Exeter City vs Forest Green Rovers pre-match guide

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (8830 seats)

Forest Green Rovers have travelled here for an absorbing game against the home team Exeter City. Read up on the game with this thorough League Two preview!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (13) in League Two

The visiting Forest Green Rovers played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match.

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Exeter City form and stats

Only two League Two home games for Exeter City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Exeter drew their last game, 1-1 away at Harrogate Town (placed 2nd). Alex Hartridge, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Hartridge hit three key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 1-1 versus Chelsea U21 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).

Early season league goal statistics from Exeter City's 2 home games: 4 goals, 1 conceded.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the League Two.

Forest's last game was the home draw against Northampton Town (1-1).

A 0-2 loss hosting Port Vale before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Forest Green Rovers has managed 5 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter City five wins, four draws and Forest Green Rovers one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
5 goals
Forest Green RoversN. Cadden
N. Cadden
3 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
3 goals

Exeter City missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Exeter City Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 4 0 Scored S 0 5 13
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 8
60% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
40% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
4.4 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.5 6.2
5.8 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 5
1.8 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 15.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 12.2
4 6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.2
25% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 62% 62%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Forest Green Rovers's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Exeter City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Exeter City.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most matches over the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (13) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+5) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have won all their away games so far.
  • Forest Green Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forest Green Rovers is in the best form (4-0-1)
Exeter City Last season Forest Green Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   24 48
18 11   Won W   10 21
16 7   Drew D   6 13
12 5   Lost L   8 14
71 38   Scored S   28 63
50 20   Conceded C   26 56
85% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 90%
72% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 69%
50% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 48%
30% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 21%
15% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
57% 48%   BTTS BTTS   46% 52%
30% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 33%
28% 30%   Failed to Score F T   29% 25%
 
5.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.5
5.3 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.7
1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
3 0   Red cards R C   0 4
 
11.2 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 12
4.3 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4
36% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  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 5 4 0 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 12
2 Harrogate Town 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10
3 Bradford City 5 3 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 10
4 Swindon Town 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 10
5 Hartlepool United 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 9
6 Leyton Orient 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
7 Mansfield Town 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7
8 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
9 Stevenage 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 7
10 Port Vale 5 1 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 6
11 Exeter City 5 1 3 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 6
12 Carlisle United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 6
13 Colchester United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
14 Scunthorpe United 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 6
15 Newport County 4 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Salford City 5 1 2 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
17 Rochdale 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 5
18 Barrow 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 5
19 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 5
20 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 4
21 Walsall 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 4
22 Bristol Rovers 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -5 4
23 Oldham Athletic 5 1 0 4 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 3
24 Sutton United 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 2

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.