Exeter City open their doors to Reading for another absorbing League One game here at St James Park.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Exeter City form and stats
A League One draw at home so far for Exeter City. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 23 matches.
Exeter City are returning here after visiting Carlisle United and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Mitchell and Trevitt scored the goal(s). Exeter goalkeeper Sinisalo did an outstanding job against Carlisle United with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Sinisalo, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.3 out of 10 in that game. Sinisalo topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Exeter City lost 0-1 at Portsmouth's place.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 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Exeter, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Stevenage is only three days away.
At St James Park, Exeter City has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Reading form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the League One ended in defeat. Last season Reading had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 3, drew 3 and lost 17.
198 minutes! That's how long the Reading goalkeeper David Button and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The followers enjoyed Reading's previous game versus Stevenage (placed 5th), a 2-0 win played at home. The attacker Ehibhatiomhan got a match rating of 8.33 in that game. Ehibhatiomhan scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Cheltenham Town.Reading are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ipswich Town in just three days.
Reading have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ehibhaimha 2 goals |   W. Aimson 1 goals |  D. Mitchell 1 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Reading missing players
| Exeter City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 7.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 14.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 9.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Exeter City | Last season | Reading | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Lost | L | 17 | 22 | ||
| 64 | 36 | Scored | S | 15 | 46 | ||
| 68 | 27 | Conceded | C | 44 | 68 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 74% | ||
| 50% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 52% | 50% | ||
| 37% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 22% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 52% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 30% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 48% | 35% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 35% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Lincoln City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Derby County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Reading | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 35 | 101 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 101 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 66 | 98 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 81 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 44 | 96 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 33 | 86 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 62 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 81 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 46 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 75 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 21 | 77 |
| 7 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 76 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 61 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 70 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 70 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 62 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 62 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 61 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 59 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 51 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 58 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 64 | 68 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 41 | -4 | 56 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 57 | 79 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 46 | -22 | 56 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 61 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 34 | -16 | 54 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 58 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 37 | -15 | 53 |
| 18 | Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 41 | -23 | 49 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 47 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 41 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 42 | -27 | 46 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | -22 | 45 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 78 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 47 | -31 | 44 |
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 77 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 38 | -37 | 44 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 89 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 47 | -58 | 27 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 46 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 87 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 20 | 52 | 101 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 46 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 34 | 91 |
| 3 | Luton Town | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 57 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 80 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 84 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 37 | 28 | 75 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 70 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 68 | 55 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 69 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | -2 | 69 |
| 8 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 68 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 66 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 64 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 4 | 66 |
| 11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 63 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -14 | 63 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 54 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 62 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | -1 | 59 |
| 15 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 61 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 34 | -10 | 58 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 54 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 53 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 58 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 34 | -11 | 53 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 62 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 37 | -15 | 53 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 60 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 50 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 71 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 36 | -27 | 50 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 58 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 34 | -17 | 49 |
| 22 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 44 | -22 | 44 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -24 | 44 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 65 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 30 | -27 | 39 |
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