Exeter City vs Stevenage Predictions

• Exeter have won five of their last seven home League Two matches.
• Stevenage have lost six of their last nine league contests.
• Stevenage have failed to score in eight of their last eleven away games.

Grecians going places according to all the stats 

Exeter City are looking strong at the moment and will surely justify their short price to win at home to lowly Stevenage on Saturday. The Grecians are second in the table and second in the ten-game form standings too while their ten-game xG figure suggests they are almost in a class of their own.

Last Tuesday’s 0-0 draw at Port Vale, who are third in the latest xG form standings, can be viewed as a positive result given the injury issues that have hit the Devon club lately.

Matty Taylor had to reconstruct his midfield without Kyle Taylor, who was stretchered off with a serious looking knee injury at Oldham, and influential Tim Dieng, who was forced off at half-time with a hamstring injury in that 2-0 win last weekend. Harry Kite, Sam Nombe and Jonathan Grounds also missed the trip together with suspended Nigel Atangana, whose red card for a reckless lunge at Boundary Park has ruled him out for three games. Exeter even had chances to nick all three points at Vale Park, which speaks to the depth and resilience of Taylor’s squad.

Injury issues and clean sheet record taken into account

The Grecians have been beaten just once in 15 matches and should ensure that all three points remain at St James Park this weekend. Stevenage have lost six of their last nine league contests and failed to score in eight of their last eleven away games, so an Exeter win to nil could be a consideration.

However, the injury issues at the club and their record of only one clean sheet in the last four have us playing safe here with a recommendation of just backing Exeter to win at around 4/6. Stevenage have failed to win on the road in the league since the opening day of the season and their cumulative goal difference away to the current top six is -9.

A 2-0 home success is preferred in match result betting because Taylor’s side have scored exactly two goals against all three of their home opponents that currently occupy the bottom seven places.