Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Exeter City - Colchester United!
It's no vacation for neither Exeter nor Colchester 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
Exeter City are steadily winning League Two games and points here at St. James' Park. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
The Exeter crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Oldham Athletic here at St. James' Park in a League Two match. Before that, Exeter City had a EFL Trophy home game versus West Brom U21 which ended with a victory 4-0.
Exeter's goalkeeper Jökull Andresson was extremely busy against Oldham Athletic, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
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 eight times, drawn four and lost one.
There will be little rest for Exeter City after this match as they are travelling to Gillingham for a FA Cup game in only four days.
Exeter have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. James' Park with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Exeter's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colchester United form and stats
There's been little loot from Colchester United's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the League Two. Colchester United only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
Colchester has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mansfield Town for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Colchester secured a home win against Leyton Orient with the score 2-1.
As mentioned above, Colchester drew the match against Mansfield Town. Manager S. Ball brought on Luke Norris to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Colchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
The visiting Colchester United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Colchester have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter five wins, three draws and Colchester United two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 7 goals |   J. Randall 5 goals |  J. Taylor 4 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Exeter City | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 166 | 72 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 56 | 125 |
| 64 | 30 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 20 | 49 |
| 31% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 39% |
- Colchester United have yet to win a game away.
- Exeter City has the most points from losing position (11) in League Two
- 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |