The head coach Taylor looks to encourage Exeter City victory versus Rochdale

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

Exeter City have been better than Rochdale so far, but every game begins at 0-0. Here's all the info you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Exeter City and Rochdale should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City have performed here at St James Park this season with 12 wins from 20 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 2. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Exeter, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Exeter City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tranmere Rovers (0-2). Midfielder Key was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.32 (out of ten) in that game. Key hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Colchester United.

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 nine games, won five matches, drawn two and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Exeter as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Barrow are visiting.

The Exeter City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 20 league matches. Exeter City have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Rochdale form and stats

There's been little loot from Rochdale's travels as they have only collected 18 points from 21 away games in the League Two. Rochdale only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 6 draws. Bitter travels for Rochdale as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Scunthorpe United match.

Rochdale are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Hartlepool United (placed 14th). Late drama in the previous game, when O'Connell scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Hartlepool United. The attacker Done got a match rating of 7.65 in that game. Done hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Stevenage's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Rochdale playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.

In the opposite end, Rochdale have conceded 34 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Rochdale - Exeter City 1-1 was the end result in these sides' previous H2H fixture, played this season. Exeter-Rochdale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Exeter City four wins, Rochdale four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
12 goals
Exeter CityT. Dieng
T. Dieng
11 goals
Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
7 goals

Exeter City missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Rochdale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 20 7 Played P 7 21 43
21 12 3 Won W 2 4 11
14 6 4 Drew D 1 6 17
7 2 0 Lost L 4 11 15
60 33 10 Scored S 10 21 46
38 17 6 Conceded C 15 34 53
83% 80% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 84%
71% 70% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 65%
48% 55% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 52% 42%
21% 25% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 29% 23%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 14% 12%
52% 55% 57% BTTS BTTS 71% 57% 51%
40% 40% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 28%
24% 25% 29% Failed to Score F T 29% 43% 37%
 
5.9 6.2 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.9 5.5 5.7
4.9 4.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.9 4.8 4.6
1.1 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.9 1.1 1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 13.9 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.1 11.9 12.7
4.5 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.3 2.5
32% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 42%
 
10 9.7 7.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11.9 11.4
3.2 3.5 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.1 4.3 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Exeter City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Forest Green Rovers 42 23 13 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 34 82
2 Exeter City 42 21 14 7 60 38 20 12 6 2 33 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 22 77
3 Port Vale 43 21 12 10 65 42 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 10 6 5 31 22 23 75
4 Northampton Town 43 21 10 12 52 34 22 13 4 5 31 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 18 73
5 Bristol Rovers 43 21 10 12 60 46 21 13 3 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 73
6 Sutton United 42 20 10 12 63 48 21 13 5 3 34 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 15 70
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 19 12 12 50 38 22 15 3 4 34 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 12 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 20 9 13 59 48 20 13 3 4 34 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 11 69
9 Salford City 43 18 12 13 54 39 22 10 8 4 31 19 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 66
10 Newport County 43 18 12 13 64 53 21 9 6 6 39 27 22 9 6 7 25 26 11 66
11 Swindon Town 42 18 11 13 67 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 21 11 4 6 36 29 15 65
12 Crawley Town 42 17 9 16 53 56 22 9 6 7 28 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -3 60
13 Leyton Orient 43 13 16 14 58 42 21 9 5 7 34 17 22 4 11 7 24 25 16 55
14 Hartlepool United 43 14 11 18 43 58 21 9 7 5 24 21 22 5 4 13 19 37 -15 53
15 Rochdale 43 11 17 15 46 53 22 7 11 4 25 19 21 4 6 11 21 34 -7 50
16 Walsall 43 13 11 19 43 55 21 9 5 7 28 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -12 50
17 Carlisle United 43 13 11 19 37 56 22 7 7 8 17 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -19 50
18 Bradford City 43 11 16 16 45 53 21 4 10 7 25 28 22 7 6 9 20 25 -8 49
19 Colchester United 43 12 12 19 42 57 22 6 8 8 23 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -15 48
20 Harrogate Town 43 12 11 20 58 72 21 5 7 9 29 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -14 47
21 Barrow 42 9 14 19 40 50 21 4 9 8 23 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -10 41
22 Stevenage 42 9 14 19 38 62 21 7 6 8 23 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -24 41
23 Oldham Athletic 43 9 10 24 42 68 21 5 3 13 25 37 22 4 7 11 17 31 -26 37
24 Scunthorpe United 43 4 13 26 27 80 22 3 6 13 14 35 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 25

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 Forest Green Rovers 42 23 13 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 34 82
2 Exeter City 42 21 14 7 60 38 20 12 6 2 33 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 22 77
3 Port Vale 43 21 12 10 65 42 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 10 6 5 31 22 23 75
4 Northampton Town 43 21 10 12 52 34 22 13 4 5 31 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 18 73
5 Bristol Rovers 43 21 10 12 60 46 21 13 3 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 73
6 Sutton United 42 20 10 12 63 48 21 13 5 3 34 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 15 70
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 19 12 12 50 38 22 15 3 4 34 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 12 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 20 9 13 59 48 20 13 3 4 34 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 11 69
9 Salford City 43 18 12 13 54 39 22 10 8 4 31 19 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 66
10 Newport County 43 18 12 13 64 53 21 9 6 6 39 27 22 9 6 7 25 26 11 66
11 Swindon Town 42 18 11 13 67 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 21 11 4 6 36 29 15 65
12 Crawley Town 42 17 9 16 53 56 22 9 6 7 28 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -3 60
13 Leyton Orient 43 13 16 14 58 42 21 9 5 7 34 17 22 4 11 7 24 25 16 55
14 Hartlepool United 43 14 11 18 43 58 21 9 7 5 24 21 22 5 4 13 19 37 -15 53
15 Rochdale 43 11 17 15 46 53 22 7 11 4 25 19 21 4 6 11 21 34 -7 50
16 Walsall 43 13 11 19 43 55 21 9 5 7 28 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -12 50
17 Carlisle United 43 13 11 19 37 56 22 7 7 8 17 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -19 50
18 Bradford City 43 11 16 16 45 53 21 4 10 7 25 28 22 7 6 9 20 25 -8 49
19 Colchester United 43 12 12 19 42 57 22 6 8 8 23 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -15 48
20 Harrogate Town 43 12 11 20 58 72 21 5 7 9 29 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -14 47
21 Barrow 42 9 14 19 40 50 21 4 9 8 23 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -10 41
22 Stevenage 42 9 14 19 38 62 21 7 6 8 23 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -24 41
23 Oldham Athletic 43 9 10 24 42 68 21 5 3 13 25 37 22 4 7 11 17 31 -26 37
24 Scunthorpe United 43 4 13 26 27 80 22 3 6 13 14 35 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 25

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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.