Plymouth Argyle fights Cheltenham Town game

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

League One: Plymouth Argyle receive Cheltenham Town in what is nearly guaranteed to be an interesting football game. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in League One
  • Cheltenham Town 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

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Home Park as Plymouth Argyle have scored 29 goals to get 39 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the League One are 12-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Rotherham United here at Home Park, Plymouth Argyle has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Plymouth, as their goalkeeper Michael Cooper has completely shut out the opponents for 477 minutes in the League One.

Plymouth Argyle's last game was hosting Accrington Stanley (placed 13th) and winning 4-0. Midfield player Edwards got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Edwards scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Plymouth had a home game versus Portsmouth which ended with a victory 1-0.

There will be little rest for Plymouth Argyle after this match as they are travelling to Ipswich Town for a League One game in only four days.

Plymouth Argyle have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Home Park with 29 goals in 19 league matches. 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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Cheltenham Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cheltenham Town so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 3-8-7 (win-draw-lose).

Cheltenham Town won their last game, 3-1 versus AFC Wimbledon played at home. Blair got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Blair signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Morecambe.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Sheffield Wednesday.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cheltenham have scored 26 goals in 18 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cheltenham Town have conceded 35 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the final score Cheltenham Town - Plymouth 0-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Plymouth Argyle six wins, two draws and Cheltenham Town two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
19 goals
Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
16 goals
Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
9 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Plymouth Argyle Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 7 Played P 6 18 38
21 12 7 Won W 0 3 12
8 3 0 Drew D 2 8 14
9 4 0 Lost L 4 7 12
64 29 14 Scored S 7 26 55
39 14 2 Conceded C 17 35 61
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
82% 74% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 87%
50% 47% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 55%
24% 5% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 42%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 13%
50% 42% 29% BTTS BTTS 50% 72% 66%
37% 47% 71% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 18%
13% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 21%
 
5.3 6.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.9 4.7
5.5 4.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5.2
1.5 1.5 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13 15.8 15.9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.6 12.1
4.5 5 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 4.2
38% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 31% 34%
 
12.2 10.9 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.7 12.3
3.6 3.2 2.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.6 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 38 21 8 9 64 39 19 12 3 4 29 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 25 71
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
7 Sheffield Wednesday 38 18 12 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 19 6 7 6 23 26 19 66
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 39 16 13 10 58 40 19 9 8 2 31 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 61
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 38 12 14 12 55 61 20 9 6 5 29 26 18 3 8 7 26 35 -6 50
13 Accrington Stanley 38 14 8 16 47 63 19 11 4 4 34 26 19 3 4 12 13 37 -16 50
14 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
15 Charlton Athletic 38 13 7 18 45 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -4 46
16 Shrewsbury Town 39 11 12 16 40 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 3 45
17 Cambridge United 38 11 12 15 46 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 19 4 5 10 23 39 -13 45
18 Lincoln City 38 11 9 18 43 51 20 5 5 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 42
19 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
20 Gillingham 39 7 13 19 29 59 20 4 6 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 38 6 15 17 40 61 18 2 11 5 21 26 20 4 4 12 19 35 -21 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 39 8 6 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 20 3 3 14 13 44 -45 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

Cheltenham Town:
England:
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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 38 21 8 9 64 39 19 12 3 4 29 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 25 71
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
7 Sheffield Wednesday 38 18 12 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 19 6 7 6 23 26 19 66
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 39 16 13 10 58 40 19 9 8 2 31 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 61
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 38 12 14 12 55 61 20 9 6 5 29 26 18 3 8 7 26 35 -6 50
13 Accrington Stanley 38 14 8 16 47 63 19 11 4 4 34 26 19 3 4 12 13 37 -16 50
14 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
15 Charlton Athletic 38 13 7 18 45 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -4 46
16 Shrewsbury Town 39 11 12 16 40 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 3 45
17 Cambridge United 38 11 12 15 46 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 19 4 5 10 23 39 -13 45
18 Lincoln City 38 11 9 18 43 51 20 5 5 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 42
19 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
20 Gillingham 39 7 13 19 29 59 20 4 6 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 38 6 15 17 40 61 18 2 11 5 21 26 20 4 4 12 19 35 -21 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 39 8 6 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 20 3 3 14 13 44 -45 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

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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.