Delightful dogfight as daring Exeter City duel with determined Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

Exeter City are listed as probable winners of this home fixture versus Colchester United, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in League Two
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City have performed here at St James Park this season with 11 wins from 19 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 2. Exeter City has recorded two wins in a row here at St James Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cameron Dawson not having conceded a league goal in 232 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Exeter, who won 1-0 against Carlisle United (placed 19th). Manager Taylor felt very clever after Amond scored the winning goal against Carlisle United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 58th minute. Midfielder Dieng was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.13 (out of ten) in that game. Dieng served one assist, hit three key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Newport County with a 1-0 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Exeter City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played ten games, won six matches, drawn two and lost two.

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

The Exeter City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 19 league matches. From these home matches, Exeter have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Colchester United form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L10 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Colchester United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stevenage (placed 23rd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfielder Judge was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Judge hit three key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

Prior to that result Colchester United won their away game at Harrogate Town. The scoreline was 2-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colchester United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing one and winning one game.

After this away game Colchester return home for a League Two game against Bradford City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Colchester United when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 20 league matches away. 29 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Colchester has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past history involving both these contenders is the Colchester United - Exeter City 3-1 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Exeter City wins - draws - Colchester United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
12 goals
ExeterT. Dieng
T. Dieng
11 goals
Colchester UnitedF. Sears
F. Sears
11 goals

Exeter City missing players

Colchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 19 6 Played P 6 20 41
20 11 5 Won W 1 6 11
14 6 1 Drew D 0 4 12
6 2 0 Lost L 5 10 18
58 31 14 Scored S 4 19 39
36 17 8 Conceded C 11 29 55
82% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 93%
70% 68% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 70% 71%
50% 58% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 41%
22% 26% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
5% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
55% 58% 83% BTTS BTTS 17% 40% 49%
40% 37% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 20%
22% 26% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 39%
 
5.9 6.2 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.5 4.7
5 4.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.8 5
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
13.2 13.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.8 10.8
4.5 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.3
32% 36% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 28% 29%
 
10.2 10.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.1 12.4
3.3 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) 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 40 22 13 5 69 33 21 13 4 4 31 15 19 9 9 1 38 18 36 79
2 Exeter City 40 20 14 6 58 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 22 74
3 Port Vale 41 20 12 9 63 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 20 9 6 5 30 22 24 72
4 Mansfield Town 40 20 9 11 57 44 19 13 3 3 32 19 21 7 6 8 25 25 13 69
5 Northampton Town 41 19 10 12 47 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 20 7 6 7 19 20 13 67
6 Bristol Rovers 41 19 10 12 56 45 20 12 3 5 30 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 11 67
7 Newport County 41 18 12 11 63 50 20 9 6 5 38 25 21 9 6 6 25 25 13 66
8 Salford City 41 18 11 12 52 36 21 10 7 4 29 17 20 8 4 8 23 19 16 65
9 Tranmere Rovers 41 18 11 12 47 37 21 14 3 4 32 16 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 65
10 Sutton United 40 18 10 12 59 46 20 12 5 3 33 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 13 64
11 Swindon Town 40 17 11 12 62 49 20 7 7 6 30 21 20 10 4 6 32 28 13 62
12 Crawley Town 40 15 9 16 50 55 21 8 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -5 54
13 Hartlepool United 41 14 11 16 42 55 20 9 7 4 24 20 21 5 4 12 18 35 -13 53
14 Leyton Orient 41 11 16 14 53 41 20 8 5 7 31 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 12 49
15 Bradford City 41 11 15 15 44 49 20 4 9 7 24 27 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 48
16 Rochdale 41 10 17 14 44 51 21 6 11 4 23 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -7 47
17 Harrogate Town 41 12 11 18 57 65 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 7 4 10 29 35 -8 47
18 Walsall 41 12 11 18 42 54 20 8 5 7 27 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -12 47
19 Carlisle United 41 12 11 18 36 55 21 6 7 8 16 22 20 6 4 10 20 33 -19 47
20 Colchester United 41 11 12 18 39 55 21 5 8 8 20 26 20 6 4 10 19 29 -16 45
21 Barrow 40 8 13 19 34 48 20 3 9 8 19 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -14 37
22 Oldham Athletic 41 9 10 22 42 64 20 5 3 12 25 35 21 4 7 10 17 29 -22 37
23 Stevenage 40 8 13 19 36 61 20 6 6 8 22 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -25 37
24 Scunthorpe United 41 4 12 25 26 76 21 3 5 13 13 34 20 1 7 12 13 42 -50 24

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 40 22 13 5 69 33 21 13 4 4 31 15 19 9 9 1 38 18 36 79
2 Exeter City 40 20 14 6 58 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 21 9 8 4 27 19 22 74
3 Port Vale 41 20 12 9 63 39 21 11 6 4 33 17 20 9 6 5 30 22 24 72
4 Mansfield Town 40 20 9 11 57 44 19 13 3 3 32 19 21 7 6 8 25 25 13 69
5 Northampton Town 41 19 10 12 47 34 21 12 4 5 28 14 20 7 6 7 19 20 13 67
6 Bristol Rovers 41 19 10 12 56 45 20 12 3 5 30 20 21 7 7 7 26 25 11 67
7 Newport County 41 18 12 11 63 50 20 9 6 5 38 25 21 9 6 6 25 25 13 66
8 Salford City 41 18 11 12 52 36 21 10 7 4 29 17 20 8 4 8 23 19 16 65
9 Tranmere Rovers 41 18 11 12 47 37 21 14 3 4 32 16 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 65
10 Sutton United 40 18 10 12 59 46 20 12 5 3 33 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 13 64
11 Swindon Town 40 17 11 12 62 49 20 7 7 6 30 21 20 10 4 6 32 28 13 62
12 Crawley Town 40 15 9 16 50 55 21 8 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -5 54
13 Hartlepool United 41 14 11 16 42 55 20 9 7 4 24 20 21 5 4 12 18 35 -13 53
14 Leyton Orient 41 11 16 14 53 41 20 8 5 7 31 17 21 3 11 7 22 24 12 49
15 Bradford City 41 11 15 15 44 49 20 4 9 7 24 27 21 7 6 8 20 22 -5 48
16 Rochdale 41 10 17 14 44 51 21 6 11 4 23 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -7 47
17 Harrogate Town 41 12 11 18 57 65 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 7 4 10 29 35 -8 47
18 Walsall 41 12 11 18 42 54 20 8 5 7 27 26 21 4 6 11 15 28 -12 47
19 Carlisle United 41 12 11 18 36 55 21 6 7 8 16 22 20 6 4 10 20 33 -19 47
20 Colchester United 41 11 12 18 39 55 21 5 8 8 20 26 20 6 4 10 19 29 -16 45
21 Barrow 40 8 13 19 34 48 20 3 9 8 19 25 20 5 4 11 15 23 -14 37
22 Oldham Athletic 41 9 10 22 42 64 20 5 3 12 25 35 21 4 7 10 17 29 -22 37
23 Stevenage 40 8 13 19 36 61 20 6 6 8 22 28 20 2 7 11 14 33 -25 37
24 Scunthorpe United 41 4 12 25 26 76 21 3 5 13 13 34 20 1 7 12 13 42 -50 24

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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.