Only a win will satisfy the Exeter City supporters in this St. James' Park clash with Oldham Athletic, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.
It's no vacation for neither Exeter City nor Oldham Athletic 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
32 points is a decent return from 15 League Two games here at St. James' Park for Exeter City, who have the most clean sheets (15) in League Two,. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
Exeter City's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Stevenage (placed 24th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Swindon Town (1-2).
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Taylor when M. Jay scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 28th minute.
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 five games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost two.
There will be little rest for Exeter City after this match as they are travelling to Macclesfield Town for a League Two game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Exeter City are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. James' Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Oldham Athletic's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the League Two. Oldham Athletic only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws.
Two away games in a row for Oldham Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Crewe Alexandra in the League Two. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Bradford City.
Oldham Athletic were so close to getting something from the game against Crewe Alexandra, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal seven minutes into overtime.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Oldham Athletic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning zero games.
After this away game Oldham Athletic return home for a League Two game against Forest Green Rovers. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Oldham Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Oldham Athletic have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Oldham Athletic - Exeter City 0-0, played this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Exeter City victories, four draws and one Oldham Athletic win. two of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Bowman 10 goals |   J. Smith 8 goals |  N. Law 7 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Exeter City | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 42 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 35 |
| 33 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | 46 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 61% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 75% |
| 42% | 40% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 50% | 50% |
| 35% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 19% | 25% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 45% | 40% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 56% |
| 48% | 60% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 19% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | 34% |
| 6.7 | 7 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 389 | 196 | 61 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 175 | 438 |
| 118 | 57 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 53 | 135 |
| 36% | 42% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 25% | 26% |
- Exeter City has the most clean sheets (15)
- Exeter City has the most clean sheets (9) 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 | Swindon Town | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 60 |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 58 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 57 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 54 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 52 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 52 |
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 48 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 48 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 48 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | Salford City | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 40 |
| 13 | Newport County | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Walsall | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -12 | 39 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 38 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -7 | 36 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -11 | 36 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -4 | 35 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -9 | 35 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -16 | 34 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -25 | 27 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 32 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -19 | 22 |