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Exeter City v Bristol Rovers : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, St James Park, Exeter

Matt Taylor pays counterpart Gary Caldwell a visit on Thursday afternoon in the League One, as their Bristol Rovers and Exeter City charges go head to head at the St James Park. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall performance can be found, while there's also head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Exeter
47%
--
Draw
28%
--
Bristol R
26%
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Exeter 1-0
14%
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Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Bristol R 1-0
10%
--
Exeter 2-0
9%
--
Exeter 2-1
9%
--
Bristol R 2-1
6%
--
Bristol R 2-0
4%
--
Exeter 3-0
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Exeter 3-1
4%
--
Bristol R 3-1
2%
--
Exeter 3-2
2%
--
Exeter 4-0
1%
--
Bristol R 3-0
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
45%
--
BTTS - No
55%
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BTTS - Home Win
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
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Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
53%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
66%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
34%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
45%
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Exeter win to nil
29%
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Bristol R win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Exeter have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. They have been outscored by their opponents by 17 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Exeter have played 9 games at home winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Bristol R are in 18th position in the League One on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Bristol R have conceded 21 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Exeter
Bristol R
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Wycombe1812421840 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 1
l
 
1-2F
Feb 8
2
Wrexham1912431740 
Mar 29
l
 
3-0A
Dec 21
Apr 18
3
Birmingham1712321639 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 18
Apr 1
Dec 14
4
Huddersfield1811251235 
Apr 26
l
 
2-0A
Mar 8
l
 
3-1A
5
Stockport199641233 
Apr 5
l
 
2-0A
-
l
 
2-0A
6
Reading18945531 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
7
Bolton17935130 
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
-
Apr 5
8
Barnsley19766227 
Dec 14
Apr 1
Jan 18
l
 
2-1A
9
Lincoln19766127 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
10
Mansfield17737024 
Jan 14
May 3
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
11
Exeter Home18738-324 
-
-
Apr 12
Dec 26
12
Charlton18657-123 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
w
 
3-2F
Jan 28
13
Blackpool18657-523 
Jan 25
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
May 3
14
Stevenage17647-322 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 1
Apr 21
Dec 29
15
Peterborough18639121 
l
 
1-2F
-
Feb 2
l
 
3-2A
16
L Orient18639-121 
Jan 28
w
 
0-1F
Jan 1
l
 
3-0A
17
Northampton19568-521 
Mar 1
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
18
Bristol R Away18639-921 
Dec 26
Apr 12
-
-
19
Wigan18558-120 
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-4A
Jan 25
20
Rotherham17557-420 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
21
Crawley18549-1119 
Dec 29
Apr 21
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
22
Cambridge184410-1116 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 15
w
 
2-0F
Jan 4
23
Burton182511-1411 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Feb 15
w
 
