Northampton Town vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on August 17th, 2024

Northampton Town and Exeter City are scheduled to play against each other on August 17th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in a League One match to be held in England, check the Northampton Town vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Northampton Town vs Exeter City will occur

The game takes place in the small Sixfields Stadium stadium, in the city of Northampton, with a capacity for 7798 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Northampton Town vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025

Northampton Town comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Wycombe Wanderers, in a match valid for Carabao Cup, and the match ended 0-2. Coach J. Brady's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.30, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Tyler Magloire had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Carabao Cup, Exeter City, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Walsall team with a final score of 1-1.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.50.

The last time Exeter City faced Northampton Town it was in League One. Exeter City, then in 13th place opened with a play using the 3-4-3 formation, while Northampton Town, who was in 11th place, played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the League One. The meeting took place on 20-04-2024 and ended with a 1-2 win for Exeter City.

This football game will be officiated by C. Brook while K. Howick and A. Bennett will assist him from the sideline.

Northampton Town

Current leaderboard

Northampton Town currently occupies 20th place in the table, with 0 points achieved up to 2nd round.

Northampton Town play in front of their fans for the second time this season. They lost against the Exeter City for the first time by 1-2.

Northampton Town analysis

At the end of round 1 in League One, Northampton Town scored 0 goals and conceded 1 goals.

Northampton Town is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 48%. In the next match against Exeter City a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Northampton Town will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Exeter City

Current leaderboard

Exeter City is currently in 9th place in the league after the 2nd round, having won 3 points from their games so far this season.

This will be the second game this season in which the Exeter City team will play as a visitor. They managed to get a victory over Northampton Town in the first one by 1-2.

Exeter City analysis

Currently, in the League One, Exeter City sums 1 goals for and a total of 0 goals against, after 1 rounds played.

As we approach the Regular Season, Exeter City is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 7 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

Ball possession above 50% usually enables teams to gain some control over their opponents. This is why the Exeter City team typically tries to achieve an average ball possession of 59% to control the game.

Bet suggestions for this game:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 4 per game.

Northampton Town is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Northampton Town in this match.

Goals Top Betting Tips

The number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the beginning of the championship round can be a good betting parameter. In the last round of the competition, Northampton Town didn't score any goal and conceded in 1 opportunity, whilst Exeter City scored 1 time and conceded 0 goals.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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