League Two: Exeter City - Plymouth Argyle preview and statistics

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 26.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 6th position and the visitors placed 8th, 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 Plymouth Argyle.

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Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City are steadily winning League Two games and points here at St James Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.

Exeter City lost their last game at Scunthorpe United (placed 22nd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Cambridge United.

This is expected to be a close game, with Exeter City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Exeter City as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Exeter City has won 9 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

The Exeter City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Exeter City have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Playing away, Plymouth Argyle have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

Plymouth Argyle won their last game, 4-0 versus Leyton Orient played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Carlisle United.

As mentioned above, Plymouth Argyle was the only team on the pitch versus Leyton Orient in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Plymouth Argyle delivered their win in the match against Leyton Orient already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the three points. Solid performance!

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Plymouth Argyle in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Plymouth Argyle, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

After this away game Plymouth Argyle return home for a EFL Trophy game against Chelsea U21. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Plymouth Argyle find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Plymouth Argyle have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 0 - 5 (Exeter City wins - draws - Plymouth Argyle wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
5 goals
Exeter CityN. Law
N. Law
4 goals / 3 assists
Exeter CityL. Martin
L. Martin
4 goals / 1 assists

Exeter City missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Exeter City Plymouth Argyle
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
7 4 1 Won W 1 2 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
19 9 2 Scored S 4 8 24
18 6 1 Conceded C 2 8 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 73%
40% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 53%
40% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 40%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 40%
40% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 40%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 20%
 
6.9 7.3 7.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 5.4 4.8
4.6 4.7 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5
1.4 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
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.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Exeter City
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
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 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Cambridge United 4 - 0 Exeter City
22-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 3 - 1 Exeter City
26-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
02-11-19 LT Bradford City 16:00 Exeter City
09-11-19 FAC Cambridge United 16:00 Exeter City
13-11-19 EFL Exeter City 20:00 West Ham United U21
16-11-19 LT Exeter City 16:00 Cheltenham Town
Plymouth Argyle
All EFL Trophy League One League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
05-10-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Scunthorpe United
08-10-19 EFL Swindon Town 0 - 3 Plymouth Argyle
12-10-19 LT Swindon Town 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
19-10-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Carlisle United
22-10-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 4 - 0 Leyton Orient
26-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
29-10-19 EFL Plymouth Argyle 20:45 Chelsea U21
02-11-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 16:00 Grimsby Town
09-11-19 FAC Bolton Wanderers 16:00 Plymouth Argyle
16-11-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 16:00 Plymouth Argyle

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 15 9 3 3 26 17 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 30
2 Cheltenham Town 14 8 4 2 26 12 7 5 2 0 19 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 14 28
3 Forest Green Rovers 15 8 4 3 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 28
4 Bradford City 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 27
5 Newport County 14 7 6 1 15 8 8 5 3 0 10 5 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 27
6 Exeter City 15 7 5 3 19 18 7 4 2 1 9 6 8 3 3 2 10 12 1 26
7 Swindon Town 15 7 3 5 22 19 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 24
8 Plymouth Argyle 15 6 5 4 24 16 8 4 3 1 16 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 23
9 Northampton Town 15 6 3 6 18 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 2 21
10 Port Vale 15 5 6 4 21 22 7 4 3 0 11 6 8 1 3 4 10 16 -1 21
11 Cambridge United 15 5 5 5 20 14 8 2 3 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 20
12 Colchester United 15 5 5 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 2 3 3 8 7 3 20
13 Crawley Town 15 5 5 5 23 23 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 12 15 0 20
14 Macclesfield Town 15 5 5 5 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 13 -2 20
15 Salford City 15 5 5 5 18 23 7 3 2 2 6 8 8 2 3 3 12 15 -5 20
16 Grimsby Town 15 5 4 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 11 8 0 19
17 Leyton Orient 15 5 4 6 23 26 7 2 2 3 11 12 8 3 2 3 12 14 -3 19
18 Mansfield Town 15 4 5 6 22 21 8 2 2 4 13 13 7 2 3 2 9 8 1 17
19 Walsall 15 4 3 8 10 21 7 1 2 4 4 10 8 3 1 4 6 11 -11 15
20 Oldham Athletic 15 3 5 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 9 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -8 14
21 Carlisle United 15 4 2 9 15 27 8 2 2 4 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 13 -12 14
22 Scunthorpe United 15 3 4 8 20 24 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 0 1 6 6 15 -4 13
23 Morecambe 15 2 4 9 14 28 8 0 3 5 7 14 7 2 1 4 7 14 -14 10
24 Stevenage 15 1 6 8 11 21 7 1 2 4 7 10 8 0 4 4 4 11 -10 9

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