The League Two Play-Off Semi-Final seconds legs take place tonight, with a place at Wembley up for grabs.
Exeter City (0) v Colchester United (1)
17:15
Colchester take a narrow lead into tonight’s second leg, after a late free-kick from Cohen Bramall beat Exeter City goalkeeper Lewis Ward at the near post, giving the U’s a 1-0 victory over the Grecians.
Here's a reminder of the strike that gave @ColU_Official the advantage heading into tonight's Semi-Final second leg...#EFL | #SkyBetLeagueTwo pic.twitter.com/LIOnIs8J9J
— Sky Bet League Two (@SkyBetLeagueTwo) June 22, 2020
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- Exeter City are unbeaten in their last seven home games against Colchester, with all games coming in League competition between 2–9/10 and this season (W4, D3).
- Colchester United are unbeaten in all three of their matches against Exeter City in League Two this season (W1, D2), keeping a clean sheet in their last two games against the Grecians.
- The U’s have never won an away Play-Off fixture in three previous attempts. However, this is their first away match in the Play-Offs since the 1997/98 season.
- Exeter have won the second leg in each of their last two Play-Off campaigns, scoring three goals in each win to secure a place in the Final.
- The last ten teams to win the first leg of the League Two Play-Off Semi-Finals at home have then progressed to the Final. The last team t fail to do so was Darlington in the 2007/08 season.
- The Grecians are winless in six matches in all competitions (D2, L4), losing each of the last two in a row. They have not lost three games in a row since December 2018.
- Cohen Bramall’s two League Two goals for Colchester United this season have been via direct free-kicks.
Cheltenham Town (2) v Northampton Town (1)
20:00
Cheltenham Town took control of their League Two Play-Off Semi-Final, after goals from Charlie Raglan and Conor Thomas gave them a 2-0 victory over Northampton Town.
It's advantage @CTFCofficial heading into tonight's Semi-Final second leg... #EFL | #SkyBetLeagueTwo pic.twitter.com/m5IwPZiVJR
— Sky Bet League Two (@SkyBetLeagueTwo) June 22, 2020
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- Cheltenham Town have won four of its last five League Two matches against Northampton (D1) since the start of last season, winning both of their home games in that run.
- Northampton Town are looking for their first away win against Cheltenham since the second leg of the 2012/13 League Two Play-Off Semi-Finals, when they won 1-0.
- All five previous teams to win the first leg away from home by two goals or more I the fourth tier Play-Offs have gone on to reach the Final.
- Across all divisions, the last team to lose the first leg of a Football League Play-Off by two goals or more and progress to the Final was Yeovil Town against Nottingham Forest in the 2006/07 season in League One. They lost the first leg 2-0, before going on to win the second leg 5-2.
- Should the Robins reach the Play-Off Final, it will be their fourth Play-Off Final in the fourth tier - the joint most of any side. Blackpool and Torquay United have both also reached four.
- Northampton Town have lost seven of their last nine matches in all competitions. They did however win their last away match in February away at Grimsby Town.
- Since shipping seven goals against Newport County in a Leasing.com Trophy match back in November, Cheltenham have only conceded more than one goal in a game once in all competitions, conceding just 16 goals across 24 matches since then.
- Conor Thomas’ goal in the first leg was his seventh League Two goal this season. Only Ryan Broom has scored more for the Robins this season.
You can watch both Semi-Finals live on Sky Sports tonight, from 5pm or follow all the action via @SkyBetLeagueTwo on Twitter.
