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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

These two sides are revelling in a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be influential. Get ready for Exeter City - Port Vale!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two

Port are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Exeter City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at St James Park as Exeter City have scored 37 goals to get 48 points from 22 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 14-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Exeter City tasted defeat here at St James Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

Exeter City drew their last game, 1-1 away at Northampton Town (placed 3rd). Nombe was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Northampton Town after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Grounds got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.3/10. Grounds hit one key pass and won 10 of 11 duels.

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

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Exeter have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won ten times, drawn five and lost three.

The Exeter City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 37 goals in 22 league matches. Exeter have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

The visitors are W10-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Three has not been a lucky number for Port Vale as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Hartlepool United match.

Port Vale have much to to set right after their surprise defeat (1-2) to Newport County in their previous outing, played at home. Charsley got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Charsley hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at Walsall before that.

Port Vale are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visiting Port have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 31 goals from 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Port Vale have conceded 24 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Port Vale - Exeter City 0-0 was the score in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Exeter City-Port Vale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Exeter four wins, Port Vale four wins, two draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
14 goals
Exeter CityT. Dieng
T. Dieng
12 goals
Port ValeB. Garrity
B. Garrity
12 goals

Exeter City missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Port Vale
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
23 14 4 Won W 3 10 21
15 6 1 Drew D 1 6 12
7 2 1 Lost L 2 6 12
65 37 12 Scored S 10 31 66
40 18 5 Conceded C 8 24 46
84% 82% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 89%
73% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 71%
47% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 42%
20% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 27%
4% 9% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 16%
53% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 56%
40% 41% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 23% 33%
22% 23% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 22%
 
5.8 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.5 5.1
4.9 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.8 3.9
1.3 1.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.1 13.8 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.2 11.1
4.6 4.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.4
32% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 43%
 
10 9.4 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10.5 9.9
3.2 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) 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 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Mansfield Town 45 22 10 13 65 50 22 15 3 4 38 22 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 76
6 Port Vale 45 21 12 12 66 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 22 10 6 6 31 24 20 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 45 19 13 13 58 42 23 10 9 4 33 21 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 70
11 Newport County 45 19 12 14 67 56 22 9 6 7 40 29 23 10 6 7 27 27 11 69
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Mansfield Town 45 22 10 13 65 50 22 15 3 4 38 22 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 76
6 Port Vale 45 21 12 12 66 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 22 10 6 6 31 24 20 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 45 19 13 13 58 42 23 10 9 4 33 21 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 70
11 Newport County 45 19 12 14 67 56 22 9 6 7 40 29 23 10 6 7 27 27 11 69
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

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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.