Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Plymouth Argyle & Sheffield Wednesday face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Plymouth Argyle nor Sheffield Wednesday as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
Plymouth participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Home Park as Plymouth Argyle have scored 16 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League One are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Plymouth has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Rotherham United defeat 101 days ago.
A strong away win for Plymouth against Accrington Stanley the last match, as Ryan Broom, Jordan Houghton and Ryan Hardie were on target. Midfielder Ryan Broom was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.6 (out of ten) in that game. Broom scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, Plymouth played out a FA Cup draw 0-0 when visiting Sheffield Wednesday.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 four games. Plymouth Argyle has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
Plymouth are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Charlton Athletic awaits in four days.
The Plymouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Plymouth have conceded only 6 goals.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Playing away, Sheffield Wednesday have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season. It's three draws from Sheffield's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Sheffield's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Gillingham that finished 1-1. Cheyenne Dunkley, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.03. Dunkley won 22 of 27 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Harrogate Town in the EFL Trophy.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sheffield Wednesday in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sheffield, three draws and five defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Sheffield now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Accrington Stanley is waiting in only four days.
Sheffield have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other before this campaign: Sheffield Wednesday - Plymouth Argyle 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Plymouth wins - draws - Sheffield Wednesday wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hardie 9 goals |   L. Gregory 6 goals |  L. Jephcott 5 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 12.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 24 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -19 | 9 |
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