National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Plymouth Argyle or Crystal Palace U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Plymouth have less rest than Crystal Palace U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Milton Keynes Dons.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
Plymouth Argyle participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.7-0-0 is the performance here at Home Park so far in the League One, giving Plymouth Argyle a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!
Happy days for Plymouth Argyle in their previous game, a fixture away at Milton Keynes Dons that ended with a 4-1 victory. Midfield player Azaz got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Azaz scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Accrington Stanley.The manager Schumacher will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bristol Rovers in only four days.
A decent goal production from Plymouth in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively Plymouth Argyle have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crystal Palace U21 form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.Crystal Palace U21 are happy with their away performances in the Premier League 2 Division One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Everton U21 with 3-4 on the scoreboard. As you can tell from the result, the match against Everton U21 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A loss, in the EFL Trophy away at Bristol Rovers, before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Crystal Palace U21 manager McCarthy as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Manchester City U21.
Crystal create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 6 goals |   R. Hardie 5 goals | N. Ennis 5 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Crystal Palace U21 missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Crystal Palace U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 8 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 31% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 46% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 31% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 23% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 36% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 46% | ||
| 11.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Derby County | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 14 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 12 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crystal Palace U21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Manchester City U21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Arsenal U21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Everton U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Fulham U21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Liverpool U21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Chelsea U21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Wolves U21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Brighton U21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Leicester U21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Manchester United U21 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 6 |
| 13 | Tottenham U21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 14 | West Ham United U21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 2 |
