Which team will get all the points when Exeter City visit Portsmouth? In this preview you'll learn all the relevant info and statistics necessary to enjoy the game more.
- Portsmouth is in the worst form (0-2-4)
Portsmouth and Exeter City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth have collected 16 points from their League One home games so far after 3-7-2. Portsmouth are slowly digging their own grave here at Fratton Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.
Portsmouth are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Bolton Wanderers. Bishop, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Bishop hit one key pass.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Trophy. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portsmouth handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portsmouth as they are travelling to their away game against Fleetwood Town in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Portsmouth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Exeter City form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League One. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Exeter City, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Exeter City's last game was the home draw against Forest Green Rovers (1-1). The draw against Forest Green Rovers came from a losing position. The Exeter manager Caldwell brought on Brown as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Hartridge was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Hartridge won 7 of 13 duels.
Prior to that result Exeter City won their away game at Oxford United. The scoreline was 1-0.Exeter City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Exeter are hosting Barnsley in the League One only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Exeter City's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. Exeter City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Exeter City - Portsmouth 0-0. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Portsmouth won four, Exeter City were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 10 goals |   J. Brown 10 goals | S. Nombe 10 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Portsmouth | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 39 |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 37 |
| 87% | 83% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 78% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 77% |
| 43% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 30% | 42% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 31% | 23% |
| 52% | 75% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 54% | 54% |
| 30% | 17% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 31% |
| 30% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 11.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 39% | 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | 43% |
| 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 13.2 | 11.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portsmouth is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 58 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 55 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 51 |
| 4 | Derby County | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 44 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 44 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | Peterborough United | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 35 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 35 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 15 | Portsmouth | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 30 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 25 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 21 | Cambridge United | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -19 | 24 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 22 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -22 | 22 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -28 | 21 |
