Exeter City favourites for feisty fight facing Northampton Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 07.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

A total of 19 sets of fixtures are done and both Exeter City and Northampton Town are flying high in the table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (10) in League Two

Exeter City have less rest than Northampton Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cambridge United.

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Exeter City form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at St James Park for Exeter City. The data says 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Exeter, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

No payout for Exeter in their previous match, an away game at Cambridge United that ended in defeat 1-2.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bradford City in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Exeter handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, three draws and two defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tranmere Rovers are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Exeter in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Exeter have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (10) in League Two, are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Impressive finishing from Sam Hoskins secured the home win 1-0 against Leyton Orient in their previous game. Liam Roberts (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.82. Roberts stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Oldham Athletic.

We have checked recent matches where Northampton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, three draws and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Harrogate Town.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Northampton have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. Northampton Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Exeter City wins - draws - Northampton Town 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
10 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
7 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
6 goals

Exeter City missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Exeter City Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 1 9 19
8 5 1 Won W 0 3 10
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 5
31 16 2 Scored S 0 9 25
21 8 0 Conceded C 1 8 15
84% 78% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
84% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 68%
63% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 37%
37% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
68% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 37%
26% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 53%
21% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 22% 16%
 
4.4 3.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.7
5.3 5.1 9 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.8
1.5 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.1 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.9 10.3
4.5 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3 3
36% 43% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 44%
 
11.3 12.2 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.1 9.3
3.8 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (10) 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 18 12 4 2 34 14 9 6 1 2 16 9 9 6 3 0 18 5 20 40
2 Northampton Town 19 10 4 5 25 15 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 3 3 3 9 8 10 34
3 Exeter City 19 8 9 2 31 21 9 5 4 0 16 8 10 3 5 2 15 13 10 33
4 Swindon Town 18 9 6 3 28 18 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 7 2 0 18 7 10 33
5 Port Vale 19 9 5 5 32 20 10 5 3 2 16 8 9 4 2 3 16 12 12 32
6 Sutton United 19 10 2 7 28 22 9 6 0 3 16 9 10 4 2 4 12 13 6 32
7 Harrogate Town 19 8 6 5 33 24 9 3 4 2 16 12 10 5 2 3 17 12 9 30
8 Leyton Orient 19 6 10 3 32 17 9 5 3 1 19 4 10 1 7 2 13 13 15 28
9 Newport County 19 7 7 5 30 23 8 3 3 2 15 8 11 4 4 3 15 15 7 28
10 Tranmere Rovers 18 7 5 6 15 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 9 1 5 3 5 8 1 26
11 Salford City 19 6 6 7 22 19 11 4 5 2 13 7 8 2 1 5 9 12 3 24
12 Bradford City 19 5 9 5 25 23 9 3 5 1 15 11 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 24
13 Rochdale 19 5 9 5 24 24 10 2 5 3 11 12 9 3 4 2 13 12 0 24
14 Walsall 19 6 6 7 21 23 9 3 3 3 12 13 10 3 3 4 9 10 -2 24
15 Mansfield Town 19 6 5 8 21 25 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 2 2 5 7 13 -4 23
16 Bristol Rovers 19 6 5 8 22 29 9 4 1 4 12 14 10 2 4 4 10 15 -7 23
17 Hartlepool United 19 7 2 10 20 30 9 6 1 2 14 10 10 1 1 8 6 20 -10 23
18 Colchester United 18 5 6 7 16 22 10 3 3 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 6 10 -6 21
19 Crawley Town 18 6 3 9 20 28 10 3 3 4 12 16 8 3 0 5 8 12 -8 21
20 Barrow 19 4 7 8 20 24 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 2 3 5 9 12 -4 19
21 Stevenage 18 4 6 8 15 30 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 2 6 6 20 -15 18
22 Carlisle United 19 3 7 9 13 28 10 2 5 3 6 9 9 1 2 6 7 19 -15 16
23 Oldham Athletic 19 4 3 12 16 30 9 2 1 6 10 16 10 2 2 6 6 14 -14 15
24 Scunthorpe United 19 2 8 9 15 35 10 2 4 4 8 15 9 0 4 5 7 20 -20 14

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.