Exeter City favourites for feisty fight facing Cambridge United

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

It's time for Exeter City - Cambridge United! Despite the season performances so far, this fixture should be awesome!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cambridge United have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in League One

The visiting Cambridge United played their last game only four days ago, a League One match. That game was also an away game, at Fleetwood Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Exeter City form and stats

The overall League One results playing at home this season for Exeter City are 5-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Mitchell was the last player to score a league goal for Exeter City and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Exeter City haven't scored in 329 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager Caldwell led his Exeter to a defeat away at Port Vale. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St James Park. The striker Stansfield outdid all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.15 out of 10. Stansfield hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Exeter City hosted Shrewsbury Town and drew the game 0-0.

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 12 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 14 league matches, 12 have had two goals or less.

Exeter City has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 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. On the other hand, Exeter have conceded 19 goals.

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Cambridge United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cambridge United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-12 (win-draw-lose). Cambridge United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for Cambridge United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Fleetwood Town. Defender Jones was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Jones hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Oxford United.

Cambridge United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Cambridge manager Bonner has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cambridge United - Exeter City 2-1 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter six wins, one draw and Cambridge United three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
10 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
6 goals

Exeter City missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Cambridge United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 6 16 32
10 5 1 Won W 0 2 8
9 5 1 Drew D 2 2 5
13 5 3 Lost L 4 12 19
42 20 4 Scored S 3 11 26
43 19 8 Conceded C 9 33 52
88% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 91%
72% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 66%
41% 47% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 47%
31% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 25% 16%
19% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 25% 16%
47% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
31% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 6% 19%
34% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 47%
 
6.7 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4 4.4
5.1 4.5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 5.1
1.7 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.1 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.8 9.9
3.3 3.5 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3 2.9
39% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 23% 28%
 
11.7 9.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14.6 13.2
3.8 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cambridge United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cambridge United have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in League One
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 33 11 7 15 33 47 17 6 4 7 17 22 16 5 3 8 16 25 -14 40
13 Fleetwood Town 32 9 12 11 35 34 16 4 5 7 15 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 1 39
14 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
16 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Morecambe 32 7 10 15 33 52 17 6 6 5 23 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -19 31
21 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
22 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
23 Cambridge United 32 8 5 19 26 52 16 6 3 7 15 19 16 2 2 12 11 33 -26 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

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 Sheffield Wednesday 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 33 11 7 15 33 47 17 6 4 7 17 22 16 5 3 8 16 25 -14 40
13 Fleetwood Town 32 9 12 11 35 34 16 4 5 7 15 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 1 39
14 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
16 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Morecambe 32 7 10 15 33 52 17 6 6 5 23 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -19 31
21 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
22 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
23 Cambridge United 32 8 5 19 26 52 16 6 3 7 15 19 16 2 2 12 11 33 -26 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

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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.