League One preview: Can Peterborough United edge out victory against Exeter City?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Weston Homes Stadium (15314 seats)

The table reveals that 14 points split the two competitors in this League One match. Peterborough United have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have the most matches over the total-line (24) in League One

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 Peterborough United and Exeter City.

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Peterborough United form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Peterborough United have managed 12 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 20 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Will Norris not having conceded a league goal in 396 minutes.

It's back home for Peterborough, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Shrewsbury Town away with the result 3-0. Mason-Clark, Taylor and Clarke-Harris found the net in that victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Oxford United.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Peterborough United matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

It should be noted that a look at the 14 most recent league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Peterborough United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 35 goals in 20 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Peterborough have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

5-6-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Exeter City in their League One matches away.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Bolton Wanderers with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfielder Sparkes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Sparkes hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Fleetwood Town that ended 2-2.

The visiting Exeter City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 26 goals from 20 games. Exeter City have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Exeter City - Peterborough 3-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Peterborough United victories, one draw and one Exeter City win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PeterboroughJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
23 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
14 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Peterborough United Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 5 20 40
21 12 3 Won W 1 5 14
4 3 1 Drew D 2 6 11
15 5 2 Lost L 2 9 15
68 35 8 Scored S 5 26 58
47 21 6 Conceded C 7 30 52
95% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 90%
80% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 75%
60% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 45%
25% 25% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 35%
18% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 18%
42% 35% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 50%
35% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 30%
28% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 30% 30%
 
5.5 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 6.3 6.4
4.1 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 4.7
1.4 1.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.7 15.5 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 11.1 11.3
4.6 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.7
37% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 39% 39%
 
10 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.1 11.2
3.5 3 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterborough United have the most matches over the total-line (24) 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 39 25 8 6 70 42 19 17 1 1 38 13 20 8 7 5 32 29 28 83
2 Ipswich Town 39 23 12 4 78 31 20 13 6 1 46 12 19 10 6 3 32 19 47 81
3 Sheffield Wednesday 40 23 12 5 68 32 20 13 6 1 43 15 20 10 6 4 25 17 36 81
4 Barnsley 39 23 6 10 67 36 19 14 1 4 41 18 20 9 5 6 26 18 31 75
5 Bolton Wanderers 39 19 10 10 53 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 20 7 6 7 25 20 22 67
6 Peterborough United 40 21 4 15 68 47 20 12 3 5 35 21 20 9 1 10 33 26 21 67
7 Derby County 40 19 10 11 61 41 20 12 4 4 37 18 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 40 18 8 14 53 42 20 10 5 5 30 19 20 8 3 9 23 23 11 62
9 Portsmouth 40 16 14 10 55 45 20 8 9 3 31 20 20 8 5 7 24 25 10 62
10 Shrewsbury Town 39 16 7 16 47 50 19 10 2 7 28 25 20 6 5 9 19 25 -3 55
11 Exeter City 40 14 11 15 58 52 20 9 5 6 32 22 20 5 6 9 26 30 6 53
12 Charlton Athletic 40 13 13 14 59 51 20 7 7 6 36 24 20 6 6 8 23 27 8 52
13 Fleetwood Town 40 12 14 14 44 43 20 6 7 7 21 21 20 6 7 7 23 22 1 50
14 Lincoln City 39 10 19 10 37 41 19 5 13 1 18 14 20 5 6 9 19 27 -4 49
15 Bristol Rovers 38 13 9 16 51 60 20 6 6 8 23 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -9 48
16 Cheltenham Town 40 12 9 19 34 51 20 7 6 7 19 23 20 5 3 12 15 28 -17 45
17 Port Vale 40 12 9 19 40 60 20 7 4 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 20 33 -20 45
18 Burton Albion 38 12 9 17 49 71 19 7 5 7 23 30 19 5 4 10 26 41 -22 45
19 Milton Keynes Dons 40 11 8 21 37 57 20 4 5 11 14 26 20 7 3 10 23 31 -20 41
20 Oxford United 39 9 12 18 40 50 19 5 4 10 23 27 20 4 8 8 17 23 -10 39
21 Accrington Stanley 39 9 11 19 33 63 20 6 5 9 23 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -30 38
22 Cambridge United 39 10 6 23 32 60 20 7 4 9 19 24 19 3 2 14 13 36 -28 36
23 Morecambe 41 7 13 21 38 71 21 6 8 7 26 29 20 1 5 14 12 42 -33 34
24 Forest Green Rovers 40 6 8 26 29 74 20 5 1 14 14 34 20 1 7 12 15 40 -45 26

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 39 25 8 6 70 42 19 17 1 1 38 13 20 8 7 5 32 29 28 83
2 Ipswich Town 39 23 12 4 78 31 20 13 6 1 46 12 19 10 6 3 32 19 47 81
3 Sheffield Wednesday 40 23 12 5 68 32 20 13 6 1 43 15 20 10 6 4 25 17 36 81
4 Barnsley 39 23 6 10 67 36 19 14 1 4 41 18 20 9 5 6 26 18 31 75
5 Bolton Wanderers 39 19 10 10 53 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 20 7 6 7 25 20 22 67
6 Peterborough United 40 21 4 15 68 47 20 12 3 5 35 21 20 9 1 10 33 26 21 67
7 Derby County 40 19 10 11 61 41 20 12 4 4 37 18 20 7 6 7 24 23 20 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 40 18 8 14 53 42 20 10 5 5 30 19 20 8 3 9 23 23 11 62
9 Portsmouth 40 16 14 10 55 45 20 8 9 3 31 20 20 8 5 7 24 25 10 62
10 Shrewsbury Town 39 16 7 16 47 50 19 10 2 7 28 25 20 6 5 9 19 25 -3 55
11 Exeter City 40 14 11 15 58 52 20 9 5 6 32 22 20 5 6 9 26 30 6 53
12 Charlton Athletic 40 13 13 14 59 51 20 7 7 6 36 24 20 6 6 8 23 27 8 52
13 Fleetwood Town 40 12 14 14 44 43 20 6 7 7 21 21 20 6 7 7 23 22 1 50
14 Lincoln City 39 10 19 10 37 41 19 5 13 1 18 14 20 5 6 9 19 27 -4 49
15 Bristol Rovers 38 13 9 16 51 60 20 6 6 8 23 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -9 48
16 Cheltenham Town 40 12 9 19 34 51 20 7 6 7 19 23 20 5 3 12 15 28 -17 45
17 Port Vale 40 12 9 19 40 60 20 7 4 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 20 33 -20 45
18 Burton Albion 38 12 9 17 49 71 19 7 5 7 23 30 19 5 4 10 26 41 -22 45
19 Milton Keynes Dons 40 11 8 21 37 57 20 4 5 11 14 26 20 7 3 10 23 31 -20 41
20 Oxford United 39 9 12 18 40 50 19 5 4 10 23 27 20 4 8 8 17 23 -10 39
21 Accrington Stanley 39 9 11 19 33 63 20 6 5 9 23 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -30 38
22 Cambridge United 39 10 6 23 32 60 20 7 4 9 19 24 19 3 2 14 13 36 -28 36
23 Morecambe 41 7 13 21 38 71 21 6 8 7 26 29 20 1 5 14 12 42 -33 34
24 Forest Green Rovers 40 6 8 26 29 74 20 5 1 14 14 34 20 1 7 12 15 40 -45 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.