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Exeter City v Rotherham United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

St James Park, Exeter

Rotherham United, led by manager Matthew Hamshaw, visit Gary Caldwell and his Exeter City side at the St James Park on Saturday afternoon in the League One. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different betting markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you explore. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall records can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history later on in the preview.

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Exeter City's next match is v Northampton at 15:00 on Saturday 14th February
Rotherham United's next match is v Burton at 19:45 on Tuesday 17th February
The last English League One meeting between Exeter and Rotherham was on Saturday 31st January 2026
English League One
January 31st 2026
Exeter 0
4 Rotherham
 
28' J. Baptiste
71' J. Rafferty
72' H. Gray
75' S. McWilliams
 
EXE
RTH
Shots On
2
7
Shots Off
6
3
Corners
4
5
Possession
66%
34%
Fouls
16
6
Yellow/red cards
3/0
1/0
 
ExeterRotherham
 
J. Whitworth
J. Fitzwater
L. Woodhouse
P. Sweeney (S. Cox 75')
E. Brierley
R. Cole (J. Aitchison 57')
I. Niskanen
C. Gomes (T. Tuterov 57')
J. Wareham (J. Magennis 74')
J. Doyle-Hayes
L. Oakes (A. Higgins 57')
C. Dawson
football iconJ. Rafferty
Z. Jules
R. James
J. Powell
(D. Yearwood 74') K. Spence
(A. Martha 77') S. Nombe
football iconJ. Baptiste
football iconS. McWilliams
(E. Adegboyega 40') D. Gore
football iconH. Gray

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's every chance of this match serving up goalmouth entertainment, but don't count on a deluge of goals. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning there will be no more than 3 goals scored during 90 minutes. The best odds are below, followed by market-specific form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Exeter are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Exeter
56%
21/201/50
Draw
26%
12/51/50
Rotherham
19%
5/21/50
Exeter 1-0
15%
11/219/5
Draw 1-1
12%
11/25/2
Exeter 2-0
12%
17/215/2
Draw 0-0
10%
15/24/1
Exeter 2-1
9%
8/110/1
Rotherham 1-0
8%
17/21/1
Exeter 3-0
6%
18/116/1
Exeter 3-1
5%
18/140/1
Rotherham 2-1
5%
12/110/1
Draw 2-2
4%
16/125/1
Rotherham 2-0
3%
16/111/2
Exeter 4-0
2%
40/133/1
Exeter 3-2
2%
28/170/1
Exeter 4-1
2%
40/1125/1
Rotherham 3-1
1%
28/114/5
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
23/2018/5
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
4/61/6
Home 1st Goal
55%
8/1117/20
Away 1st Goal
38%
11/813/8
No 1st Goal
6%
15/24/1
BTTS - Yes
43%
19/2010/1
BTTS - No
57%
4/51/33
BTTS - Home Win
20%
15/41/50
BTTS - Draw
16%
15/41/50
BTTS - Away Win
7%
13/211/2
Home/draw
81%
2/71/50
Away/draw
45%
8/111/50
Home/away
74%
3/101/50
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
4/118/11
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
2/11/1
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
3/110/11
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
2/95/6
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
8/111/2
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/141/11
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
18/140/1
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/501/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/142/13
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
15/24/1
Home DNB
73%
1/210/21
Away DNB
37%
6/46/4
Exeter win to nil
36%
12/5-
Rotherham win to nil
12%
5/1-
Exeter / Exeter
27%
12/566/1
Exeter / Rotherham
3%
33/1125/1
Exeter / Draw
6%
14/190/1
Draw / Exeter
17%
4/118/1
Draw / Rotherham
10%
13/225/1
Draw / Draw
17%
15/420/1
Rotherham / Exeter
3%
25/16/1
Rotherham / Rotherham
12%
5/18/13
Rotherham / Draw
6%
14/15/2
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Win / draw / win League One table

Exeter have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Exeter have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 27 goals.

Home League Performance

Exeter have played 12 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Rotherham are in 23rd position in the League One on 28 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 7 and won 6. Rotherham have conceded 39 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Exeter
Rotherham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff3019652663 
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-0A
2
Lincoln3018752261 
Mar 10
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
Mar 21
3
Bolton31151061255 
Feb 28
l
 
2-1F
Mar 14
l
 
2-1A
4
Stockport301587753 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2A
5
Huddersfield31147101149 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-3A
Mar 7
6
Bradford291478449 
May 2
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
-
7
Luton3013611545 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 17
Mar 28
d
 
0-00-0
8
Wycombe3011109943 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
May 2
9
Stevenage291199142 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
Apr 3
l
 
1-0A
10
Peterborough3013215341 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
l
 
0-2A
Mar 17
11
Reading2910109340 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
12
Mansfield281099639 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
-
l
 
2-1F
13
Exeter2911513338 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
14
AFC Wim2911513-638 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
15
Barnsley2710710-237 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 7
Apr 11
w
 
0-1F
16
Plymouth3011415-937 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
Feb 28
l
 
1-0A
17
Blackpool309615-733 
w
 
4-1F
Apr 3
l
 
0-3A
l
 
4-0A
18
L Orient309615-933 
Mar 28
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
19
Northampton309615-1033 
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2A
20
Doncaster309615-1733 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
Feb 21
l
 
1-0A
21
Burton308814-1232 
-
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
Feb 17
22
Wigan2971012-1031 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
d
 
2-2A
Apr 14
23
Rotherham298714-1231 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
24
Port Vale285716-1822 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-3F
w
 
2-1F
Apr 6
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Win / draw / win form
Exeter 20TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter3 - 0Stevenage
Exeter1 - 0Luton
Exeter3 - 0Barnsley
Exeter1 - 0AFC Wim
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
Exeter2 - 0Plymouth
Exeter1 - 1Reading
Exeter0 - 1Huddersfield
Exeter0 - 2Port Vale
Exeter3 - 0Peterborough
Exeter1 - 2Mansfield
Exeter4 - 1Blackpool
Exeter3 - 1Huddersfield
Exeter0 - 0Burton
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
Exeter0 - 2Stockport
Exeter0 - 2Wrexham
Exeter2 - 0Mansfield
Exeter2 - 0Shrewsbury
Exeter1 - 1Northampton
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExeter2 - 2Reading
AExeter3 - 1Port Vale
HExeter3 - 0Stevenage
AExeter2 - 2Huddersfield
HExeter1 - 0Luton
AExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Cardiff
HExeter3 - 0Barnsley
AExeter1 - 2Bolton
HExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Bradford
AExeter1 - 2L Orient
HExeter1 - 1Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Plymouth
AExeter0 - 1Stockport
HExeter1 - 1Reading
AExeter1 - 0Lincoln
HExeter0 - 1Huddersfield
AExeter1 - 2Stevenage
HExeter0 - 2Port Vale
Rotherham 22ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stockport3 - 2Rotherham
Blackpool4 - 0Rotherham
Bolton2 - 1Rotherham
Plymouth1 - 0Rotherham
Reading1 - 1Rotherham
Luton0 - 0Rotherham
Barnsley0 - 1Rotherham
Northampton1 - 2Rotherham
Mansfield2 - 1Rotherham
AFC Wim2 - 1Rotherham
Doncaster1 - 0Rotherham
Cardiff3 - 0Rotherham
Stevenage1 - 0Rotherham
Stevenage1 - 1Rotherham
Wigan1 - 0Rotherham
Stockport3 - 1Rotherham
Bolton0 - 1Rotherham
Northampton0 - 2Rotherham
Wrexham1 - 0Rotherham
Bristol R2 - 3Rotherham
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRotherham2 - 1Northampton
HRotherham1 - 1AFC Wim
ARotherham2 - 3Stockport
HRotherham0 - 2Peterborough
ARotherham0 - 4Blackpool
ARotherham1 - 2Bolton
HRotherham1 - 3Huddersfield
ARotherham0 - 1Plymouth
HRotherham0 - 3Blackpool
HRotherham1 - 1Wycombe
ARotherham1 - 1Reading
ARotherham0 - 0Luton
HRotherham3 - 0Lincoln
HRotherham2 - 2Burton
ARotherham1 - 0Barnsley
HRotherham1 - 0L Orient
ARotherham2 - 1Northampton
HRotherham2 - 2Bradford
ARotherham1 - 2Mansfield
HRotherham0 - 1Stockport
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Exeter since 2008
Exeter
Rotherham
Goals: Scored
2
2
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
EXE
1
D
1
RTH
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
Exeter1 - 0
0 - 1Rotherham
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Rotherham since 2009
Rotherham
Exeter
Goals: Scored
6
3
Games: Scored
3 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
1 / 4
EXE
1
D
1
RTH
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rotherham
Rotherham1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Rotherham4 - 1
0 - 1Exeter
Goal Statistics

Exeter City have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 6 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.6 against Rotherham United on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Exeter 20th Rotherham 22nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Exeter will score 1 or more goals
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Rotherham scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Exeter’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-16
Rotherham have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Exeter
PG (predicted goals)
Rotherham
1.6
0.8
Attack rating
14%
better
EXE
RTH
view stats
Games scored19
18
Failed to score8
9
Scored first14
10
Goals scored33
27
Avg. goals scored1.2
1
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for17
13
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+14%
Defence rating
25%
better
EXE
RTH
view stats
Games conceded18
22
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first13
16
Goals conceded26
40
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
16%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+25%

Exeter v Rotherham League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Exeter League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291087
J WhitworthJ WarehamI NiskanenJ Doyle-Hayes
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK29
4
-
P Sweeney DEF232
6
-
J Fitzwater DEF2811
5
-
L Woodhouse DEF1611
1
-
I Niskanen MID2918
4
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID211
7
-
E Brierley MID2913
4
-
L. Oakes MID11
2
-
R Cole FWD2343
2
-
J Wareham FWD29101
5
-
C Mendes FWD91
-
Subs
J Bycroft GLK
-
E Turns DEF20
2
-
J Aitchison FWD2713
3
-
A. Higgins FWD161
-
S Cox FWD191
3
-
J Magennis FWD214
4
-
T. Tuterov FWD52
1
-
Rotherham League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29646
C DawsonS NombeJ PowellZ Jules
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Dawson GLK29
3
-
J Rafferty DEF2621
3
-
Z Jules DEF201
5
1
J. Baptiste DEF2011
5
1
K Spence MID182
6
-
D. Gore MID241
6
-
S McWilliams MID2122
1
-
J Powell MID274
1
-
R James MID2612
3
-
H. Gray FWD52
2
-
S Nombe FWD1462
3
-
Subs
T Cann GLK
-
A Martha DEF2511
5
-
L. Agbaire DEF8
2
-
E Adegboyega DEF31
-
D Yearwood MID20
2
-
H Douglas MID91
2
-
J Holmes FWD5
-