Another adrenaline-fuelled fixture in League One as Exeter City host Morecambe

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

Exeter City have harvested 32 of their 53 in total here in their own stadium fortress. What will happen versus Morecambe?

Insights:
  • Exeter City is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Exeter City can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. Morecambe are struggling to avoid relegation.

This has all the signs of an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City have played 22 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-5-8 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Exeter with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Fleetwood Town game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager Caldwell led his Exeter City to a defeat away at Ipswich Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St James Park. As you see from the result above, Exeter City suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Grounds was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.01 out of 10. The defender Grounds won 3 of 4 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Exeter lost 1-2 at Sheffield Wednesday's place.

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 10 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has had at least three goals.

The Exeter fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 22 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Exeter City have conceded 25 goals.

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Morecambe form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-14 (win-draw-lose).

The regulars enjoyed Morecambe's previous game versus Lincoln City (placed 11th), a 3-2 win played at home. An amazing comeback from Morecambe last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Stockton scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Stockton and that is impressive! The attacker Stockton got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Stockton scored two goals.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Charlton Athletic at their stadium, the result 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Morecambe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Exeter City and Morecambe have met previously this season: Morecambe - Exeter City 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Exeter victories, three draws and two Morecambe wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
14 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
MorecambeJ. Weir
J. Weir
10 goals

Exeter City missing players

Morecambe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Morecambe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
14 9 4 Won W 1 2 10
11 5 1 Drew D 2 6 14
20 8 2 Lost L 4 14 21
61 33 15 Scored S 8 15 45
66 25 7 Conceded C 12 44 75
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
76% 73% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 76%
49% 50% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 55% 51%
36% 32% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 32% 29%
18% 14% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 16%
51% 50% 29% BTTS BTTS 71% 50% 53%
27% 27% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 18%
31% 32% 14% Failed to Score F T 29% 50% 36%
 
6.1 6.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.1 3.2 3.6
4.8 4.2 3.1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.7 6.9
1.6 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.1 11.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9 9.5
3.5 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.5 3.2
38% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 27% 31%
 
11.5 9.5 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 17.5 16.9
3.6 3.2 1.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 6.1 5.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Morecambe have scored away.
  • Exeter City is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 45 30 8 7 79 46 23 20 1 2 44 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 33 98
2 Ipswich Town 45 28 13 4 99 33 23 16 6 1 60 13 22 12 7 3 39 20 66 97
3 Sheffield Wednesday 45 27 12 6 80 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 43 93
4 Barnsley 45 26 8 11 80 45 22 16 1 5 45 22 23 10 7 6 35 23 35 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 45 22 12 11 59 34 23 14 5 4 32 13 22 8 7 7 27 21 25 78
6 Derby County 45 21 13 11 67 45 23 13 6 4 40 20 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 76
7 Peterborough United 45 23 5 17 73 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 74
8 Portsmouth 45 17 18 10 59 48 22 9 10 3 32 20 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 69
9 Wycombe Wanderers 45 20 8 17 57 49 23 11 5 7 32 24 22 9 3 10 25 25 8 68
10 Charlton Athletic 45 16 13 16 68 64 23 9 7 7 44 31 22 7 6 9 24 33 4 61
11 Lincoln City 45 13 20 12 46 47 22 6 14 2 21 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 -1 59
12 Fleetwood Town 45 14 15 16 51 49 22 7 7 8 23 23 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 44 16 8 20 50 59 22 10 3 9 30 31 22 6 5 11 20 28 -9 56
14 Exeter City 45 14 11 20 61 66 22 9 5 8 33 25 23 5 6 12 28 41 -5 53
15 Bristol Rovers 44 14 11 19 55 68 22 6 7 9 25 33 22 8 4 10 30 35 -13 53
16 Cheltenham Town 45 14 11 20 43 59 22 8 7 7 23 25 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 44 14 10 20 56 79 21 8 6 7 27 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -23 52
18 Port Vale 45 13 10 22 47 68 22 8 5 9 22 27 23 5 5 13 25 41 -21 49
19 Oxford United 45 11 14 20 48 54 22 6 5 11 28 29 23 5 9 9 20 25 -6 47
20 Milton Keynes Dons 45 11 11 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 44
21 Morecambe 45 10 14 21 45 75 23 8 8 7 30 31 22 2 6 14 15 44 -30 44
22 Cambridge United 44 12 7 25 39 67 22 8 4 10 22 26 22 4 3 15 17 41 -28 43
23 Accrington Stanley 45 10 11 24 38 76 23 6 5 12 27 39 22 4 6 12 11 37 -38 41
24 Forest Green Rovers 45 6 9 30 31 87 23 5 2 16 15 42 22 1 7 14 16 45 -56 27

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 Plymouth Argyle 45 30 8 7 79 46 23 20 1 2 44 16 22 10 7 5 35 30 33 98
2 Ipswich Town 45 28 13 4 99 33 23 16 6 1 60 13 22 12 7 3 39 20 66 97
3 Sheffield Wednesday 45 27 12 6 80 37 22 15 6 1 48 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 43 93
4 Barnsley 45 26 8 11 80 45 22 16 1 5 45 22 23 10 7 6 35 23 35 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 45 22 12 11 59 34 23 14 5 4 32 13 22 8 7 7 27 21 25 78
6 Derby County 45 21 13 11 67 45 23 13 6 4 40 20 22 8 7 7 27 25 22 76
7 Peterborough United 45 23 5 17 73 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 22 10 1 11 35 29 19 74
8 Portsmouth 45 17 18 10 59 48 22 9 10 3 32 20 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 69
9 Wycombe Wanderers 45 20 8 17 57 49 23 11 5 7 32 24 22 9 3 10 25 25 8 68
10 Charlton Athletic 45 16 13 16 68 64 23 9 7 7 44 31 22 7 6 9 24 33 4 61
11 Lincoln City 45 13 20 12 46 47 22 6 14 2 21 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 -1 59
12 Fleetwood Town 45 14 15 16 51 49 22 7 7 8 23 23 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 57
13 Shrewsbury Town 44 16 8 20 50 59 22 10 3 9 30 31 22 6 5 11 20 28 -9 56
14 Exeter City 45 14 11 20 61 66 22 9 5 8 33 25 23 5 6 12 28 41 -5 53
15 Bristol Rovers 44 14 11 19 55 68 22 6 7 9 25 33 22 8 4 10 30 35 -13 53
16 Cheltenham Town 45 14 11 20 43 59 22 8 7 7 23 25 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 44 14 10 20 56 79 21 8 6 7 27 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -23 52
18 Port Vale 45 13 10 22 47 68 22 8 5 9 22 27 23 5 5 13 25 41 -21 49
19 Oxford United 45 11 14 20 48 54 22 6 5 11 28 29 23 5 9 9 20 25 -6 47
20 Milton Keynes Dons 45 11 11 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 22 7 4 11 24 33 -22 44
21 Morecambe 45 10 14 21 45 75 23 8 8 7 30 31 22 2 6 14 15 44 -30 44
22 Cambridge United 44 12 7 25 39 67 22 8 4 10 22 26 22 4 3 15 17 41 -28 43
23 Accrington Stanley 45 10 11 24 38 76 23 6 5 12 27 39 22 4 6 12 11 37 -38 41
24 Forest Green Rovers 45 6 9 30 31 87 23 5 2 16 15 42 22 1 7 14 16 45 -56 27

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