National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Plymouth Argyle or Bristol Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Plymouth Argyle, as the manager R. Lowe led his troops to eliminate Bristol Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, and reach the 2nd Round Replays. Plymouth Argyle participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Home Park as Plymouth Argyle have scored 21 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Scunthorpe United here at Home Park, Plymouth Argyle has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Plymouth Argyle's last game was hosting Morecambe and winning 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Cambridge United in the League Two.
This is expected to be a close game, with Plymouth Argyle perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Plymouth Argyle as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Plymouth Argyle has won 8 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Plymouth Argyle as they are travelling to their away game against Macclesfield Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 10 games), Plymouth Argyle's attacking play is working. Plymouth Argyle have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bromley and Plymouth Argyle in order to reach 2nd Round Replays of FA Cup. Bristol Rovers was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round replays last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Bristol Rovers hope to make it five in this match. It’s been three wins in a row for Bristol Rovers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Two travels in a row for Bristol Rovers, whose manager G. Coughlan could celebrate last time after the League One win against Ipswich Town. A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Southend United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Bristol Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Bristol Rovers, 6 draws and 0 defeats.
After this away game Bristol Rovers return home for a League One game against Peterborough United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Bristol Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Bristol Rovers have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Bristol Rovers - Plymouth Argyle 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Plymouth Argyle, 6 draws and 2 wins for Bristol Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke-Harris 8 goals |   A. Sarcevic 5 goals |  J. Grant 4 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 16% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 342 | 204 | Total Shots | T S | 116 | 312 | ||
| 107 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 99 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 42 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 34 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 12 | Newport County | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Salford City | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Walsall | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 23 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 21 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 20 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 35 |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Blackpool | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Coventry City | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -13 | 17 |
| 22 | Southend United | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -37 | 7 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 27 | -28 | 2 |