Football betting preview: Exeter City favourites when Grimsby Town visits

Exeter have less rest than Grimsby Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Newport County, so at least Exeter City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City, who have the most scored goals (49) in League Two, have played 14 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Exeter, facing Newport County in a game that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bradford City in a game that was won 3-2.

Exeter City's goalie Jökull Andrésson played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Newport County with a stunning seven saves.

The manager M. Taylor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Colchester United in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Exeter are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Exeter have conceded 16 goals.

Grimsby Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Grimsby Town's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the League Two. Grimsby Town, who have the most conceded goals (26) away in League Two, only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Grimsby Town, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team. Recent form does not give Grimsby much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Exeter City will be a tough nut to crack.

Grimsby lost away at Newport County (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Stevenage was the result prior to that, in a home game.

After this away game Grimsby return home for a League Two game against Crawley Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Grimsby when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Grimsby have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Grimsby Town - Exeter 1-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Exeter wins - draws - Grimsby Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Bowman 12 goals

M. Jay 11 goals

J. Taylor 6 goals

Exeter City missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

		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	29	14	7	8	44	28	15	8	5	2	22	12	14	6	2	6	22	16	16	49
2	Forest Green Rovers	27	13	9	5	37	26	13	6	5	2	18	13	14	7	4	3	19	13	11	48
3	Cheltenham Town	27	13	8	6	37	24	13	6	4	3	20	13	14	7	4	3	17	11	13	47
4	Salford City	27	12	8	7	37	22	14	7	7	0	25	10	13	5	1	7	12	12	15	44
5	Newport County	27	12	8	7	37	29	13	8	3	2	17	12	14	4	5	5	20	17	8	44
6	Tranmere Rovers	27	13	5	9	35	32	14	8	0	6	22	16	13	5	5	3	13	16	3	44
7	Exeter City	27	11	10	6	49	34	14	8	2	4	29	16	13	3	8	2	20	18	15	43
8	Morecambe	28	12	7	9	37	39	13	6	4	3	17	15	15	6	3	6	20	24	-2	43
9	Carlisle United	24	13	3	8	34	23	12	9	1	2	25	13	12	4	2	6	9	10	11	42
10	Leyton Orient	27	11	5	11	34	29	14	7	3	4	21	12	13	4	2	7	13	17	5	38
11	Walsall	27	8	12	7	34	36	15	5	5	5	16	18	12	3	7	2	18	18	-2	36
12	Harrogate Town	28	10	6	12	32	34	13	3	4	6	10	15	15	7	2	6	22	19	-2	36
13	Crawley Town	26	9	8	9	36	35	13	5	4	4	20	15	13	4	4	5	16	20	1	35
14	Bolton Wanderers	27	9	8	10	32	38	15	5	4	6	16	18	12	4	4	4	16	20	-6	35
15	Mansfield Town	26	7	13	6	35	33	12	2	6	4	16	17	14	5	7	2	19	16	2	34
16	Bradford City	26	9	7	10	29	31	13	5	4	4	14	13	13	4	3	6	15	18	-2	34
17	Oldham Athletic	27	10	4	13	44	50	14	4	1	9	21	26	13	6	3	4	23	24	-6	34
18	Colchester United	27	7	12	8	30	36	13	6	5	2	20	14	14	1	7	6	10	22	-6	33
19	Port Vale	28	9	5	14	40	43	14	5	3	6	21	18	14	4	2	8	19	25	-3	32
20	Scunthorpe United	26	10	2	14	28	34	13	5	2	6	15	18	13	5	0	8	13	16	-6	32
21	Stevenage	29	7	11	11	23	30	14	4	5	5	12	11	15	3	6	6	11	19	-7	32
22	Southend United	28	6	6	16	18	44	14	4	1	9	13	22	14	2	5	7	5	22	-26	24
23	Barrow	26	5	8	13	31	37	13	3	7	3	19	18	13	2	1	10	12	19	-6	23
24	Grimsby Town	27	5	6	16	20	46	13	2	4	7	9	20	14	3	2	9	11	26	-26	21