Preview: Wycombe Wanderers vs. Exeter City - prediction, team news, lineups

Wycombe Wanderers are acceptable to proceed their combat for the League One rubric erstwhile they instrumentality connected mid-table Exeter City astatine Adams Park connected Wednesday afternoon.

The hosts are 3rd successful the array with 47 points aft their archetypal 22 matches, portion the visitors are 13th successful the standings with 31 points from their opening 22 games.

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Since their relegation from the Championship successful 2020-21, Wycombe person steadily slipped down the League One table, finishing sixth successful 2021-22, ninth successful 2022-23 and 10th successful 2023-24.

However, they person climbed toward the apical of the League One array successful the archetypal fractional of the 2024-25 campaign, presently sitting 3rd with 47 points from 22 matches, aft 14 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

That leaves Wycombe conscionable 2 points down league-leading Birmingham City, who person 1 played 1 crippled fewer, and 1 constituent down second-placed Wrexham, who person played 1 crippled more.

Matt Bloomfield's broadside initially had a mediocre commencement to the run arsenic they mislaid their archetypal 2 fixtures, albeit they were 3-2 losses to some Wrexham and Birmingham, but they went connected to stay unbeaten successful the pursuing 19, signaling 14 wins and 5 draws.

That undefeated streak came to a disappointing extremity successful their past outing of 2024, arsenic the Chairboys fell to a 2-1 decision against Charlton Athletic, a effect they volition beryllium anxious to bounce backmost from successful this one.

Bloomfield's men volition apt fancy their chances to bash precisely that successful this one, fixed their awesome location grounds of six wins, 2 draws and 1 nonaccomplishment this term.

Their opponents, Exeter, beryllium 13th successful the array with 31 points from 22 matches, aft 9 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, leaving them six points down the playoffs and 11 up of the driblet zone.

That presumption successful the array has go a acquainted 1 for Exeter since being promoted into League One successful 2022-23 for the archetypal clip since 2011-12, having finished 13th past run and 14th successful 2022-23.

Gary Caldwell, successful complaint since October 2022, will, however, beryllium hopeful of steering Exeter higher up the array this run with ambitions of reaching the playoffs, and a triumph successful this 1 could beryllium a important effect successful the pursuit of that goal.

The visitors person struggled successful this fixture successful caller meetings astatine Adams Park, signaling conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 7 visits, alongside 3 losses and 3 draws, albeit the triumph did travel successful their astir caller sojourn past season.

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Team News

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Wycombe person nary caller wounded concerns heading into this one, but a disappointing 2-1 decision to Charlton Athletic past clip retired could mean Bloomfield opts to marque respective changes here.

Richard Kone is 1 subordinate that is expected to surely travel backmost into the team, with the 21-year-old guardant having netted 12 goals successful 22 appearances this season, including 3 successful his past two.

As for the visitors, Yanic Wildschut and Jay Bird are some improbable to diagnostic owed to wounded issues, but the remainder of the squad has avoided immoderate caller wounded worries.

While Exeter were capable to salvage a 4-4 gully with Crawley Town past clip out, aft initially going down 4-1, Caldwell could opt to marque a fig of changes here.

Wycombe Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:
Ravizzoli; Grimmer, Low, Taylor, Harvie; Scowen, Morley; Onyedinma, Humphreys, Lubala; Kone

We say: Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Exeter City

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