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Exeter City are ready to welcome Cambridge United to St James' Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning 27.27 of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at St James' Park was within the last three years, in November 2002, with Cambridge U. inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Grecians in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Apr | Cambridge U. | 2 - 1 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Exeter City | 1-2 | Cambridge U. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 16 Oct | Exeter City | 1 - 2 | Cambridge U. | ASSM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 06 Mar | Exeter City | 0 - 3 | Cambridge U. | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 26 Sep | Cambridge U. | 1 - 1 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Mon 13 Apr | Exeter City | 1 - 0 | Cambridge U. | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 12 Dec | Cambridge U. | 2 - 1 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Exeter City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Grecians in those games, with 4 conceded.
The away form of Cambridge U. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. U's have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Exeter City are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 14 points from 6 games. Cambridge U. see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide Conference, showing a record of 7 points from their 6 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Exeter City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| Cambridge U. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Grecians being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Exeter City | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Cambridge U. | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |