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Saturday 20 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Ben Atkinson

Exeter City v Barnsley: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Exeter City's last 9 home games and Barnsley's last 9 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 18, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 18, with 11.3 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.1 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Exeter City's 19 League One games and Barnsley's 17 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Exeter City v Barnsley, full match

46%

Possession

54%

2.01

Expected goals (xG)

0.53

15

Shots

9

7

Shots on target

1

6

Corners

3

8

Fouls

9

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

41'

Goal

Ilmari Niskanen EXE

45+2'

Yellow card

Pierce Sweeney EXE

54'

Yellow card

Patrick Kelly BAR

61'

Goal

Jayden Wareham EXE

73'

Goal

Reece Cole EXE

77'

Yellow card

Davis Keillor-Dunn BAR

At a glance

Exeter City

21st in the table

L

W

L

D

Barnsley

15th in the table

W

L

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Exeter City's home games and Barnsley's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Exeter City's last 9 home games and Barnsley's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

56%

10/18 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

78%

14/18 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

44%

8/18 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

28%

5/18 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

78%

14/18 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

33%

6/18 games · League 56%

Exeter City clean sheet

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Barnsley clean sheet

11%

1/9 games · League 27%

Exeter City fail to score

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Barnsley fail to score

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners

11.3

League 10.0

Cards

3.1

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Exeter City

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joe Whitworth

DEFENDERS

2

5

14

20

26

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ethan Brierley

10

Jack Aitchison

31

Jake Doyle-Hayes

FORWARDS

9

Jayden Wareham

19

Sonny Cox

SUBSTITUTES

23

16

34

12

29

7

17

Barnsley

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Murphy Cooper

DEFENDERS

4

5

27

30

MIDFIELDERS

8

Adam Phillips

22

Patrick Kelly

48

Luca Connell

FORWARDS

19

Reyes Cleary

23

Neil Farrugia

40

Davis Keillor-Dunn

SUBSTITUTES

51

6

3

45

7

11

39

Referee: Ben Atkinson

9 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.8

Red cards per game

0.22

Fouls per game

22.8

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

EXE

BAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

3.2

2.6

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

19/19

100%

17/17

100%

36/36

94%

Over 1.5

58%

11/19

82%

14/17

69%

25/36

71%

Over 2.5

32%

6/19

59%

10/17

44%

16/36

47%

Over 3.5

5%

1/19

53%

9/17

28%

10/36

23%

Over 4.5

5%

1/19

24%

4/17

14%

5/36

10%

Bet

EXE

BAR

Match

League

Yes

37%

7/19

65%

11/17

50%

18/36

50%

Yes and win

5%

1/19

35%

6/17

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

26%

5/19

53%

9/17

39%

14/36

37%

Yes and draw

11%

2/19

24%

4/17

17%

6/36

18%

Yes and loss

21%

4/19

6%

1/17

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/19

6%

1/17

3%

1/36

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Bet

EXE

BAR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.1

10.8

10.4

9.8

Over 7.5

84%

16/19

71%

12/17

78%

28/36

75%

Over 8.5

68%

13/19

71%

12/17

69%

25/36

61%

Over 9.5

58%

11/19

59%

10/17

58%

21/36

48%

Over 10.5

37%

7/19

47%

8/17

42%

15/36

38%

Over 11.5

32%

6/19

35%

6/17

33%

12/36

31%

Over 12.5

26%

5/19

35%

6/17

31%

11/36

22%

Referee Ben Atkinson: 5.9 cards and 22.8 fouls per game in 9 games this season

Bet

EXE

BAR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.2

3.8

3.4

3.8

Over 2.5

53%

10/19

82%

14/17

67%

24/36

75%

Over 3.5

42%

8/19

59%

10/17

50%

18/36

54%

Over 4.5

26%

5/19

18%

3/17

22%

8/36

31%

Over 5.5

5%

1/19

18%

3/17

11%

4/36

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Davis Keillor-Dunn

16 starts · 0.6 per 90

6%

1/16

50%

8/16

6%

1/16

0%

0/16

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Exeter City

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

1-2

L

9 Dec

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

1-0

W

29 Nov

Bradford City

(A)

0-1

L

15 Nov

Leyton Orient

(A)

1-2

L

8 Nov

Wigan Athletic

(H)

1-1

D

Barnsley

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Leyton Orient

(H)

3-2

W

9 Dec

Lincoln City

(A)

1-3

L

29 Nov

Stockport County

(A)

1-1

D

22 Nov

Luton Town

(H)

5-0

W

8 Nov

Doncaster Rovers

(A)

2-1

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Exeter City and Barnsley haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Exeter City v Barnsley: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Exeter City

Barnsley

Referee: Ben Atkinson

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Exeter City

Barnsley

Head to head

League One table