League Two match prediction: Little separates Bristol Rovers and Exeter City in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (1500 seats)

League Two: Two teams in fairly good form get together for this fixture. Exeter City hold a slight edge with their 4th position in the standings?

Insights:
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City is in the best form (5-1-0) in League Two

These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the League Two. That game was an away game at Leyton Orient, so at least Bristol Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

8-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bristol Rovers so far this season.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper James Belshaw not having conceded a league goal in 419 minutes.

It's back home for Bristol, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Leyton Orient away with the result 2-0. Evans and Collins found the net in that victory. Belshaw, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.42 out of 10 in that game. Belshaw topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Stevenage with a 4-0 scoreline.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bristol Rovers as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Barrow are visiting.

Bristol Rovers has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Bristol have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. The fact that Exeter City have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Grounds, Brown, Sparkes and Dieng scored in Exeter City's previous match, the home game against Harrogate Town that ended 4-3. Midfield player Sparkes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Sparkes scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Exeter won their away game at Bradford City. The scoreline was 1-0.

Exeter City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 21 goals have been scored. 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 former H2H encounter ended Exeter City - Bristol 4-1, earlier this season. Bristol Rovers-Exeter City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bristol Rovers four wins, Exeter City five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
10 goals
BristolA. Collins
A. Collins
8 goals
Exeter CityT. Dieng
T. Dieng
8 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol Rovers Exeter City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 6 15 30
13 8 2 Won W 3 6 14
8 2 2 Drew D 3 6 11
10 5 2 Lost L 0 3 5
44 22 8 Scored S 9 21 45
39 18 9 Conceded C 5 16 30
97% 93% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 83%
81% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 73%
48% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 53%
29% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 27% 27%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
58% 47% 67% BTTS BTTS 83% 60% 57%
32% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 37%
13% 13% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 23%
 
4.5 3.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 5.7
5.2 5.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 4.9
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.3
8 5 2 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.2 10.6 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.5 13.3
4.1 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.3
35% 43% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 35%
 
11.9 10.9 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.9 10.4
4.2 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Exeter City is in the best form (5-1-0) in League Two

  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 31 19 9 3 61 25 16 11 2 3 27 11 15 8 7 0 34 14 36 66
2 Northampton Town 32 16 8 8 38 25 16 10 2 4 22 10 16 6 6 4 16 15 13 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 33 16 8 9 34 23 17 12 1 4 24 11 16 4 7 5 10 12 11 56
4 Exeter City 30 14 11 5 45 30 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 53
5 Swindon Town 32 14 10 8 54 38 16 5 7 4 26 17 16 9 3 4 28 21 16 52
6 Sutton United 32 14 9 9 46 38 16 9 4 3 24 14 16 5 5 6 22 24 8 51
7 Mansfield Town 30 14 8 8 40 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 13 3 5 5 11 15 7 50
8 Newport County 32 13 10 9 50 42 15 7 5 3 30 18 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 49
9 Bristol Rovers 31 13 8 10 44 39 15 8 2 5 22 18 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 47
10 Port Vale 30 12 10 8 43 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 12 46
11 Salford City 31 12 8 11 35 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 6 2 8 18 17 6 44
12 Hartlepool United 32 12 8 12 33 40 16 9 5 2 22 14 16 3 3 10 11 26 -7 44
13 Harrogate Town 31 11 8 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 16 6 3 7 26 28 1 41
14 Bradford City 33 9 13 11 37 41 16 4 8 4 22 21 17 5 5 7 15 20 -4 40
15 Crawley Town 30 11 7 12 37 41 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 40
16 Rochdale 30 7 14 9 38 40 14 3 8 3 18 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -2 35
17 Walsall 32 9 8 15 32 44 16 5 5 6 21 22 16 4 3 9 11 22 -12 35
18 Leyton Orient 30 7 12 11 38 31 16 6 4 6 24 13 14 1 8 5 14 18 7 33
19 Stevenage 33 7 12 14 30 50 17 6 6 5 21 23 16 1 6 9 9 27 -20 33
20 Barrow 31 7 10 14 30 39 16 3 7 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 31
21 Colchester United 32 7 10 15 29 46 15 3 6 6 15 20 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 31
22 Oldham Athletic 30 7 8 15 30 46 15 4 3 8 20 26 15 3 5 7 10 20 -16 29
23 Carlisle United 31 6 10 15 23 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 15 3 3 9 13 27 -22 28
24 Scunthorpe United 33 4 11 18 23 55 17 3 5 9 12 23 16 1 6 9 11 32 -32 23

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 31 19 9 3 61 25 16 11 2 3 27 11 15 8 7 0 34 14 36 66
2 Northampton Town 32 16 8 8 38 25 16 10 2 4 22 10 16 6 6 4 16 15 13 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 33 16 8 9 34 23 17 12 1 4 24 11 16 4 7 5 10 12 11 56
4 Exeter City 30 14 11 5 45 30 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 53
5 Swindon Town 32 14 10 8 54 38 16 5 7 4 26 17 16 9 3 4 28 21 16 52
6 Sutton United 32 14 9 9 46 38 16 9 4 3 24 14 16 5 5 6 22 24 8 51
7 Mansfield Town 30 14 8 8 40 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 13 3 5 5 11 15 7 50
8 Newport County 32 13 10 9 50 42 15 7 5 3 30 18 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 49
9 Bristol Rovers 31 13 8 10 44 39 15 8 2 5 22 18 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 47
10 Port Vale 30 12 10 8 43 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 12 46
11 Salford City 31 12 8 11 35 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 6 2 8 18 17 6 44
12 Hartlepool United 32 12 8 12 33 40 16 9 5 2 22 14 16 3 3 10 11 26 -7 44
13 Harrogate Town 31 11 8 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 16 6 3 7 26 28 1 41
14 Bradford City 33 9 13 11 37 41 16 4 8 4 22 21 17 5 5 7 15 20 -4 40
15 Crawley Town 30 11 7 12 37 41 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 40
16 Rochdale 30 7 14 9 38 40 14 3 8 3 18 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -2 35
17 Walsall 32 9 8 15 32 44 16 5 5 6 21 22 16 4 3 9 11 22 -12 35
18 Leyton Orient 30 7 12 11 38 31 16 6 4 6 24 13 14 1 8 5 14 18 7 33
19 Stevenage 33 7 12 14 30 50 17 6 6 5 21 23 16 1 6 9 9 27 -20 33
20 Barrow 31 7 10 14 30 39 16 3 7 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 31
21 Colchester United 32 7 10 15 29 46 15 3 6 6 15 20 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 31
22 Oldham Athletic 30 7 8 15 30 46 15 4 3 8 20 26 15 3 5 7 10 20 -16 29
23 Carlisle United 31 6 10 15 23 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 15 3 3 9 13 27 -22 28
24 Scunthorpe United 33 4 11 18 23 55 17 3 5 9 12 23 16 1 6 9 11 32 -32 23

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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.