Plymouth Argyle vs Accrington Stanley: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

The league standings shows that 18 points divide the two duelists in this League One match. Plymouth Argyle have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Plymouth and Accrington Stanley.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Plymouth Argyle have performed here at Home Park this season with 11 wins from 18 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 4. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Plymouth Argyle are confident in defense, having played 387 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Plymouth Argyle's last game was hosting Portsmouth (placed 10th) and winning 1-0. The forward Hardie won the honour of being "man of the match" for Plymouth with the rating of 7.84/10. Hardie scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Bolton Wanderers.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Plymouth Argyle, as the League One home game vs Cheltenham Town is only three days away.

Plymouth Argyle are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 18 games. Plymouth have only conceded 14 from their league home games. 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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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-11 (win-draw-lose).

Accrington Stanley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday (placed 7th). Sykes was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Sykes won 12 of 14 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Charlton Athletic.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Accrington when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The attacking power of Accrington Stanley when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Accrington Stanley have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the result Accrington Stanley - Plymouth 1-4 entered in the official records. Plymouth Argyle-Accrington Stanley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Plymouth Argyle five wins, Accrington Stanley four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
15 goals
Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
9 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
8 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Plymouth Argyle Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
20 11 5 Won W 0 3 14
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
9 4 0 Lost L 5 11 15
60 25 10 Scored S 4 13 47
39 14 3 Conceded C 13 33 59
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
81% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 73%
49% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 51%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 28% 35%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 24%
51% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 39% 54%
35% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 24%
14% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 27%
 
5.3 6.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.3 5.1
5.4 4.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.2 5.7
1.5 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
12.9 15.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 15.1 14.9
4.4 4.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.8
37% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 16% 27%
 
12.1 10.7 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.9 12
3.5 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Rotherham United 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

Accrington Stanley:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

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