The League One tie at St James Park on Friday sees home side Exeter City take to the field against Charlton Athletic.
View all Exeter City v Charlton Athletic tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Exeter City
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Exeter City fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-0 League One success over Burton Albion.
The only name on the scoresheet from Exeter City was Reece Cole (41').
Gary Caldwell's Exeter City have found the net a sum total of 8 times in their preceding six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time amounts to 6.
Charlton Athletic
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In their previous fixture, Charlton Athletic drew 1-1 in the League One match with Fleetwood Town.
The only player to score from Charlton Athletic was Alfie May (45'). Ryan Graydon (84') scored for Fleetwood Town.
The stats tell the story, and Charlton Athletic have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 6 goals in all. In defence, Charlton Athletic have been far from perfect. However, we must now wait to see whether that trend might be replicated in this upcoming match or not.
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Head to head
A study of past results between these clubs stretching back to 10/09/2011 tells us that these encounters have been disappointments for Exeter City. They have not managed to get themselves any victories at all while Charlton Athletic have simply been better than them, beating them in 100 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.
A combined sum of 20 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from The Grecians and 15 being from The Addicks. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.
The previous league meeting featuring the two was League One match day 11 on 03/10/2023 and the score finished Charlton Athletic 4-1 Exeter City.
The match was refereed by David Rock.
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Team News: Exeter City
Ben Purrington (Ankle injury), Harry Lee (Broken arm), Demetri Mitchell (Cruciate ligament injury) and Gabe Billington (Broken ankle) won’t be playing for Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell.
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Team News: Charlton Athletic
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones to contend with. Miles Leaburn (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
It seems to us that Charlton Athletic and Exeter City may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.
It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. Therefore, we predict a very close game with a 0-0 score at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
10:05 29/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Exeter City
Formed: 1901
Stadium: St James Park (8,219)
Captain: Will Aimson
Chairman: Nick Hawker
Manager: Gary Caldwell
Competitions: League One position 15
⭐ Key Man: Sonny Cox
Usually taking up the Striker position, Sonny Cox was born in England. Having played his first senior match for Exeter City in the 2022 - 2023 season, the talented Forward has struck 5 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 28 appearances.