Plymouth Argyle vs Accrington Stanley match preview: Even contest expected at Home Park

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Plymouth Argyle will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Accrington Stanley.

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Plymouth Argyle have collected 24 points from their League One home games so far after 7-3-3.

Happy days for Plymouth in their previous game, a League One match away at Swindon Town (placed 22nd) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sheffield United (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Plymouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost three.

Plymouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Home Park with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Plymouth Argyle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Accrington Stanley playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Dion Charles and Matt Butcher scored in Accrington Stanley's previous match, the home game against Hull City that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Hull City's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Accrington playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Accrington Stanley wins, five draws and five defeats.

After this away game Accrington Stanley return home for a League One game against Bristol Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Accrington's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Accrington Stanley have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Plymouth Argyle, two draws and five wins for Accrington Stanley. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

PlymouthL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
13 goals
Accrington StanleyD. Charles
D. Charles
7 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
5 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Plymouth Argyle Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 13 2 Played P 2 10 20
9 7 1 Won W 1 5 11
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
9 3 0 Lost L 1 4 6
33 20 4 Scored S 2 16 27
39 17 3 Conceded C 2 14 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
79% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 70%
54% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 45%
29% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 15%
17% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
58% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 35%
21% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 50%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.9 13.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14.4 13.9
4.2 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4.2
33% 33% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Lincoln City 23 15 3 5 35 19 12 7 1 4 19 14 11 8 2 1 16 5 16 48
2 Hull City 24 14 3 7 40 22 11 7 1 3 14 7 13 7 2 4 26 15 18 45
3 Peterborough United 23 13 4 6 36 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 12 5 2 5 11 12 15 43
4 Doncaster Rovers 21 13 3 5 37 21 12 8 2 2 22 11 9 5 1 3 15 10 16 42
5 Portsmouth 23 12 5 6 37 20 13 5 3 5 18 13 10 7 2 1 19 7 17 41
6 Charlton Athletic 25 11 7 7 38 32 11 4 4 3 20 18 14 7 3 4 18 14 6 40
7 Sunderland 23 10 9 4 30 17 12 4 4 4 12 13 11 6 5 0 18 4 13 39
8 Accrington Stanley 20 11 3 6 27 21 10 6 2 2 11 7 10 5 1 4 16 14 6 36
9 Crewe Alexandra 25 10 6 9 34 32 13 7 3 3 21 13 12 3 3 6 13 19 2 36
10 Ipswich Town 22 11 2 9 26 24 13 7 0 6 14 14 9 4 2 3 12 10 2 35
11 Oxford United 22 10 4 8 36 30 10 5 2 3 16 10 12 5 2 5 20 20 6 34
12 Gillingham 24 10 3 11 30 30 13 5 2 6 16 17 11 5 1 5 14 13 0 33
13 Plymouth Argyle 24 9 6 9 33 39 13 7 3 3 20 17 11 2 3 6 13 22 -6 33
14 Fleetwood Town 24 8 7 9 29 22 12 5 4 3 16 8 12 3 3 6 13 14 7 31
15 Blackpool 22 9 4 9 26 24 9 5 1 3 11 10 13 4 3 6 15 14 2 31
16 Milton Keynes Dons 24 7 7 10 29 30 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 3 2 7 12 17 -1 28
17 Shrewsbury Town 21 5 9 7 21 26 9 1 5 3 11 13 12 4 4 4 10 13 -5 24
18 Rochdale 24 5 8 11 38 47 12 1 6 5 16 25 12 4 2 6 22 22 -9 23
19 Bristol Rovers 22 6 5 11 22 33 10 3 1 6 10 16 12 3 4 5 12 17 -11 23
20 Northampton Town 23 6 5 12 20 38 12 3 3 6 8 17 11 3 2 6 12 21 -18 23
21 AFC Wimbledon 24 5 7 12 26 43 10 2 2 6 14 21 14 3 5 6 12 22 -17 22
22 Swindon Town 24 6 3 15 31 49 13 4 1 8 14 22 11 2 2 7 17 27 -18 21
23 Wigan Athletic 23 5 6 12 24 43 12 2 4 6 12 24 11 3 2 6 12 19 -19 21
24 Burton Albion 24 3 7 14 29 51 12 2 2 8 17 28 12 1 5 6 12 23 -22 16

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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.