Burton Albion head to St James Park on Friday for the League One showdown with home team Exeter City.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Exeter City v Burton Albion can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Exeter City
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Exeter City will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 League One victory over Bristol Rovers.
For Exeter City, goals were scored by Caleb Watts (11') and Reece Cole (42'). Ruel Sotiriou (70') was the scorer for Bristol Rovers.
It has not been often in recent times that Exeter City have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Exeter City have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 7 goals in the process. That kind of trend wonโt necessarily be sustained here, though.
Pre-game facts show that Exeter City:
- have not been beaten in the league by Burton Albion in their previous 3 games.
- havenโt won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.
Burton Albion
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Burton Albion will go into the encounter following a 3-0 League One win with the defeat of Huddersfield Town in their last outing.
For Burton Albion, the goalscorers were Rumarn Burrell (9', 55') and Julian Larsson (45').
In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring Burton Albion, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average number of goals per match during that time is 2.83, with the number of goals averaged by Burton Albion working out to 1.5.
Coming into this meeting, Burton Albion are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 06/12/2014 shows that Exeter City have won 3 of them and Burton Albion 2, with the number of draws being 1.
A total of 10 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them for The Grecians and 5 being from The Brewers. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The last league game between these sides was League One match day 21 on 21/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Burton Albion 1-2 Exeter City.
The match was refereed by Seb Stockbridge.
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Team News: Exeter City
Jack Fitzwater (Hamstring injury), Johnly Yfeko (Hamstring injury) and Yanic Wildschut (Cruciate ligament injury) are not available for Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell.
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Team News: Burton Albion
Thanks to a largely available group of players, thereโs just the lone fitness issue for the Burton Albion manager Gary Bowyer to be concerned with. Geraldo Bajrami (Cruciate ligament injury) wonโt be in action.
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Prediction
Weโve got the feeling that Burton Albion and Exeter City could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.
A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. Thatโs why our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking the latest betting odds for this match on the 90 min. result market, backing Exeter City is best priced at 2.55, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.2 & betting on the winning team to be Burton Albion comes in at 2.75. These are the most competitive prices that can be secured at the moment.
Lucas Pereira,
05:02 16/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Exeter City
Formed: 1901
Stadium: St James Park (8,219)
Captain: Pierce Sweeney
Chairman: Nick Hawker
Manager: Gary Caldwell
Competitions: League One position 15
๐ Key Player: Josh Magennis
Generally taking up the Striker position, Josh Magennis was born in Bangor, N. Ireland. Having played his first senior match for Cardiff City in the 2009 - 2010 season, the skilful Forward has scored a sum of 6 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 season to date in 40 appearances.