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Exeter City vs Burton Albion Live Stream, Predictions
Exeter City will take to the pitch with away side Burton Albion at St James Park in this League One match on Saturday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Exeter City v Burton Albion, scroll down - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Exeter City
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Exeter City fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-3 League One triumph versus Shrewsbury Town.
For Exeter City, the scorers were Will Aimson (33'), Luke Harris (41') and Jack Aitchison (45').
It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Exeter City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Exeter City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 10 goals along the way.
A look at their previous results shows us that Exeter City:
- are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
- have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.
Burton Albion
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After tasting defeat last time out to Portsmouth in League One competition, Burton Albion and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
The only name on the scoresheet from Burton Albion was John Brayford (81'). Kusini Yengi (45', 63') was the scorer for Portsmouth.
The stats tell the story, and Burton Albion have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. Defensively, Burton Albion could really do with shoring things up. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out if the trend shall be replicated in this game.
Leading up to this clash, Burton Albion:
- remain unbeaten by Exeter City in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 01/02/2014 shows that Exeter City have won 1 of these and Burton Albion 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.
In all, 9 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for The Grecians and 6 created by The Brewers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.5.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was League One match day 6 on 02/09/2023 and the score finished Burton Albion 0-1 Exeter City.
The match was refereed by Geoff Eltringham.
ℹ️ Team News: Exeter City
Ben Purrington (Ankle injury), Demetri Mitchell (Cruciate ligament injury) and Gabe Billington (Broken ankle) will be missing for Exeter City gaffer Gary Caldwell.
🗞️ Team News: Burton Albion
With a fully healthy squad to pick from, the Burton Albion manager Martin Paterson doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report before this game.
🔮 Prediction
Our assessment is that Burton Albion have it in them to get a goal against this Exeter City team, however that might not be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Exeter City by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 14:04 16/03/2024
⚽️ 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 16
🔑 Key Player: Reece Cole
Normally played in the Centre Midfield position, Reece Cole was born in Hillingdon, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Brentford in the 2016 - 2017 season, the accomplished Midfielder has managed to score 3 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season to date from a total of 31 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 80 | WDWDW |
2 |
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38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 75 | LLWWW |
3 |
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38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 74 | LWDDW |
4 |
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37 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 71 | WWWWW |
5 |
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37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 70 | WWDLW |
6 |
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37 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 61 | WWDDL |
7 |
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38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 60 | WLWDW |
8 |
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38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 60 | DLLWL |
9 |
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38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 58 | WWDWW |
10 |
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38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 55 | WWLLD |
11 |
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37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 50 | LWWLD |
12 |
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38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 50 | WDLDL |
13 |
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38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 47 | DWLWL |
14 |
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37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 47 | LWLWW |
15 |
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38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 44 | DWDWW |
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38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 44 | LDLDW |
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38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -27 | 41 | WLLWL |
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38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 39 | WLWLL |
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37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -18 | 39 | LLDLL |
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37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -19 | 39 | LLLDL |
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36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 34 | DLDLL |
22 |
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38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -20 | 33 | DDWDD |
23 |
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36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -24 | 33 | LDLLD |
24 |
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37 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -33 | 23 | LWLLL |
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Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 59 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Sonny Cox | 5 |
Jack Aitchison | 4 |
Reece Cole | 4 |
Will Aimson | 3 |
Ryan Trevitt | 3 |
Bez Lubala | 5 |
Mark Helm | 4 |
Joe Powell | 4 |
Kwadwo Baah | 2 |
Mason Bennett | 2 |
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