County were involved in a good scrap with Lincoln last weekend, playing out a hearty draw. They are still in second place in the table and looking ready to push on towards a higher tier at the end of the season. They go into another tough game though now as they face fifth-placed Exeter in what should be another epic duel. Exeter have continued to win their home games, but are still failing on the road though.
Football League Two – Notts County v Exeter – Meadow Lane, Notts County – Saturday 20th January 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Notts County
ExeterNotts County Form
County will be kicking themselves at the end of the season if they don’t drive their way to automatic promotion from the position that they are in. They have some great home from behind them this season as they have stayed unbeaten still at Meadow Lane for the league season with a W 9 D4 record. You really can’t argue with that. In their last home game, they beat Port Vale 1-0 and they have scored in all but one of their home fixtures this season. They have averaged exactly two goals per game at home while they have shipped only the ten goals in their 13 home games. Seven of their home wins have been either by a one or a two-goal winning margin, so if they get the win here, expect it to be a tight margin, especially against a strong Exeter side. County have collected a clean sheet in 46% of their home games this season.
Exeter Form
The Grecians are on a strange run of form. They have alternated between an away defeat and a home win in their last eight league matches. They took a great home win over Coventry last week, but they have suffered poor defeats recently against the likes of Chesterfield and Yeovil. So they are not there on the road at the moment and overall they are W4 D3 L6 away from home this season but are winless now in seven away from St James’ Park. They have scored one goal exactly in each of their last four away games so there’s a reasonable chance of both teams scoring in this game. But while they have been defensive rocks on home soil, they have conceded an average of 1.6 goals per game on their travels. A half-time draw may appeal though as they have been level at the break in over half of their road games.
Head to Head News
County strolled to a 3-0 away win over Exeter earlier in the season and now back on home soil have the chance to do the double over them. Notts County are unbeaten in their last three against the Grecians (W2 D1) so have a current bit of form. Exeter have won just one of their last seven games against County now.
Notts County v Exeter – Betting Odds and Predictions
Notts County are 21/20 with Coral you get the win with Exeter out at 11/4.
Top Betting Tip Notts County v Exeter
Notts County have to be value in this one in what should be an even contest. That will be based on the fact that they are running on an unbeaten sequence of form this season at home while Exeter are suffering from travel sickness. Home win.