Cheltenham Town vs Plymouth Argyle match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Both Cheltenham Town and Plymouth Argyle are longing for points in this match, in spite of the away side having a 22 point lead so far this season.

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (16) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most points from losing position (14) in League One

This looks to be an appealing match with lots of action and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Overall League One stats playing at home this season for Cheltenham Town are 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Cheltenham Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bolton Wanderers, Ipswich Town, Barnsley, Wycombe Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County and Peterborough United), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Cheltenham Town's previous fixture was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own stadium, finishing 4-0 versus Chelsea U21. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Forest Green Rovers (0-1).

It should be added that a look at the 12 latest league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Cheltenham Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Shrewsbury Town awaits in three days.

Cheltenham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Cheltenham Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

4-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Plymouth Argyle in their League One matches away. Plymouth are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Plymouth Argyle delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against AFC Wimbledon in their previous game; a EFL Trophy fixture.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Morecambe in the League One.

A quick return to home after this game, as Plymouth are hosting Wycombe Wanderers in the League One only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Plymouth Argyle's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. Plymouth Argyle's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cheltenham victories, one draw and seven Plymouth Argyle wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
8 goals
Plymouth ArgyleN. Ennis
N. Ennis
7 goals
Plymouth ArgyleM. Whittaker
M. Whittaker
7 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Cheltenham Town Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 5 11 22
7 5 2 Won W 2 4 14
4 1 0 Drew D 2 5 5
9 4 1 Lost L 1 2 3
16 11 4 Scored S 10 20 41
22 12 3 Conceded C 8 17 25
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 91% 95%
45% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 82%
30% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 73% 64%
15% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 55% 32%
10% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 27% 18%
30% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 59%
40% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 36%
40% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 9% 9%
 
3.3 4.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.3 5.3
5.8 3.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 5
2.2 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.1 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.8 12.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.5 14
2.8 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.3 5.1
29% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 43% 37%
 
13.6 10.7 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.6 11.5
4 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (16) in League One
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored more than double the goals of Cheltenham Town.
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in League One

  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 22 14 5 3 41 25 11 10 0 1 21 8 11 4 5 2 20 17 16 47
2 Ipswich Town 22 13 6 3 41 22 11 6 4 1 19 9 11 7 2 2 22 13 19 45
3 Sheffield Wednesday 22 12 7 3 36 17 11 6 4 1 23 11 11 6 3 2 13 6 19 43
4 Barnsley 20 11 3 6 27 16 10 6 1 3 15 9 10 5 2 3 12 7 11 36
5 Bolton Wanderers 21 10 5 6 26 19 11 7 2 2 16 8 10 3 3 4 10 11 7 35
6 Derby County 21 9 7 5 28 17 10 6 2 2 18 10 11 3 5 3 10 7 11 34
7 Wycombe Wanderers 22 9 5 8 28 24 11 5 3 3 17 11 11 4 2 5 11 13 4 32
8 Peterborough United 21 10 1 10 36 27 10 7 1 2 22 6 11 3 0 8 14 21 9 31
9 Bristol Rovers 22 8 7 7 34 35 11 4 4 3 16 17 11 4 3 4 18 18 -1 31
10 Portsmouth 19 7 8 4 26 22 10 3 6 1 14 10 9 4 2 3 12 12 4 29
11 Shrewsbury Town 21 8 5 8 22 23 11 5 2 4 13 13 10 3 3 4 9 10 -1 29
12 Port Vale 21 8 5 8 23 29 10 4 3 3 12 11 11 4 2 5 11 18 -6 29
13 Lincoln City 20 6 9 5 21 23 10 2 8 0 11 8 10 4 1 5 10 15 -2 27
14 Exeter City 22 7 6 9 33 33 11 5 2 4 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 17 0 27
15 Oxford United 21 6 8 7 26 22 10 3 3 4 13 11 11 3 5 3 13 11 4 26
16 Fleetwood Town 21 5 11 5 23 21 10 2 5 3 9 8 11 3 6 2 14 13 2 26
17 Cheltenham Town 20 7 4 9 16 22 10 5 1 4 11 12 10 2 3 5 5 10 -6 25
18 Charlton Athletic 21 5 9 7 31 30 11 4 4 3 21 15 10 1 5 4 10 15 1 24
19 Accrington Stanley 20 5 6 9 20 31 10 2 4 4 13 17 10 3 2 5 7 14 -11 21
20 Cambridge United 21 6 3 12 19 32 11 4 2 5 9 13 10 2 1 7 10 19 -13 21
21 Forest Green Rovers 22 5 5 12 19 43 11 4 0 7 8 18 11 1 5 5 11 25 -24 20
22 Milton Keynes Dons 21 5 3 13 21 31 11 1 2 8 9 20 10 4 1 5 12 11 -10 18
23 Burton Albion 22 3 7 12 27 44 11 2 4 5 11 19 11 1 3 7 16 25 -17 16
24 Morecambe 21 2 9 10 17 33 10 1 5 4 7 15 11 1 4 6 10 18 -16 15

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.