National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Exeter City or Bradford City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Exeter nor Bradford City 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 participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Exeter City are steadily winning League Two games and points here at St James Park. 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Exeter haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Leyton Orient, 94 days ago.
The Exeter City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Oldham Athletic in League Two and win 2-1. Midfield player Josh Key got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Key served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a EFL Trophy home match hosting Bristol Rovers in a game that was won 5-3.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 13 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Carlisle United in only four days. This game is also played here at St James Park.
A decent goal production from Exeter in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Exeter City are not conceding a lot of goals here at St James Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Bradford City form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Bradford City have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Port Vale in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Bradford drew the match against Port Vale. Manager D. Adams brought on Lee Angol to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Matthew Foulds was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Foulds served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the EFL Trophy away draw versus Sunderland (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that ended 1-1.Bradford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Bradford are hosting Northampton Town in the League Two only four days away.
Bradford find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Bradford City have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Bradford City - Exeter 1-1. Head to head statistics (for the prior nine meetings): Exeter won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Bradford City got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Jay 10 goals |   A. Cook 7 goals | S. Nombe 6 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Exeter City | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 11.6 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Walsall | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 16 | Barrow | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | Salford City | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -16 | 14 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
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