After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Walsall and Exeter City in this fresh League Two season. Read our match preview!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. This match was also played here at The Banks's Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Exeter City have had more rest.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have collected seven points from their first three League Two games here at The Banks's Stadium, a promising start.
A nice win for Walsall last time playing, versus Leyton Orient. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Elijah Adebayo and Rory Holden scoring for the victors. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Colchester United that ended 1-1.
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 Walsall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost seven.
The manager D. Clarke will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bradford City in only three days.
Walsall has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, Walsall have conceded only 2 goals.
Exeter City form and stats
Exeter City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Exeter are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Southend United (placed 23rd). Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Swindon Town.
The draw against Southend United came from a losing position. The Exeter City manager M. Taylor brought on Alex Fisher as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
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: three wins for Exeter City, six draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Exeter, the League Two home match versus Crawley Town. Busy days.
The Exeter manager M. Taylor has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. Exeter struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Walsall-Exeter City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Walsall four wins, Exeter City four wins, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 3 goals |  J. Randall 3 goals |  R. Holden 2 goals |
Walsall missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Walsall | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 48 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 44 | 69 |
| 25 | 18 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 28% | 22% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 38% |
- All of Exeter City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Exeter City have not yet lost a game away.
- Exeter City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Exeter City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Walsall have not yet lost a game.
- Walsall have scored in all their matches so far.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Walsall | Last season | Exeter City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 56 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Conceded | C | 29 | 49 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 69% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 45% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 38% | ||
| 28% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 412 | 263 | Total Shots | T S | 233 | 492 | ||
| 148 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 75 | 152 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Morecambe | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Barrow | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Southend United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
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