League Two news and guide: Exeter City small thought to overwhelm Salford City

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St James Park (8830 seats)

League Two: Exeter City are ready for the visit of Salford City in what should be an absorbing football game. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Exeter have less rest than Salford City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. This match was also played here at St James Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Salford City have had more rest.

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Exeter City form and stats

Exeter City have performed here at St James Park this season with 9 wins from 16 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2. There’s a good atmosphere here at St James Park after three straight home wins.

Exeter City's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Swindon Town (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Attacking player Brown bested all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.1 out of 10. Brown scored one goal, served one assist and hit five key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mansfield Town (1-2).

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 City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won nine times, drawn three and lost two.

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

The Exeter fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 16 league matches. Exeter City are not conceding a lot of goals here at St James Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.

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Salford City form and stats

Playing away, Salford City have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats in the League Two this season. Salford love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Salford City's last game was the home draw against Forest Green Rovers (1-1). The attacker Smith got a match rating of 7.52 in that game. Smith scored one goal.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Swindon Town with the score of 2-1.

Salford City 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, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Rochdale.

Salford City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Salford have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played previously this season: Salford City - Exeter City 1-2. Head to head data (for the previous four meetings): Exeter City won three games, one match ended in a draw and Salford City got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
12 goals
ExeterT. Dieng
T. Dieng
8 goals
Exeter CityS. Nombe
S. Nombe
7 goals

Exeter City missing players

Salford City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Exeter City Salford City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 7 17 33
15 9 2 Won W 2 7 13
12 5 3 Drew D 1 2 9
6 2 0 Lost L 4 8 11
50 27 10 Scored S 6 20 38
34 15 6 Conceded C 9 18 31
85% 81% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 94% 91%
76% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 82% 76%
55% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 41% 36%
27% 31% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 6% 6%
6% 12% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
61% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 43% 47% 45%
33% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 29% 41% 42%
21% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 43% 18% 21%
 
5.7 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4.1 4.5
4.9 4.3 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 4.3
1.2 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
13.5 14.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.3 11.3
4.5 4.4 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4 4.1
34% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 28%
 
10.5 10.7 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 13.3 12.3
3.5 3.9 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City 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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Exeter City 33 15 12 6 50 34 16 9 5 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 57
4 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
5 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
6 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
7 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
8 Swindon Town 35 15 10 10 58 44 17 5 7 5 27 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 14 55
9 Bristol Rovers 35 15 9 11 48 42 17 9 3 5 24 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 6 54
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 34 12 9 13 42 46 18 5 6 7 22 26 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

Salford City:
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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 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Exeter City 33 15 12 6 50 34 16 9 5 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 57
4 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
5 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
6 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
7 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
8 Swindon Town 35 15 10 10 58 44 17 5 7 5 27 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 14 55
9 Bristol Rovers 35 15 9 11 48 42 17 9 3 5 24 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 6 54
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 34 12 9 13 42 46 18 5 6 7 22 26 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

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