Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Exeter City & Bristol Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Exeter City nor Bristol Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Exeter City form and stats
Exeter was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the EFL Trophy.3 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Exeter City have to build on here at St James Park in the League Two. Exeter has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Leyton Orient defeat 88 days ago.
Exeter drew their last game, 1-1 away at Bradford City.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Salford City.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Exeter City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Exeter City as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Oldham Athletic are visiting.
A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Exeter have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Bristol's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round.2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bristol Rovers in their League Two matches away.
Bristol Rovers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Oxford United.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Harrogate Town.Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Northampton Town in just three days.
Bristol have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Bristol have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter four wins, one draw and Bristol Rovers five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Jay 9 goals | S. Nombe 6 goals |  T. Dieng 4 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Exeter City | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 11.7 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |