Preview: Exeter City favourite to overcome Barrow at St James Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 26.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

Exeter City - Barrow. 2nd spot hosts 21st spot. Nothing is certain - get a thorough game guide here!

Insights:
  • Exeter City is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Barrow have scored away.

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 Exeter City and Barrow.

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Exeter City form and stats

45 points is a decent return from 21 League Two games here at St James Park for Exeter City. The data says 13 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. In general it's been a long time since Exeter tasted defeat here at St James Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Exeter City's last game was hosting Rochdale (placed 18th) and winning 2-0. Sweeney was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.3 out of 10. The defender Sweeney hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Exeter City lost 0-2 at Tranmere Rovers's place.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Exeter City as they are travelling to their away game against Northampton Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Exeter have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St James Park with 35 goals in 21 league matches. Exeter City are not conceding a lot of goals here at St James Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 21 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Barrow form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barrow so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 5-5-11 (win-draw-lose).

Rooney scored in Barrow's previous match, the home game against Sutton United that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper Farman got the top player rating of the team with 7.55/10. Farman saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw at Salford City's stadium before that.

The schedule is very tough for Barrow now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Swindon Town is waiting in only four days.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 25 goals have been conceded by Barrow in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head game ended Barrow - Exeter 0-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Exeter City wins - draws - Barrow wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
13 goals
Exeter CityT. Dieng
T. Dieng
12 goals
BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
9 goals

Exeter City missing players

Barrow missing players

Exeter City Barrow
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 21 43
22 13 7 Won W 2 5 10
14 6 0 Drew D 1 5 14
7 2 0 Lost L 4 11 19
62 35 16 Scored S 5 17 41
38 17 6 Conceded C 9 25 50
84% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
72% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 57% 65%
47% 52% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 33% 37%
21% 24% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 19% 19%
5% 10% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
51% 52% 57% BTTS BTTS 29% 33% 47%
42% 43% 43% Clean Sheets C S 29% 33% 33%
23% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 43% 43% 35%
 
5.8 6 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.1 5.3 5.5
4.9 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5 5.1
1.2 1 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 3.1 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
13.2 13.9 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.4 11.2
4.5 4.7 5.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.9 3.5 3.2
32% 35% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 23% 30%
 
9.9 9.6 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.9 13.4 11.7
3.2 3.3 3.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Barrow have scored away.
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two
  • Exeter City is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 43 23 14 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 21 9 10 2 38 22 34 83
2 Exeter City 43 22 14 7 62 38 21 13 6 2 35 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 24 80
3 Northampton Town 44 22 10 12 56 36 22 13 4 5 31 14 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 76
4 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
5 Bristol Rovers 44 21 11 12 60 46 22 13 4 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 74
6 Mansfield Town 43 21 9 13 61 48 21 14 3 4 36 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 13 72
7 Sutton United 43 20 10 13 63 49 21 13 5 3 34 16 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 70
8 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
9 Tranmere Rovers 44 19 12 13 50 40 22 15 3 4 34 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 10 69
10 Swindon Town 43 19 11 13 70 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 22 12 4 6 39 29 18 68
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 43 17 9 17 53 58 22 9 6 7 28 27 21 8 3 10 25 31 -5 60
13 Leyton Orient 44 13 16 15 60 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 22 4 11 7 24 25 14 55
14 Walsall 44 14 11 19 45 55 22 10 5 7 30 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -10 53
15 Hartlepool United 44 14 11 19 43 61 22 9 7 6 24 24 22 5 4 13 19 37 -18 53
16 Bradford City 44 12 16 16 47 54 22 5 10 7 27 29 22 7 6 9 20 25 -7 52
17 Colchester United 44 13 12 19 44 58 22 6 8 8 23 26 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 51
18 Rochdale 44 11 17 16 46 55 22 7 11 4 25 19 22 4 6 12 21 36 -9 50
19 Harrogate Town 44 13 11 20 61 72 22 6 7 9 32 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -11 50
20 Carlisle United 44 13 11 20 37 59 22 7 7 8 17 22 22 6 4 12 20 37 -22 50
21 Barrow 43 10 14 19 41 50 22 5 9 8 24 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -9 44
22 Stevenage 43 10 14 19 40 62 22 8 6 8 25 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -22 44
23 Oldham Athletic 44 9 10 25 43 70 22 5 3 14 26 39 22 4 7 11 17 31 -27 37
24 Scunthorpe United 44 4 13 27 28 82 22 3 6 13 14 35 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 25

Read more about League Two

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.