Early betting lines indicate Exeter City advantage hosting Morecambe at St. James' Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 26.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (8830 seats)

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Exeter City in 8th position and Morecambe placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals (44) in League Two
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Exeter City nor Morecambe 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.

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Exeter City form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Exeter City, who have the most scored goals (44) in League Two, have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

Exeter City's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Stevenage (placed 22nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. 0-0 away at Harrogate Town before that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Exeter City matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, two draws and three defeats (from ten games).

There will be little rest for Exeter after this match as they are travelling to Carlisle United for a League Two game in only four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 12 games), Exeter's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Exeter City have conceded 12 goals.

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Morecambe form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Morecambe have produced an overall stat of 5-1-5 so far.

John O'Sullivan, Adam Phillips and Toumani Diagouraga scored in Morecambe's previous match, the home game against Colchester United that ended 3-0. A draw for Morecambe before that, at their own venue hosting Walsall (1-1).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Morecambe 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.

A new game in only four days for Morecambe, the League Two home match versus Tranmere Rovers. Busy days.

Morecambe find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Morecambe's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Morecambe - Exeter City 2-2. Exeter-Morecambe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Exeter City five wins, Morecambe one win, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ExeterR. Bowman
R. Bowman
10 goals
Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
10 goals
MorecambeC. Gomes
C. Gomes
8 goals

Exeter City missing players

Morecambe missing players

Exeter City Morecambe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
9 7 2 Won W 1 5 11
9 2 1 Drew D 0 1 5
4 3 0 Lost L 3 5 7
44 26 4 Scored S 5 14 31
28 12 1 Conceded C 8 19 33
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
64% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 61%
45% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 26%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
73% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 65%
23% 25% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 22%
14% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.8 0.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.5 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13 13.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.1 12.8
5 5.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 1.5 2
40% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 82% 67%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals (26) at home in League Two
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals (44) in League Two
  • Exeter City has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in League Two
  • Exeter City has the the best goal difference (+14) at home in League Two
  • Exeter City has the the best goal difference (+16) in League Two
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Exeter City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 25 12 6 7 38 23 13 7 4 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 42
2 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 9 5 32 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 6 4 3 17 12 9 42
3 Newport County 23 11 7 5 34 25 10 7 2 1 15 10 13 4 5 4 19 15 9 40
4 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
5 Salford City 24 10 8 6 31 19 12 5 7 0 20 9 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 38
6 Morecambe 23 11 5 7 31 33 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 14 19 -2 38
7 Cheltenham Town 23 10 7 6 32 23 12 5 4 3 18 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 9 37
8 Exeter City 22 9 9 4 44 28 12 7 2 3 26 12 10 2 7 1 18 16 16 36
9 Leyton Orient 24 11 3 10 34 27 13 7 2 4 21 12 11 4 1 6 13 15 7 36
10 Tranmere Rovers 23 10 5 8 28 28 11 6 0 5 16 12 12 4 5 3 12 16 0 35
11 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 13 5 4 4 14 15 12 3 7 2 18 18 -1 35
12 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
13 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 12 5 5 2 16 13 2 32
14 Oldham Athletic 25 9 5 11 40 44 13 3 1 9 19 25 12 6 4 2 21 19 -4 32
15 Colchester United 23 7 9 7 28 33 11 6 4 1 18 11 12 1 5 6 10 22 -5 30
16 Port Vale 25 8 5 12 34 37 13 4 3 6 16 17 12 4 2 6 18 20 -3 29
17 Bolton Wanderers 24 7 7 10 28 37 12 3 3 6 12 17 12 4 4 4 16 20 -9 28
18 Harrogate Town 23 7 6 10 24 28 10 1 4 5 7 13 13 6 2 5 17 15 -4 27
19 Scunthorpe United 24 8 2 14 25 34 12 4 2 6 13 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -9 26
20 Bradford City 22 6 7 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 11 3 3 5 10 14 -5 25
21 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
22 Stevenage 22 4 9 9 17 25 11 4 3 4 10 8 11 0 6 5 7 17 -8 21
23 Grimsby Town 25 5 6 14 19 43 12 2 4 6 8 18 13 3 2 8 11 25 -24 21
24 Southend United 24 5 5 14 15 36 13 4 1 8 12 19 11 1 4 6 3 17 -21 20

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.