Stumbling Salford City hope to pull off a surprise victory when they play top team Exeter City in the next league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Salford City form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Salford City have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
In their previous game, the manager G. Bowyer led his Salford to a defeat in the League Two match away at Forest Green Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Peninsula Stadium. Tyreik Wright, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.35 (out of 10). Wright hit two key passes.
In the match before that, Salford City hosted Rochdale and drew the game 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salford handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, eight draws and two defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Salford as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Leeds United U21 are visiting.
Salford has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Salford have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Exeter City form and stats
Playing away, Exeter City have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the League Two this season. Things are running smoothly for Exeter who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Leyton Orient.
Exeter go into this game after a win, the home game against Mansfield Town that ended 2-1. Midfield player Timothée Dieng was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Dieng scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Crawley Town with the score of 3-1.Exeter 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, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
Exeter are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Exeter have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Salford zero wins, one draw and Exeter City two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Jay 8 goals | S. Nombe 6 goals |  T. Dieng 4 goals |
Salford City missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Salford City | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 71% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 43% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 14% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 62% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 13.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 22% | 21% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 37% |
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 12 | Newport County | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Barrow | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Salford City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 11 |