League One statistics and preview: Wycombe Wanderers small front runner to get the better of Exeter City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adams Park (24161 seats)

Wycombe Wanderers are positioned 7th, while Exeter City are dragging their feet 11 points behind in the table. Can they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Wycombe Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Wycombe Wanderers 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.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

9-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Wycombe Wanderers so far this season. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Wycombe Wanderers, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The regulars are hoping that Wanderers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Shrewsbury Town (placed 8th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in five league games. The forward McCleary was announced as "man of the match" for Wycombe Wanderers with the rating of 7.3/10. McCleary hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Bolton Wanderers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wycombe Wanderers handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 15 most recent league fixtures shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wanderers, as the League One home game vs Fleetwood Town is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Wycombe Wanderers in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Wanderers have conceded only 15 goals.

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Exeter City form and stats

5-4-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Exeter City in their League One matches away. Exeter City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Impressive finishing from McDonald and Collins secured the home win 2-0 against Cambridge United in their previous game. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone four league rounds without victory. The attacker Collins got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Collins scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Port Vale before that.

Exeter 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.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this team's last 15 league matches have seen two goals or less.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Exeter City have scored 22 goals in 17 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Exeter City have conceded 24 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Exeter City have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) facing Wanderers.

These two sides played each other before this campaign: Exeter City - Wycombe Wanderers 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
12 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
10 goals
Wycombe WanderersL. Wing
L. Wing
8 goals

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Exeter City missing players

Wycombe Wanderers Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 17 33
16 9 3 Won W 1 5 11
5 3 2 Drew D 1 4 9
11 4 0 Lost L 3 8 13
44 25 10 Scored S 6 22 44
31 15 5 Conceded C 9 24 43
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 88%
69% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 73%
44% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 39%
19% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 30%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 24% 18%
38% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 41% 45%
44% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 35% 33%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 33%
 
5.4 6.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.6 6.8
6.7 5.8 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5
1.8 2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.6 15.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 10.8 11.2
4.8 5.6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.4
29% 28% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 39%
 
15 13.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 13.3 11.5
4.1 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.9 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Wycombe Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Sheffield Wednesday 32 21 8 3 59 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 15 9 4 2 19 9 37 71
2 Plymouth Argyle 33 20 8 5 59 37 16 14 1 1 32 12 17 6 7 4 27 25 22 68
3 Ipswich Town 33 17 12 4 61 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 17 8 6 3 28 19 30 63
4 Bolton Wanderers 34 18 8 8 50 25 18 12 4 2 28 9 16 6 4 6 22 16 25 62
5 Barnsley 31 18 5 8 49 28 15 10 1 4 26 15 16 8 4 4 23 13 21 59
6 Derby County 32 16 9 7 51 29 16 11 3 2 33 12 16 5 6 5 18 17 22 57
7 Wycombe Wanderers 32 16 5 11 44 31 16 9 3 4 25 15 16 7 2 7 19 16 13 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 33 15 6 12 41 34 17 9 2 6 25 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 7 51
9 Peterborough United 31 16 2 13 53 40 15 10 1 4 31 17 16 6 1 9 22 23 13 50
10 Portsmouth 31 11 12 8 41 36 16 6 8 2 25 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 5 45
11 Fleetwood Town 33 10 12 11 36 34 17 5 5 7 16 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 2 42
12 Exeter City 33 11 9 13 44 43 16 6 5 5 22 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 1 42
13 Bristol Rovers 33 11 8 14 47 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 17 6 3 8 25 29 -8 41
14 Charlton Athletic 32 10 10 12 45 44 17 6 5 6 28 22 15 4 5 6 17 22 1 40
15 Lincoln City 31 8 16 7 30 32 15 3 12 0 14 10 16 5 4 7 16 22 -2 40
16 Port Vale 34 11 7 16 34 49 17 6 4 7 17 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 40
17 Oxford United 34 9 9 16 36 44 17 5 3 9 20 23 17 4 6 7 16 21 -8 36
18 Burton Albion 32 9 8 15 40 58 16 5 5 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 35
19 Cheltenham Town 32 9 6 17 25 44 15 5 3 7 13 20 17 4 3 10 12 24 -19 33
20 Morecambe 33 7 10 16 33 53 17 6 6 5 23 21 16 1 4 11 10 32 -20 31
21 Accrington Stanley 31 7 10 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 16 3 5 8 9 24 -21 31
22 Milton Keynes Dons 33 8 5 20 30 52 17 2 4 11 11 25 16 6 1 9 19 27 -22 29
23 Cambridge United 33 8 5 20 26 54 16 6 3 7 15 19 17 2 2 13 11 35 -28 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 34 5 8 21 26 64 17 4 1 12 12 29 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 23

Read more about League One

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.