This could be an interesting match as Bradford City have their presumed home advantage while Exeter City are ahead 8 points in the League Two table.
Bradford have less rest than Exeter City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Northern Commercials Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Exeter City have had more rest.
Bradford City form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Bradford City at their home stadium (Northern Commercials Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The Bradford fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at Northern Commercials Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Oldham Athletic (placed 19th). In the preceding match a 7-0 victory visiting Tonbridge Angels.
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 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost five.
Bradford has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Bradford City have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Exeter City form and stats
1 win, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Exeter City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Exeter City has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?
Exeter had fun at their own home (Northern Commercials Stadium) last time out, beating Fylde 2-1. M. Jay and A. Hartridge scored. Before that, Exeter travelled to Morecambe and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 2-2.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Exeter City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Exeter wins, five draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Exeter are hosting West Brom U21 in the EFL Trophy only three days away.
Exeter City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Exeter have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Bradford City victories, zero draws and three Exeter City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Randall 5 goals |  J. Taylor 4 goals |   L. Novak 3 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Bradford City | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 90% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 91% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 82% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 55% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 83% | 64% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 27% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | 80 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 76 | 134 |
| 49 | 32 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 27 | 50 |
| 22% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | 34% |
- Exeter City has the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Exeter City have not yet lost a game 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 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Salford City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 2 |
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