It's a clean slate in League One - the first game of the season. Read our full preview and see how Plymouth Argyle and Barnsley did in their pre-season matches!
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
In the previous season, Plymouth Argyle's league statistics were 23 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses, producing 7th spot in the League One. During these 46 matches they scored 68 goals and conceded 48. Performing as the host team in the last season Plymouth Argyle managed 14-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 19 conceded.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Plymouth handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Plymouth Argyle have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Plymouth Argyle scored 10 goals and let in 4 goals during these five games.
Barnsley form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Barnsley as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 6 victories from 46 games, relegation was a fact. Barnsley's manager Devaney are hoping to lead the team right back to Championship at the first attempt.
Barnsley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Barnsley have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Plymouth Argyle victories, three draws and four Barnsley wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Plymouth Argyle missing players
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| Plymouth Argyle | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | Last season | Barnsley | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 17 | 28 | ||
| 68 | 32 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 48 | 19 | Conceded | C | 44 | 73 | ||
| 96% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 93% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 74% | ||
| 43% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 52% | 37% | ||
| 22% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 11% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 43% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 52% | 48% | ||
| 39% | 52% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 15% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 43% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | ||
| 12.3 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Barnsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Burton Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Derby County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 38 | 92 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 37 | 90 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 34 | 89 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 85 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 84 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 83 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 80 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 76 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 73 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 73 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 70 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 80 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 47 | -19 | 61 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 31 | -4 | 59 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | -18 | 58 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 80 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 50 | -14 | 56 |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | -16 | 53 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 34 | -8 | 52 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 50 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | -31 | 42 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | -20 | 40 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -34 | 40 |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 50 | -45 | 38 |
| 23 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -26 | 37 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 43 | -46 | 29 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 106 | 43 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 63 | 90 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 74 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 88 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 82 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 33 | 80 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 75 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 75 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 70 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 69 |
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 67 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 66 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 1 | 64 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -4 | 64 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 62 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 41 | -10 | 61 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -4 | 60 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 48 | -15 | 55 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 50 | 68 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | -18 | 53 |
| 19 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 26 | -13 | 51 |
| 20 | Birmingham City | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 75 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -25 | 47 |
| 21 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 87 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 43 | -33 | 41 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 87 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 54 | -44 | 37 |
| 23 | Derby County | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 34 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 46 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 73 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 44 | -40 | 30 |