Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Exeter City & Southampton U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Exeter saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. This match was also played here at St James Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Southampton U21 have had more rest.
Exeter City form and stats
Last season, Exeter City's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.The total League One results at home this season for Exeter City are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Exeter City, who played 2-2 against Bristol Rovers. That match was also played at this venue (St James Park). Brown, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.32 (out of 10). Brown scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Forest Green Rovers with a 4-0 scoreline.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Exeter City as they are travelling to their away game against Barnsley in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
The Exeter City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches.
Southampton U21 form and stats
Southampton was sent out of EFL Trophy in the group stage last season.It's gone fairly well in the Premier League 2 Divison Two away games so far for Southampton U21 with six points collected from three matches.
Two away games in a row for Southampton U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-6 versus Leeds United U21. Southampton U21 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one.
A loss, in the EFL Trophy away at Forest Green Rovers, earlier.
A new game in only four days for Southampton, the Premier League 2 Divison Two home match versus Aston Villa U21. Busy days.
Southampton U21 are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games. Southampton have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 7 goals |  S. Nombe 4 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Southampton U21 missing players
| Exeter City | Southampton U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 21 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Scored | S | 34 | 44 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 44 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 7 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 9.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Newport County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Southampton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 7 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United U21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Norwich City U21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Southampton U21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | West Brom U21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Stoke City U21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 0 |