1-3A
24
Shrewsbury183213-1711 
Mar 8
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 4
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Exeter 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter2 - 2Wycombe
Exeter0 - 2Birmingham
Exeter0 - 0Lincoln
Exeter1 - 0Charlton
Exeter1 - 2Reading
Exeter1 - 0Cambridge
Exeter2 - 0Stevenage
Exeter1 - 2Peterborough
Exeter1 - 0Rotherham
Exeter1 - 2Oxford Utd
Exeter1 - 0Stevenage
Exeter1 - 1Charlton
Exeter1 - 0Burton
Exeter2 - 2Bolton
Exeter1 - 1Fleetwood
Exeter0 - 3Derby
Exeter2 - 1Peterborough
Exeter0 - 1Bristol R
Exeter0 - 0Cambridge
Exeter2 - 1Carlisle
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExeter0 - 2Stockport
HExeter2 - 2Wycombe
HExeter0 - 2Birmingham
AExeter0 - 3Wrexham
HExeter0 - 0Lincoln
HExeter1 - 0Charlton
AExeter0 - 2Huddersfield
HExeter1 - 2Reading
AExeter2 - 0Shrewsbury
HExeter1 - 0Cambridge
AExeter1 - 0L Orient
AExeter0 - 0Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Stevenage
AExeter1 - 2Blackpool
AExeter2 - 0Bolton
HExeter1 - 2Peterborough
AExeter1 - 2Northampton
HExeter1 - 0Rotherham
HExeter1 - 2Oxford Utd
AExeter2 - 1Northampton
Bristol R 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
L Orient3 - 0Bristol R
Mansfield0 - 1Bristol R
Reading1 - 0Bristol R
Huddersfield3 - 1Bristol R
Burton1 - 3Bristol R
Peterborough3 - 2Bristol R
Barnsley2 - 1Bristol R
Stockport2 - 0Bristol R
Rotherham0 - 0Bristol R
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 3Bristol R
Port Vale2 - 0Bristol R
Lincoln5 - 0Bristol R
Fleetwood0 - 0Bristol R
L Orient0 - 1Bristol R
Northampton3 - 1Bristol R
Stevenage2 - 3Bristol R
Exeter0 - 1Bristol R
Barnsley2 - 1Bristol R
Wycombe3 - 2Bristol R
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol R0 - 3L Orient
HBristol R0 - 2Blackpool
ABristol R1 - 0Mansfield
HBristol R0 - 0Crawley
HBristol R1 - 1Lincoln
ABristol R0 - 1Reading
HBristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
ABristol R1 - 3Huddersfield
ABristol R3 - 1Burton
HBristol R3 - 2Charlton
HBristol R1 - 2Wycombe
ABristol R2 - 3Peterborough
HBristol R0 - 4Wigan
ABristol R1 - 2Barnsley
HBristol R2 - 0Cambridge
ABristol R0 - 2Stockport
ABristol R0 - 0Rotherham
HBristol R1 - 0Northampton
ABristol R0 - 2Wigan
HBristol R0 - 2Peterborough
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Exeter since 2010
Exeter
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
13
10
Games: Scored
7 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
1 / 8
EXE
3
D
3
BRI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
0 - 1Bristol R
Draw2 - 2Draw
Exeter4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Exeter2 - 1
1 - 2Bristol R
Draw2 - 2Draw
Exeter1 - 0
League games at Bristol R since 2009
Bristol R
Exeter
Goals: Scored
12
10
Games: Scored
6 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
2 / 8
EXE
3
D
1
BRI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
0 - 1Exeter
3 - 4Exeter
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bristol R3 - 1
Bristol R2 - 1
Bristol R2 - 0
0 - 2Exeter
Bristol R1 - 0
Goal Statistics

A truly dismal PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for Bristol Rovers fans, as should a 8 League One games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Exeter 11th Bristol R 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Exeter will score no more than 1 goal
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of Bristol R scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
Exeter have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
-10
Bristol R’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Exeter
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol R
1.3
0.9
Attack rating
4%
better
EXE
BRI
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Games scored12
11
Failed to score6
7
Scored first10
7
Goals scored16
17
Avg. goals scored0.9
0.9
Avg. shots per game7
7
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1
0.9
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
24%
better
EXE
BRI
view stats
Games conceded9
12
Clean sheets9
6
Conceded first6
9
Goals conceded19
26
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against11%
14%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.7
KickOff rating
+24%

Exeter v Bristol R League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Exeter League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18328
J WhitworthK DoyleJ MagennisR Woods
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK18
1
-
J McMillan DEF181
2
-
T Crama DEF172
3
-
P Sweeney DEF17
4
-
E Francis MID1721
2
-
J Aitchison MID171
3
-
I Niskanen MID1711
4
-
J Magennis FWD1712
-
M Alli FWD1621
-
K Doyle MID153
1
-
R Woods MID141
7
1
S Cox FWD12
-
J Yfeko DEF111
3
-
B Purrington DEF10
-
J Bird FWD8
-
C Watts MID71
3
1
R Cole MID711
2
-
A. Richards FWD61
1
-
V Harper MID5
1
-
J Fitzwater DEF4
-
D Mitchell MID3
-
J. Richards MID1
-
P Borges MID1
1
-
Bristol R League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18337
J GriffithsS SinclairP OmochereT Moore
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Griffiths GLK18
1
-
J Wilson DEF181
1
-
C Mola DEF18
4
-
S Sinclair MID163
1
-
K Conteh MID16
5
-
G Ward  MID1612
-
C Taylor DEF15
1
-
J Lindsay MID152
3
-
B Bilongo DEF1412
-
T Moore DEF14
6
1
L McCormick MID142
1
-
R Sotiriou FWD1411
2
-
S Forde FWD1421
2
1
P Omochere FWD1423
2
-
L Thomas MID112
-
I Hutchinson MID1011
-
G O'Donkor FWD1011
2
-
L Sousa DEF71
-
J Garrett MID7
1
-
C Martin FWD7
1
-
M. Forbes DEF5
1
-
J Hunt DEF51
2
-
J Senior DEF3
-
K. Shaw MID2
-