -1 20
11 Burton Albion 15 5 4 6 16 19 7 3 2 2 10 9 8 2 2 4 6 10 -3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 14 18 6 3 1 2 6 9 8 2 3 3 8 9 -4 19
13 Charlton Athletic 13 5 3 5 22 17 8 5 1 2 19 10 5 0 2 3 3 7 5 18
14 Port Vale 14 5 3 6 11 21 6 3 0 3 5 5 8 2 3 3 6 16 -10 18
15 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 2 7 7 16 7 4 1 2 5 4 7 1 1 5 2 12 -9 17
16 Bristol Rovers 13 4 4 5 18 18 6 2 3 1 11 6 7 2 1 4 7 12 0 16
17 Cambridge United 14 4 4 6 12 15 8 3 3 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 4 7 -3 16
18 Exeter City 14 5 1 8 11 18 7 2 1 4 4 8 7 3 0 4 7 10 -7 16
19 Northampton Town 13 4 2 7 14 15 7 2 2 3 9 9 6 2 0 4 5 6 -1 14
20 Carlisle United 15 3 5 7 13 18 8 2 3 3 7 9 7 1 2 4 6 9 -5 14
21 Wigan Athletic 13 6 1 6 19 17 5 3 0 2 7 6 8 3 1 4 12 11 2 11
22 Fleetwood Town 13 3 2 8 10 20 6 1 0 5 2 11 7 2 2 3 8 9 -10 11
23 Reading 13 3 1 9 10 21 6 3 1 2 6 4 7 0 0 7 4 17 -11 6
24 Cheltenham Town 14 1 2 11 4 23 7 1 1 5 2 12 7 0 1 6 2 11 -19 5

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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.