Possible nail-biting contest in Scunthorpe United - Exeter City game

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: AJ Bell Stadium

Struggling Scunthorpe United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Exeter City in the upcoming league round. It's 22nd vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Scunthorpe United and Exeter City.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Scunthorpe United have to build on here at AJ Bell Stadium in the League Two.

In their previous game, the manager P. Hurst led his Scunthorpe United to a defeat in the League Two match away at Newport County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AJ Bell Stadium. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Northampton Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Scunthorpe United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 6 Lost 4.

The manager P. Hurst will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Salford City in only four days.

Scunthorpe United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AJ Bell Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Exeter City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Exeter City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Cambridge United (placed 10th). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Forest Green Rovers.

Exeter City lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Exeter City in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Exeter City, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Exeter City are hosting Plymouth Argyle in the League Two only four days away.

Exeter City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Exeter City have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Scunthorpe United-Exeter City H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Scunthorpe United 1 win, Exeter City 2 wins, 1 draw. 1 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
5 goals
Exeter CityN. Law
N. Law
4 goals / 3 assists
Exeter CityL. Martin
L. Martin
4 goals / 1 assists

Scunthorpe United missing players

Exeter City missing players

Scunthorpe United Exeter City
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 4 7 14
2 2 0 Won W 3 3 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
8 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
17 11 1 Scored S 7 9 18
23 8 3 Conceded C 3 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 64%
57% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 36%
36% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 36%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 7%
50% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 50%
14% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 43%
36% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 14%
 
5.3 5.6 2 Corners For (avg) C F 7 7 7.1
4.9 4.9 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5 4.9
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.3 1.4
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Scunthorpe United
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
24-09-19 EFL Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Leicester U21
28-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Bradford City
05-10-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Scunthorpe United
12-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 3 - 0 Northampton Town
19-10-19 LT Newport County 2 - 1 Scunthorpe United
22-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 20:45 Exeter City
26-10-19 LT Salford City 16:00 Scunthorpe United
02-11-19 LT Scunthorpe United 16:00 Stevenage
12-11-19 EFL Scunthorpe United 20:45 Sunderland
16-11-19 LT Leyton Orient 16:00 Scunthorpe United
Exeter City
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
28-09-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 3 Grimsby Town
05-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Exeter City
08-10-19 EFL Newport County 0 - 2 Exeter City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Cambridge United 4 - 0 Exeter City
22-10-19 LT Scunthorpe United 20:45 Exeter City
26-10-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
02-11-19 LT Bradford City 16:00 Exeter City
13-11-19 EFL Exeter City 20:00 West Ham United U21
16-11-19 LT Exeter City 16:00 Cheltenham Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 14 9 2 3 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 29
2 Bradford City 14 8 3 3 21 13 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 27
3 Newport County 13 7 5 1 14 7 7 5 2 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 26
4 Exeter City 14 7 5 2 18 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 3 3 1 9 9 3 26
5 Cheltenham Town 13 7 4 2 23 12 6 4 2 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 11 25
6 Forest Green Rovers 14 7 4 3 16 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 25
7 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 2 21
8 Plymouth Argyle 14 5 5 4 20 16 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 20
9 Macclesfield Town 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 1 20
10 Cambridge United 14 5 4 5 20 14 7 2 2 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 19
11 Colchester United 14 5 4 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 7 3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 23 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 12 10 1 19
13 Crawley Town 14 5 4 5 22 22 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 3 3 11 14 0 19
14 Grimsby Town 14 5 3 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 3 1 3 11 8 0 18
15 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 0 18
16 Port Vale 14 4 6 4 19 21 7 4 3 0 11 6 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 18
17 Mansfield Town 14 4 5 5 21 19 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 2 3 2 9 8 2 17
18 Salford City 14 4 5 5 16 22 7 3 2 2 6 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -6 17
19 Walsall 14 4 3 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 3 1 3 6 9 -9 15
20 Carlisle United 14 4 2 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 2 5 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -10 11
22 Scunthorpe United 14 2 4 8 17 23 7 2 3 2 11 8 7 0 1 6 6 15 -6 10
23 Morecambe 14 2 4 8 14 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 7 2 1 4 7 14 -12 10
24 Stevenage 14 1 6 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 7 10 7 0 4 3 4 10 -9 9

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