Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Exeter City - Carlisle United!
It's no vacation for neither Exeter nor Carlisle United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Exeter City form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Exeter City are 3-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Exeter here at St. James' Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Exeter manager M. Taylor and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Leyton Orient (placed 13th) in the League Two. Ahead of that match, Exeter won a home game hosting Scunthorpe United (3-1).
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 Exeter have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost two.
Exeter City are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Morecambe awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Exeter have conceded 4 goals.
Carlisle United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Carlisle United has drawn their two previous away games.
Carlisle had fun at their own home (St. James' Park) last time out, beating Morecambe 3-1. Jon Mellish and George Tanner scored. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Grimsby Town.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carlisle United playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Carlisle wins, two draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newport County in just three days.
The attacking power of Carlisle when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Carlisle have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter City four wins, four draws and Carlisle United two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Randall 4 goals |  J. Mellish 4 goals |  J. Taylor 3 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Exeter City | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 111 | 49 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 81 | 149 |
| 42 | 21 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 42 |
| 33% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 15% | 29% |
- All of Exeter City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Exeter City has the most points from losing position (9) in League Two
- Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Carlisle United have scored away.
- Exeter City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Barrow | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 2 |