League Two preview: Can Exeter City edge out victory against Forest Green Rovers?

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 12.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (8830 seats)

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Exeter City and Forest Green Rovers.

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Exeter City form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Exeter City are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Exeter City are returning here after visiting Newport County in a EFL Trophy game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. A 1-1 draw away in the League Two before that, with Crewe Alexandra the opponent.

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 three games, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Exeter City has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Exeter City have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Forest Green Rovers in their League Two matches away.

There were no winners in Forest Green Rovers's previous match, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 0-0 vs Coventry City. Before that, Forest Green Rovers secured a home win against Crawley Town with the score 3-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Forest Green Rovers playing away, we found one game. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.

Forest Green Rovers have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Forest Green Rovers are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Exeter City victories, 4 draws and 2 Forest Green Rovers wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Mills
5 goals / 3 assists
N. Law
4 goals / 3 assists
L. Martin
4 goals / 1 assists

Exeter City missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Exeter City Forest Green Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 12
6 3 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
17 8 1 Scored S 1 8 14
11 6 1 Conceded C 0 3 6
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 42%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 25%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 25%
42% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 67%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 25%
 
7.2 6.7 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4 4.1
5.1 4.8 10 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5
1.2 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 4
Key stats This season:
  • Exeter City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Exeter City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Exeter City
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-09-19 LT Exeter City 2 - 0 Port Vale
21-09-19 LT Newport County 1 - 1 Exeter City
28-09-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 3 Grimsby Town
05-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Exeter City
08-10-19 EFL Newport County 0 - 2 Exeter City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Cambridge United 14:00 Exeter City
22-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 18:45 Exeter City
26-10-19 LT Exeter City 12:00 Plymouth Argyle
02-11-19 LT Bradford City 15:00 Exeter City
Forest Green Rovers
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-09-19 LT Carlisle United 0 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
21-09-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 0 - 0 Stevenage
28-09-19 LT Salford City 0 - 4 Forest Green Rovers
05-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 3 - 1 Crawley Town
08-10-19 EFL Forest Green Rovers 0 - 0 Coventry City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Mansfield Town
22-10-19 LT Morecambe 18:45 Forest Green Rovers
26-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Crewe Alexandra
02-11-19 LT Cheltenham Town 15:00 Forest Green Rovers

  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 12 7 3 2 14 6 6 4 1 1 6 3 6 3 2 1 8 3 8 24
2 Exeter City 12 6 5 1 17 11 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 23
3 Newport County 12 6 5 1 12 6 6 4 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 23
4 Crewe Alexandra 12 7 2 3 19 14 6 3 1 2 10 9 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 23
5 Cheltenham Town 12 6 4 2 21 11 6 4 2 0 16 8 6 2 2 2 5 3 10 22
6 Bradford City 12 6 3 3 17 11 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 21
7 Swindon Town 12 6 2 4 19 15 6 3 0 3 9 9 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 20
8 Colchester United 12 5 4 3 15 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 2 2 2 7 5 5 19
9 Grimsby Town 12 5 3 4 19 14 6 2 2 2 9 8 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 18
10 Port Vale 12 4 5 3 17 18 6 4 2 0 10 5 6 0 3 3 7 13 -1 17
11 Cambridge United 12 4 4 4 16 13 6 1 2 3 6 8 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 16
12 Plymouth Argyle 12 4 4 4 17 15 6 2 3 1 10 8 6 2 1 3 7 7 2 16
13 Crawley Town 12 4 4 4 19 19 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 1 3 2 10 12 0 16
14 Northampton Town 12 4 3 5 14 13 6 2 1 3 8 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 15
15 Walsall 12 4 3 5 8 14 6 1 2 3 3 8 6 3 1 2 5 6 -6 15
16 Macclesfield Town 12 3 5 4 13 14 6 2 3 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 6 10 -1 14
17 Salford City 12 3 5 4 15 20 6 2 2 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 -5 14
18 Carlisle United 12 4 2 6 13 19 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 2 0 4 7 11 -6 14
19 Mansfield Town 12 3 4 5 13 16 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 2 2 2 7 6 -3 13
20 Leyton Orient 12 3 4 5 16 21 6 1 2 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 8 10 -5 13
21 Oldham Athletic 12 2 5 5 13 17 6 1 3 2 7 7 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 11
22 Scunthorpe United 12 1 4 7 13 21 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 0 1 5 5 13 -8 7
23 Morecambe 12 1 4 7 12 24 6 0 3 3 6 10 6 1 1 4 6 14 -12 7
24 Stevenage 12 0 5 7 8 18 6 0 2 4 5 9 6 0 3 3 3 9 -10 5

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