Possible nail-biting contest in Bradford City - Exeter City game

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium (25136 seats)

The Utilita Energy Stadium: Get set for a football frolic when Bradford City receive Exeter City. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • 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.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bradford City and Exeter City.

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Bradford City form and stats

Bradford City have played 14 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-8-2 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Bradford City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Stevenage away with the result 1-0. Walker found the net in that victory. Bass, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.14 out of 10 in that game. Bass topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Bradford City lost 0-2 at Harrogate Town's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford City as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Bradford City has won six of these, drawn five and lost two.

A decent goal production from Bradford City in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Bradford have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Exeter City love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Exeter City are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Leyton Orient (placed 16th). Sweeney, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Sweeney hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Swindon Town.

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: five wins for Exeter City, five draws and four defeats.

A new game in only three days for Exeter, the League Two home match versus Harrogate Town. Busy days.

Exeter City find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Exeter City have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended Exeter City - Bradford City 0-0, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Bradford City won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Exeter City got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

BradfordA. Cook
A. Cook
10 goals
Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
10 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
7 goals

Bradford City missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Exeter City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 6 14 28
9 4 0 Won W 3 5 12
13 8 3 Drew D 2 6 11
8 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
36 21 4 Scored S 9 20 40
35 17 4 Conceded C 8 16 27
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 82%
80% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 75%
43% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 54%
20% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 25%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
67% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 83% 64% 57%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
27% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 21% 25%
 
5.2 6.3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.6 5.4
5 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 4.9
1.8 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
13 14.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.4 13.2
3.9 4.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.1
31% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 34% 35%
 
11.8 10.6 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.9 10.2
3.5 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bradford City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Exeter City 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 Forest Green Rovers 29 19 8 2 60 23 15 11 2 2 27 10 14 8 6 0 33 13 37 65
2 Tranmere Rovers 30 16 7 7 33 20 16 12 0 4 23 10 14 4 7 3 10 10 13 55
3 Northampton Town 29 15 6 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 14 6 4 4 16 15 10 51
4 Sutton United 29 14 7 8 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 49
5 Mansfield Town 28 14 6 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 11 3 3 5 10 14 7 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 11 5 40 27 14 7 5 2 20 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 47
7 Newport County 30 13 8 9 46 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 47
8 Port Vale 27 12 7 8 41 29 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 43
9 Swindon Town 29 11 10 8 43 38 14 3 7 4 18 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 5 43
10 Salford City 30 11 8 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 2 8 16 17 4 41
11 Bradford City 30 9 13 8 36 35 14 4 8 2 21 17 16 5 5 6 15 18 1 40
12 Crawley Town 29 11 7 11 37 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 40
13 Harrogate Town 28 10 7 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 24 21 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 37
14 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 36 39 13 7 1 5 20 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -3 37
15 Hartlepool United 28 9 7 12 28 38 14 8 4 2 20 13 14 1 3 10 8 25 -10 34
16 Leyton Orient 28 7 12 9 38 27 14 6 4 4 24 9 14 1 8 5 14 18 11 33
17 Stevenage 31 7 11 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 1 5 9 9 27 -16 32
18 Rochdale 27 6 12 9 32 35 12 3 6 3 14 12 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 30
19 Barrow 30 7 9 14 30 39 15 3 6 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 30
20 Colchester United 29 7 9 13 26 39 13 3 5 5 12 16 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 30
21 Walsall 29 7 8 14 30 39 15 4 5 6 20 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -9 29
22 Carlisle United 29 6 9 14 21 40 15 3 7 5 10 15 14 3 2 9 11 25 -19 27
23 Oldham Athletic 28 6 7 15 25 43 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 3 4 7 7 17 -18 25
24 Scunthorpe United 30 4 10 16 22 50 15 3 4 8 11 21 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 22

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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 Forest Green Rovers 29 19 8 2 60 23 15 11 2 2 27 10 14 8 6 0 33 13 37 65
2 Tranmere Rovers 30 16 7 7 33 20 16 12 0 4 23 10 14 4 7 3 10 10 13 55
3 Northampton Town 29 15 6 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 14 6 4 4 16 15 10 51
4 Sutton United 29 14 7 8 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 49
5 Mansfield Town 28 14 6 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 11 3 3 5 10 14 7 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 11 5 40 27 14 7 5 2 20 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 47
7 Newport County 30 13 8 9 46 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 47
8 Port Vale 27 12 7 8 41 29 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 43
9 Swindon Town 29 11 10 8 43 38 14 3 7 4 18 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 5 43
10 Salford City 30 11 8 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 2 8 16 17 4 41
11 Bradford City 30 9 13 8 36 35 14 4 8 2 21 17 16 5 5 6 15 18 1 40
12 Crawley Town 29 11 7 11 37 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 40
13 Harrogate Town 28 10 7 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 24 21 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 37
14 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 36 39 13 7 1 5 20 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -3 37
15 Hartlepool United 28 9 7 12 28 38 14 8 4 2 20 13 14 1 3 10 8 25 -10 34
16 Leyton Orient 28 7 12 9 38 27 14 6 4 4 24 9 14 1 8 5 14 18 11 33
17 Stevenage 31 7 11 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 1 5 9 9 27 -16 32
18 Rochdale 27 6 12 9 32 35 12 3 6 3 14 12 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 30
19 Barrow 30 7 9 14 30 39 15 3 6 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 30
20 Colchester United 29 7 9 13 26 39 13 3 5 5 12 16 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 30
21 Walsall 29 7 8 14 30 39 15 4 5 6 20 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -9 29
22 Carlisle United 29 6 9 14 21 40 15 3 7 5 10 15 14 3 2 9 11 25 -19 27
23 Oldham Athletic 28 6 7 15 25 43 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 3 4 7 7 17 -18 25
24 Scunthorpe United 30 4 10 16 22 50 15 3 4 8 11 21 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 22

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.