The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Exeter City leading Oldham Athletic by 10 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Exeter City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the EFL Trophy. Thankfully the previous game, versus West Brom U21, was also a home game here at St. James' Park. The away team is better rested.
Exeter City form and stats
Exeter City have collected 12 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-0-1. Exeter has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Port Vale defeat 63 days ago. Ever since the Port Vale game Exeter has been unbeatable here at St. James' Park producing four straight wins.
The Exeter supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host West Brom U21 in EFL Trophy and win 4-0. Before that, Exeter played out a League Two draw 2-2 when visiting Bradford City.
As mentioned above, Exeter City "killed" West Brom U21 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Exeter, as the League Two home game vs Colchester United is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Exeter in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Exeter have conceded only 4 goals.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Oldham Athletic, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Oldham in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Scunthorpe United, 0-2. Prior to that result Oldham Athletic won their away game at Bradford City in the EFL Trophy. The scoreline was 3-1.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Oldham Athletic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing one and winning zero games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Oldham manager H. Kewell as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Barrow.
Oldham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The Oldham manager H. Kewell has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Exeter won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Oldham Athletic has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  J. Randall 5 goals |   C. McAleny 5 goals |  J. Taylor 4 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Exeter City | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 42% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 67% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 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 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | 58 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 53 | 139 |
| 57 | 23 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 13 | 37 |
| 33% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 54% | 41% |
- All of Oldham Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Exeter City has the most points from losing position (11) in League Two
- Exeter City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oldham Athletic 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 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Salford City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Barrow | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |