League One preview: Can Oxford United edge out victory against Plymouth Argyle?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

A total of eleven sets of matches have been played and both Oxford United and Plymouth Argyle are high up in the table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Plymouth Argyle played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match.

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Oxford United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Kassam Stadium as Oxford United have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League One are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The Oxford fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at The Kassam Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Stevenage.

In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Sheffield Wednesday with a 2-1 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Oxford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Shrewsbury Town in only three days. This game is also played here at The Kassam Stadium.

Goals decide football matches and Oxford United are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Oxford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Kassam Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Plymouth Argyle playing as the away team in the League One this season. Things are running smoothly for Plymouth who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Rotherham United.

Plymouth Argyle might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Swindon Town proved too strong as Plymouth slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Home Park.

Before that, Plymouth secured a home win against Burton Albion with the score 2-1.

Plymouth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

A new game in only three days for Plymouth, the League One home match versus Bolton Wanderers. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Plymouth Argyle's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Plymouth have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oxford six wins, two draws and Plymouth Argyle two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
8 goals
OxfordJ. Henry
J. Henry
5 goals
Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
4 goals

Oxford United missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Oxford United Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 1 5 12
5 4 0 Won W 0 2 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
17 12 0 Scored S 0 8 19
12 4 0 Conceded C 2 6 11
91% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 83%
55% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 50%
27% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 17%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 58%
18% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 33%
18% 17% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 8%
 
7.5 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.4 5.6
5.3 5.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.8 5.8
1.9 2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.1 14 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.8 13
5.5 5.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 4.8
28% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Oxford United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Oxford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 6 5 1 19 11 7 4 3 0 11 5 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 23
2 Wycombe Wanderers 11 7 2 2 18 12 5 5 0 0 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 23
3 Wigan Athletic 10 7 1 2 17 7 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 9 3 10 22
4 Sunderland 10 7 1 2 18 11 6 6 0 0 14 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 7 22
5 Rotherham United 11 6 2 3 16 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 7 20
6 Milton Keynes Dons 11 5 4 2 21 15 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 11 9 6 19
7 Oxford United 11 5 3 3 17 12 6 4 2 0 12 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 18
8 Bolton Wanderers 12 5 3 4 20 16 5 2 2 1 7 7 7 3 1 3 13 9 4 18
9 Sheffield Wednesday 11 5 3 3 11 9 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 18
10 Burton Albion 12 4 4 4 11 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 1 2 3 3 8 -3 16
11 Accrington Stanley 11 5 1 5 14 20 5 4 0 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 7 14 -6 16
12 Portsmouth 11 4 3 4 14 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 15
13 Morecambe 11 4 2 5 20 18 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 1 1 3 9 10 2 14
14 Ipswich Town 11 3 4 4 21 19 7 2 4 1 17 13 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 13
15 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 4 4 17 19 5 1 3 1 8 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 -2 13
16 Cambridge United 10 3 4 3 14 16 6 2 2 2 8 10 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 13
17 Lincoln City 11 3 3 5 14 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 9 9 -1 12
18 Cheltenham Town 11 3 3 5 11 20 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 6 13 -9 12
19 Gillingham 12 2 5 5 11 17 5 1 2 2 5 9 7 1 3 3 6 8 -6 11
20 Fleetwood Town 10 2 4 4 17 18 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 1 3 2 11 11 -1 10
21 Charlton Athletic 11 2 3 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 -6 9
22 Crewe Alexandra 11 1 5 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 3 8 -6 8
23 Shrewsbury Town 12 2 2 8 9 18 6 2 1 3 6 9 6 0 1 5 3 9 -9 8
24 Doncaster Rovers 10 2 1 7 6 18 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 0 6 2 15 -12 7

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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.