National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Plymouth Argyle or Charlton Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Plymouth and Charlton Athletic.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
Action has already taken place for Plymouth Argyle in EFL Trophy as they have defeated Crystal Palace U21, Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town to reach the 2nd Round. Plymouth Argyle was eliminated in the group stage last season in the EFL Trophy.Plymouth Argyle have been outstanding at home so far in the League One with 9 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
The Plymouth manager Schumacher and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Burton Albion. Midfielder Mumba was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Mumba scored one goal.
A 1-1 draw away in the League One before that, with Lincoln City the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Plymouth Argyle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Goals decide football matches and Plymouth Argyle are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Plymouth have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Colchester United, Brighton U21 and Gillingham in order to reach 2nd round of EFL Trophy. Charlton Athletic was sent out of EFL Trophy in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charlton Athletic so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Charlton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Port Vale. Midfielder Dobson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Dobson hit one key pass and had 60 successful passes (of 67 total).
Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Burton Albion that ended 3-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Charlton Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Charlton Athletic win, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Charlton Athletic are hosting Stockport County in the FA Cup only four days away.
In the opposite end, Charlton have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Plymouth Argyle wins - draws - Charlton Athletic wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Hardie 8 goals |  M. Whittaker 7 goals |  N. Ennis 6 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 41 | ||
| 31 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 47% | ||
| 11 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Derby County | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 14 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 14 |
