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Exeter City FC vs AFC Fylde, FA Cup 2020-21 ROUND 1

FA Cup · 2020-21
Exeter City FC
2 – 1
Full Time
AFC Fylde
Sat 7 Nov 2020 · 13:00 UTC St. James' Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'
Rory McArdle 8' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Exeter City FC vs AFC Fylde — FA Cup at St. James' Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Tom Reeves
  • Referee Dean Treleaven
  • Referee Marc Whaley
  • Referee
3 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/game

Head-to-Head

1
Exeter City FC 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals AFC Fylde
Last 5 meetings
2020-11-07 Exeter City FC 2–1 AFC Fylde

Recent Form

Exeter City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Nov AFC Fylde H 2–1 W
10 Nov Blackpool FC H 2–3 L
AFC Fylde
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Nov Exeter City FC A 1–2 L
25 Oct Altrincham FC H 2–1 W
13 Oct Farsley Celtic FC A 3–1 W
03 Oct Hyde United FC A 4–2 W
19 Oct Peterborough Sports FC H 6–1 W
20 Oct Chesterfield FC H 1–3 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
67% Clean Sheets
Exeter City FC this season

Top Scorers (This Season)

Exeter City FC
Jack Aitchison 2 G
Jayden Wareham 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Exeter City FC host AFC Fylde — let the battle begin!
  • 5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 8' Controversy at the stadium! Rory McArdle argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 11' The deadlock is broken! Jordan Hulme gets on the scoresheet on 11 minutes.
  • 16' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 21' A quiet spell here at St. James' Park. Exeter City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 26' Matt Jay makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Exeter City FC are in front.
  • 31' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 33' What composure from Alex Hartridge! The England international strokes it home. 2-1.
  • 38' Exeter City FC is showing some good football. However, Exeter City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 43' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 43 minutes.
  • 48' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ben Seymour, as he is very good at scoring at St. James' Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 53' Exeter City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 53.
  • 58' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AFC Fylde needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 62' Fresh legs for Exeter City FC! Jake Taylor comes on to replace Harry Kite.
  • 67' A tactical swap from Exeter City FC — Joel Randall on, Ryan Bowman off on 67 minutes.
  • 72' Exeter City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 77' It looks like no one’s ball. AFC Fylde is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 81' AFC Fylde ring the changes. Nick Haughton has done his job and it is now time for Kurt Willoughby to step up.
  • 82' It is a substitution in Exeter City FC team. Jake Caprice is replaced by Josh Key on 82 minute.
  • 87' With 0 assists to his name this season, Pierce Sweeney is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Exeter City FC.
  • 89' Junior Mondal gets the nod from AFC Fylde. He replaces Nathan Shaw and will look to change the dynamic.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Exeter City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matthew Taylor

AFC Fylde Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Bentley

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.64 Exeter City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.42 AFC Fylde xG
I would bet for: Exeter City FC or AFC Fylde 74% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Exeter City FC44% Draw26% AFC Fylde30%
Actual: Exeter City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.06
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 37%
63%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Exeter City FC or Draw
70%
Draw or AFC Fylde
56%
Exeter City FC or AFC Fylde
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Exeter City FC31% Draw44% AFC Fylde25%
Actual: Exeter City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.8%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
7.5%
1 – 0
6.9%
0 – 0
6.4%
2 – 0
6.2%
2 – 2
6.1%
0 – 1
5.8%
0 – 2
4.7%
3 – 1
4.7%
1 – 3
3.6%
3 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Exeter City FC

Handicap Exeter City FC covers Push AFC Fylde covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 13% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 20% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 17% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Exeter City FC keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
AFC Fylde keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.