League Two match preview: Exeter City versus Port Vale

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (8830 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 7th and 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Exeter City have less rest than Port Vale in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago.

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Exeter City form and stats

The story so far for Exeter City at their home stadium (St. James' Park) is 10 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Exeter City lost their last game at Macclesfield Town after a 2-3 scoreline. 1-1 away at Cheltenham Town before that.

Exeter City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. James' Park with 30 goals in 20 matches. On the other hand, Exeter City have conceded 22 goals.

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Port Vale form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (36) in League Two, on their travels is 5 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Port Vale's previous game versus Crewe Alexandra, a League Two 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Northampton Town at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Port Vale as they have only managed to score 13 times from 20 away games. Port Vale are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 20 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Port Vale - Exeter City 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Exeter City won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Port Vale has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pope
10 goals / 2 assists
N. Law
9 goals / 1 assists
J. Forte
5 goals / 1 assists

Exeter City missing players

Port Vale missing players

Exeter City Port Vale
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
55 30 Scored 13 36
45 22 Conceded 15 46
95% 95% Over 0.5 75% 88%
73% 65% Over 1.5 40% 54%
41% 55% Over 2.5 20% 34%
22% 30% Over 3.5 5% 12%
10% 10% Over 4.5 0% 5%
54% 50% Both teams to score 25% 32%
27% 30% Clean Sheet 45% 37%
24% 25% Failed To Score 55% 44%
Key stats this season:
  • Exeter City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 41 23 14 4 72 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 83
2 Mansfield Town 41 19 15 7 61 34 21 13 5 3 33 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 41 21 9 11 66 43 21 13 4 4 33 13 20 8 5 7 33 30 23 72
4 Bury 41 20 11 10 74 50 20 12 5 3 46 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 24 71
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 19 11 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 68
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 17 13 11 60 42 20 6 8 6 24 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 18 64
7 Exeter City 41 17 11 13 55 45 20 10 3 7 30 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 10 62
8 Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 62 56 21 10 3 8 37 29 20 8 4 8 25 27 6 61
9 Colchester United 41 17 9 15 58 50 21 10 4 7 36 23 20 7 5 8 22 27 8 60
10 Swindon Town 41 15 14 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 20 8 5 7 24 24 3 59
11 Oldham Athletic 40 15 12 13 60 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 57
12 Stevenage 41 16 9 16 47 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -5 57
13 Newport County 40 16 9 15 49 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 57
14 Northampton Town 41 12 17 12 52 54 20 6 10 4 24 23 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 53
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 8 18 49 53 20 12 2 6 36 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -4 53
16 Cheltenham Town 41 14 10 17 53 59 21 9 6 6 31 27 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 52
17 Grimsby Town 41 14 7 20 40 52 21 9 4 8 23 21 20 5 3 12 17 31 -12 49
18 Port Vale 41 12 11 18 36 46 21 7 3 11 23 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -10 47
19 Morecambe 41 12 10 19 46 63 20 7 3 10 27 29 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 46
20 Cambridge United 41 12 9 20 37 58 20 7 6 7 20 21 21 5 3 13 17 37 -21 45
21 Crawley Town 41 12 7 22 41 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 20 3 3 14 11 32 -20 43
22 Macclesfield Town 41 9 12 20 45 68 21 5 9 7 25 34 20 4 3 13 20 34 -23 39
23 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
24 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37

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