, PREVIEW: Exeter City vs Yeovil Town

PREVIEW: Exeter City vs Yeovil Town

Exeter City vs Yeovil Town

Paul Tisdale is looking to better their 10th place finish of last year as the Grecians remain one of the only stable clubs within England. Tisdale is now the second longest serving manager in England behind Arsene Wenger and will be looking to treat his sides fans to a victory in their Devon Derby against Yeovil. Tisdale has lost a few players in Liam Sercombe (Oxford) and Scott Bennett (Notts County) but they have added players with experience at a higher level. Lee Holmes (Preston), Bobby Olejnike (Peterborough) and Will Hoskins (Oxford) have joined alongside Troy Brown (Cheltenham) who stated in a recent interview with BBC Exeter that the Grecians “Have the quality to challenge”. 

  • 50% of their points picked up at home – 8 out of 17 wins
  • Only 1 win in their last league games
  • consecutive away games follow – Swindon CUP, Northampton and Dagenham

After back to back relegations, Yeovil will be looking for some stability this season. Finishing bottom of League 1, the club started to plan for life in the fourth tier with the appointment of Paul Sturrock towards the end of last term. Sturrock wasted no time in making wholesale changes with over 19 departures from the club in the close season, Adam Morgan (Accrington), Joe Edwards (Colchester), James Berrett (York) some of the names vacating Huish Park. Ryan Dickson (Crawley) joins as the new club captain alongside Ryan Bird (Cambridge), Jordan Gibbons (QPR), Omar Sowunmi (Ipswich). The Glovers have three big games to start the season with QPR following on Tuesday in the Cup then another Derby against Bristol Rovers next weekend.

  • Only scored 36 goals last season – failed to score in 21 games
  • Only picked up 2 wins in last 11 league games

Head to Head: 9 meetings – Exeter 3, Yeovil 3, Draw 3

Last Meeting – 2nd January 2012 – Exeter 1-1 Yeovil

  • Yeovil have only 1 win in last 6 meetings – last win came in 2011 (3-2)

Prediction – Exeter 2-2 Yeovil

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