League One duel: Close contest expected between Milton Keynes Dons and Exeter City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

Milton Keynes Dons are trusting their home following to help them during this meeting against Exeter City. Who will win at Stadium mk?

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest points (9) at home in League One

There have been little to rest for the host team, as they played a League One game only four days back. This match was also played here at Stadium mk. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Exeter City have had more rest.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Milton Keynes Dons have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Stadium mk.

The Milton Keynes Dons fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadium mk: A 0-1 defeat against Shrewsbury Town (placed 9th). Tucker was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.11 out of 10. The defender Tucker won 2 of 3 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Forest Green Rovers with a 2-1 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Keynes here at Stadium mk in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 14 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Milton Keynes Dons have conceded 21 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Exeter City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Portsmouth. That loss was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. The attacker White got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. White hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Forest Green Rovers.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

The visiting Exeter have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Exeter City have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived history involving both these contenders is the Exeter City - Keynes 1-0 played earlier this season. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Milton Keynes Dons, two draws and two wins for Exeter City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
10 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
10 goals
KeynesW. Grigg
W. Grigg
5 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Exeter City missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 14 27
7 2 1 Won W 1 4 9
4 3 1 Drew D 2 4 8
16 9 2 Lost L 1 6 10
25 10 2 Scored S 6 20 39
38 21 3 Conceded C 3 22 39
93% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 89%
67% 57% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 78%
44% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 44%
22% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 37%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 22%
44% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
22% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 30%
41% 43% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 30%
 
4.1 4.7 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 9 7 6.7
4.9 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6 5.4
1.7 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 10.4 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 11.1 11
3.6 3.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.5
26% 21% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 41%
 
12.7 11.6 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.4 11.7
4 3.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest points (9) at home in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the fewest scored goals (10) at home 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 Plymouth Argyle 28 18 7 3 51 29 14 13 0 1 29 11 14 5 7 2 22 18 22 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 27 17 7 3 47 18 14 9 4 1 31 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 29 58
3 Ipswich Town 28 15 9 4 53 28 14 8 5 1 27 10 14 7 4 3 26 18 25 54
4 Derby County 27 14 8 5 40 21 13 9 2 2 25 11 14 5 6 3 15 10 19 50
5 Bolton Wanderers 28 13 8 7 35 22 15 9 4 2 20 8 13 4 4 5 15 14 13 47
6 Barnsley 25 13 4 8 33 24 13 8 1 4 20 14 12 5 3 4 13 10 9 43
7 Wycombe Wanderers 27 12 5 10 35 27 14 7 3 4 21 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 8 41
8 Peterborough United 25 12 2 11 41 31 12 8 1 3 24 9 13 4 1 8 17 22 10 38
9 Shrewsbury Town 27 11 5 11 33 30 14 6 2 6 18 18 13 5 3 5 15 12 3 38
10 Portsmouth 25 9 10 6 33 30 13 4 7 2 19 15 12 5 3 4 14 15 3 37
11 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 42 45 13 5 4 4 21 22 14 5 3 6 21 23 -3 37
12 Oxford United 27 9 8 10 33 31 13 5 3 5 18 14 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 35
13 Exeter City 27 9 8 10 39 39 13 5 4 4 19 17 14 4 4 6 20 22 0 35
14 Port Vale 26 10 5 11 28 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 5 2 6 14 21 -8 35
15 Charlton Athletic 26 8 10 8 40 36 14 6 5 3 26 17 12 2 5 5 14 19 4 34
16 Lincoln City 25 6 12 7 24 30 12 2 10 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 30
17 Fleetwood Town 27 6 11 10 29 30 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 4 6 4 18 16 -1 29
18 Cheltenham Town 26 8 4 14 23 34 12 5 1 6 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 18 -11 28
19 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 25 38 14 2 3 9 10 21 13 5 1 7 15 17 -13 25
20 Accrington Stanley 25 6 7 12 24 41 12 3 5 4 16 18 13 3 2 8 8 23 -17 25
21 Morecambe 26 5 9 12 26 39 13 4 5 4 16 16 13 1 4 8 10 23 -13 24
22 Cambridge United 26 7 3 16 23 46 13 5 2 6 12 16 13 2 1 10 11 30 -23 24
23 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -22 22
24 Forest Green Rovers 28 5 6 17 23 53 14 4 0 10 11 25 14 1 6 7 12 28 -30 21

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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.