Walsall will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Exeter City.
Exeter City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago.
Walsall form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Walsall have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.
Walsall drew their last game, also a home match. Port Vale (placed 7th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Northampton Town in a game that was won 3-2.
Walsall has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. 25 goals have been conceded.
Exeter City form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Exeter City, who have the most clean sheets (15) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 8-4-6 so far.
Exeter City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Crewe Alexandra that finished 1-1. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Crawley Town.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Exeter City have scored 21 goals in 18 league games away. 25 goals have been conceded by Exeter City in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Exeter City - Walsall 3-3. Walsall-Exeter City H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Walsall three wins, Exeter City four wins, two draws. eight of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
R. Bowman 12 goals | J. Gordon 9 goals | ![]() N. Law 7 goals |
Walsall missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Walsall | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 37 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 52 |
| 48 | 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 40 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 69% | 72% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 67% | 67% |
| 54% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 44% | 42% |
| 20% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 39% | 36% |
| 9% | 6% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 54% | 61% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 33% | 42% |
| 29% | 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 22% | 17% |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 392 | 243 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 215 | 449 |
| 142 | 84 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 73 | 143 |
| 26% | 21% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | 36% |
- Exeter City has the most clean sheets (15)
- Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 35 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 69 |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 66 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 65 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 63 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 58 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 56 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 55 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 54 |
| 10 | Salford City | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 47 |
| 11 | Forest Green Rovers | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 46 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 45 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 45 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -8 | 44 |
| 15 | Walsall | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -11 | 44 |
| 16 | Newport County | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -6 | 43 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -10 | 41 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | -10 | 40 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -9 | 39 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | -16 | 39 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -8 | 35 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | -24 | 32 |
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 30 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 35 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 22 |