Match Report
31 points separated the sides: Exeter City 1st on 84, Rochdale 18th on 53. Exeter City's recent output lagged their position: 10th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Exeter City were scoring 1.41 and conceding 0.89, Rochdale 1.11 and 1.28, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Exeter City have 4 wins to Rochdale's 4, with 1 draw, at 2.89 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at St James Park in New Castle (capacity 52,350). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Exeter City led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.