League One fixture preview: Plymouth Argyle versus Cambridge United

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Plymouth Argyle prepare to battle it out with Cambridge United in this League One game. All you must know about the game is found here!

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 only played one League One game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 23 matches.

Plymouth's last game was hosting Gillingham (placed 19th) and winning 1-0. Defender Dan Scarr got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Scarr won 5 of 6 duels.

In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Peterborough United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Plymouth handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and three defeats.

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

Plymouth Argyle has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League One were 12 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 23 fixtures. Cambridge has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cambridge United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Accrington Stanley (placed 11th). Attacker Wesley Hoolahan got a player rating of 8.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Hoolahan served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Swindon Town (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties) in the Carabao Cup.

We have checked recent matches where Cambridge have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, two draws and six defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Burton Albion in just four days.

It's early days yet, but Cambridge United has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Plymouth victories, two draws and three Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
2 goals
PlymouthL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
1 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Plymouth Argyle Cambridge United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
1 1 1 Scored S 1 1 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
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 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 11 11 7
7.5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.5
0.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 14 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 10.5
3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
17% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 50%
Plymouth Argyle Last season Cambridge United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 11   Won W   12 24
11 4   Drew D   3 8
21 8   Lost L   8 14
53 31   Scored S   43 73
80 39   Conceded C   29 49
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
76% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
54% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 52%
30% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 20%
13% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 15%
50% 48%   BTTS BTTS   52% 52%
22% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
30% 22%   Failed to Score F T   17% 24%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.4
5.3 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5.3
1.7 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.3
5 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.6 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 11.6
3.7 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Portsmouth 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Sunderland 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Burton Albion 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Morecambe 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Lincoln City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Oxford United 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Rotherham United 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
11 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
12 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Bolton Wanderers 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
15 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
16 Ipswich Town 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Cambridge United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Charlton Athletic 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Cheltenham Town 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
22 Fleetwood Town 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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 Hull City 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38
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 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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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.