Exeter City vs Fleetwood Town Prediction & Preview - League Two
League Two brings Exeter City and Fleetwood Town together at St James Park on Saturday afternoon, with both sides four days removed from a midweek round of fixtures. Exeter City have conceded once in their last six league games. Fleetwood Town have conceded eleven.
That is the fixture in a line, and the rest of this preview fills it in.
What time is kick-off for Exeter City vs Fleetwood Town?
Exeter City v Fleetwood Town kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, a League Two fixture played at St James Park in Exeter. Full fixture details and the prediction entry sit on the Exeter City vs Fleetwood Town match page.
- Fixture: Exeter City v Fleetwood Town
- Competition: League Two
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 15:00 BST
- Venue: St James Park, Exeter
How are Exeter City playing right now?
Exeter City have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last six League Two matches, collecting 11 points while scoring 4 goals and conceding 1. They kept five clean sheets in those six games.
Four days before this fixture they beat Crewe Alexandra 2-0 at home, which was the only one of the six in which they scored twice. Before that, a 0-0 draw away to Colchester United 7 days before this match, a 1-0 win away to Shrewsbury Town 14 days before, and a 1-0 home win over Rotherham United 21 days before.
So the pattern is obvious enough. Exeter win narrowly or they draw nothing, and they failed to score in 3 of the 6. Only one match in that run ended in defeat, 0-1 away to Bristol Rovers 28 days before this one. At home they have won 2 of 3.
Fleetwood Town's form before the League Two trip to Exeter
Fleetwood Town have taken 4 points from their last six League Two games, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 4, with 7 scored and 11 conceded. They have won none of their last three away matches.
Their midweek game went badly: a 2-4 defeat away to Cheltenham Town, four days before this fixture. The week before that they were far better, beating Rotherham United 2-0 at home 7 days before this match, and that remains their only clean sheet in the six.
Fleetwood do score, which is the part of this that complicates a straightforward read. They managed 2 or more in 2 of 6, and both sides found the net in 4 of those games. They also conceded 2 or more in 3 of 6.
Team news for Exeter City vs Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood are without Rhys Bennett through suspension, and head coach Matt Lawlor expects his squad to be stronger than it was in midweek: "Hopefully everyone's through. Other than that, we hope we have one or two more back for the bench on Saturday," he said on the club's squad news update. Lawlor was frustrated by the opening half-hour at Cheltenham but took something from the second, telling Fleetwood Town's official site the team should "draw a line under it, learn from it and get better".
The contrast between these two is sharp and it is all in the goal numbers. Not one of Exeter's last six produced three or more goals, and not one saw both teams score. Three of Fleetwood's six had three or more goals in them, and four had both sides scoring. One of those patterns has to give on Saturday.
Exeter City vs Fleetwood Town prediction
Our prediction for the League Two match between Exeter City and Fleetwood Town at St James Park on Saturday, 24 October 2026 is a 2-0 home win for Exeter City. Exeter have conceded just once across their last six league games and won 2 of 3 at home, while Fleetwood have shipped 11 in the same span and have no away win in their last three.
Exeter's scoring is thin enough that a one-goal margin would be no surprise, but Fleetwood conceded two or more in 3 of their last 6 and gave up four at Cheltenham in midweek. That is the gap that decides this.
Our prediction: Exeter City 2-0 Fleetwood Town
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