Bradford City vs Exeter City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Commercials Stadium (25136 seats)

The managers G. Bowyer and M. Taylor are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bradford City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Northern Commercials Stadium as Bradford City have scored 13 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Bradford City fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Northern Commercials Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Port Vale (placed 11th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Crawley Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bradford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 3.

A decent goal production from Bradford City in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Bradford City have conceded only 7 goals.

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Exeter City form and stats

Playing away, Exeter City have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Exeter City have lost on their last two travels.

Exeter City won their last game, 4-0 versus Plymouth Argyle played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Scunthorpe United wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

As mentioned above, Exeter City was the only team on the pitch versus Plymouth Argyle in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Exeter City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Exeter City, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Exeter City have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Exeter City have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 0 - 3 (Bradford City wins - draws - Exeter City wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityN. Law
N. Law
6 goals / 3 assists
Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
5 goals
Bradford CityJ. Vaughan
J. Vaughan
4 goals

Bradford City missing players

Exeter City missing players

Bradford City Exeter City
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
8 5 2 Won W 0 3 8
3 1 0 Drew D 2 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
22 13 4 Scored S 2 10 23
15 7 3 Conceded C 2 12 18
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
73% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
60% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 44%
13% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 44%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
67% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 50%
27% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
13% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
6.1 6.6 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 9 6.6 6.8
4.7 3.8 2.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.6
2.1 2.5 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.4
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bradford City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Bradford City
05-10-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Swindon Town
12-10-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 2 Bradford City
19-10-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Crawley Town
22-10-19 LT Bradford City 1 - 2 Port Vale
02-11-19 LT Bradford City 16:00 Exeter City
09-11-19 FAC Shrewsbury Town 16:00 Bradford City
12-11-19 EFL Bradford City 20:30 Rochdale
16-11-19 LT Colchester United 16:00 Bradford City
23-11-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 16:00 Bradford City
Exeter City
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
08-10-19 EFL Newport County 0 - 2 Exeter City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Cambridge United 4 - 0 Exeter City
22-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 3 - 1 Exeter City
26-10-19 LT Exeter City 4 - 0 Plymouth Argyle
02-11-19 LT Bradford City 16:00 Exeter City
09-11-19 FAC Cambridge United 16:00 Exeter City
13-11-19 EFL Exeter City 20:00 West Ham United U21
16-11-19 LT Exeter City 16:00 Cheltenham Town
23-11-19 LT Crawley Town 16:00 Exeter City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 15 9 3 3 26 17 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 30
2 Exeter City 16 8 5 3 23 18 8 5 2 1 13 6 8 3 3 2 10 12 5 29
3 Cheltenham Town 14 8 4 2 26 12 7 5 2 0 19 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 14 28
4 Forest Green Rovers 15 8 4 3 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 28
5 Swindon Town 16 8 3 5 26 19 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 4 2 2 15 9 7 27
6 Bradford City 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 27
7 Newport County 15 7 6 2 16 11 8 5 3 0 10 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 5 27
8 Northampton Town 16 7 3 6 20 16 8 4 1 3 12 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 24
9 Colchester United 16 6 5 5 19 14 8 4 2 2 11 7 8 2 3 3 8 7 5 23
10 Plymouth Argyle 16 6 5 5 24 20 8 4 3 1 16 8 8 2 2 4 8 12 4 23
11 Port Vale 16 5 7 4 21 22 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 1 3 4 10 16 -1 22
12 Salford City 16 5 6 5 19 24 8 3 3 2 7 9 8 2 3 3 12 15 -5 21
13 Cambridge United 16 5 5 6 20 16 8 2 3 3 10 8 8 3 2 3 10 8 4 20
14 Mansfield Town 16 5 5 6 24 22 8 2 2 4 13 13 8 3 3 2 11 9 2 20
15 Macclesfield Town 15 5 5 5 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 13 -2 20
16 Leyton Orient 16 5 5 6 24 27 8 2 3 3 12 13 8 3 2 3 12 14 -3 20
17 Crawley Town 16 5 5 6 23 27 8 4 1 3 11 12 8 1 4 3 12 15 -4 20
18 Grimsby Town 15 5 4 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 11 8 0 19
19 Oldham Athletic 16 3 6 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 9 8 8 1 3 4 7 16 -8 15
20 Carlisle United 16 4 3 9 16 28 8 2 2 4 8 14 8 2 1 5 8 14 -12 15
21 Walsall 16 4 3 9 11 23 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 3 1 4 6 11 -12 15
22 Scunthorpe United 16 3 5 8 21 25 8 3 3 2 14 9 8 0 2 6 7 16 -4 14
23 Stevenage 16 2 6 8 12 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 0 4 4 4 11 -9 12
24 Morecambe 16 2 4 10 14 29 8 0 3 5 7 14 8 2 1 5 7 15 -15 10

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