League One statistics and pre-match guide: Plymouth Argyle small front runner to overpower Exeter City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 31.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

What a match, with Plymouth Argyle at 1st and Exeter City in 7th. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals (32) in League One

This should be an absorbing match with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

8-0-0 is the performance here at Home Park so far in the League One, giving Plymouth Argyle a total of 24 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! days ago.

A nice win for Plymouth Argyle last time playing, versus Shrewsbury Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Whittaker and Ennis scoring for the victors. Lonwijk was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Lonwijk won 9 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Bristol Rovers that finished 2-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Plymouth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.

The Plymouth Argyle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively Plymouth Argyle have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Derby County (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Hartridge was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Hartridge won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Fleetwood Town.

Exeter 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, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Exeter City's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Exeter in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Plymouth Argyle victories, one draw and four Exeter City wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
8 goals
Plymouth ArgyleN. Ennis
N. Ennis
6 goals
PlymouthF. Azaz
F. Azaz
6 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Exeter City missing players

Plymouth Argyle Exeter City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 1 8 16
12 8 4 Won W 0 2 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
32 15 8 Scored S 2 12 26
17 3 2 Conceded C 4 10 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
81% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
69% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
31% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 44%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 19%
56% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
44% 62% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.2 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.1 6.4
5.1 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.9 4.7
1.6 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 15.8 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.5 11.1
4.9 5.5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.3
41% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 52% 49%
 
11.4 10.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14 11.6
4.1 3.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most points (24) at home in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals (32) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Plymouth Argyle is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 16 12 2 2 32 17 8 8 0 0 15 3 8 4 2 2 17 14 15 38
2 Ipswich Town 16 11 3 2 31 14 8 5 2 1 15 6 8 6 1 1 16 8 17 36
3 Sheffield Wednesday 15 9 3 3 28 13 7 4 2 1 17 8 8 5 1 2 11 5 15 30
4 Peterborough United 16 9 1 6 31 19 8 6 1 1 20 4 8 3 0 5 11 15 12 28
5 Bolton Wanderers 15 8 3 4 18 11 8 6 1 1 12 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 27
6 Portsmouth 14 7 5 2 24 16 7 3 4 0 13 7 7 4 1 2 11 9 8 26
7 Exeter City 16 6 4 6 26 21 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 2 3 3 12 10 5 22
8 Charlton Athletic 16 5 7 4 23 19 8 4 3 1 16 8 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 22
9 Barnsley 15 6 3 6 17 14 7 3 1 3 8 8 8 3 2 3 9 6 3 21
10 Derby County 14 6 3 5 15 12 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 2 2 3 5 4 3 21
11 Lincoln City 14 5 6 3 17 17 6 1 5 0 7 5 8 4 1 3 10 12 0 21
12 Shrewsbury Town 15 6 3 6 15 17 7 3 1 3 7 9 8 3 2 3 8 8 -2 21
13 Wycombe Wanderers 15 6 2 7 20 20 7 3 1 3 11 8 8 3 1 4 9 12 0 20
14 Bristol Rovers 15 5 4 6 24 26 8 2 3 3 12 15 7 3 1 3 12 11 -2 19
15 Port Vale 15 5 4 6 17 22 8 2 3 3 10 11 7 3 1 3 7 11 -5 19
16 Cambridge United 16 6 1 9 18 28 8 4 0 4 9 12 8 2 1 5 9 16 -10 19
17 Fleetwood Town 15 3 8 4 13 14 8 1 5 2 5 6 7 2 3 2 8 8 -1 17
18 Cheltenham Town 15 5 2 8 13 20 8 4 0 4 10 12 7 1 2 4 3 8 -7 17
19 Accrington Stanley 15 4 4 7 17 25 8 2 3 3 12 15 7 2 1 4 5 10 -8 16
20 Oxford United 14 4 3 7 15 17 7 2 1 4 7 9 7 2 2 3 8 8 -2 15
21 Milton Keynes Dons 15 4 1 10 15 22 8 1 1 6 6 14 7 3 0 4 9 8 -7 13
22 Forest Green Rovers 16 3 4 9 15 33 8 2 0 6 5 15 8 1 4 3 10 18 -18 13
23 Burton Albion 16 3 3 10 18 31 8 2 1 5 5 13 8 1 2 5 13 18 -13 12
24 Morecambe 15 2 5 8 11 25 7 1 2 4 4 12 8 1 3 4 7 13 -14 11

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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.