Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Exeter City - Cheltenham Town!
It's no vacation for neither Exeter City nor Cheltenham Town 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
17 points is a decent return from 8 League Two games here at St James Park for Exeter City, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in League Two,. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Exeter City after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Exeter City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host West Ham United U21 in EFL Trophy and win 3-1. Before that, Exeter City played out a FA Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Cambridge United.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Exeter City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Cambridge United in only three days. This game is also played here at St James Park.
A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Exeter City have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
Playing away, Cheltenham Town, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in League Two, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a EFL Trophy home defeat versus Newport County with 4-7 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Swindon Town in the FA Cup.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cheltenham Town, as mentioned above. 11 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Cheltenham Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Cheltenham Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Swindon Town is waiting in only three days.
Cheltenham Town have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Cheltenham Town as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter City 8 wins, 2 draws and Cheltenham Town 0 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Law 6 goals |   R. Broom 6 goals |  L. Varney 6 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Exeter City | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 80% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 47% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 53% |
| 41% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Exeter City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Bradford City | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Salford City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 22 | Walsall | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 15 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |