Soccer betting preview: Plymouth Argyle welcomes Gillingham in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Home Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Plymouth Argyle languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Gillingham will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in League One
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Plymouth nor Gillingham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Plymouth Argyle so far this season.

Plymouth's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Oxford United (placed 15th). 2-2 away at Charlton Athletic before that.

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.

The Plymouth Argyle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Gillingham form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Gillingham have produced an overall stat of 4-1-4 so far.

Gillingham are travelling again after losing away to Northampton Town in their previous match (1-3). Preceding that game was the away victory against Rochdale with the score of 4-1.

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

The visiting Gillingham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Plymouth Argyle-Gillingham H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Plymouth Argyle two wins, Gillingham six wins, one draw. eight of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
11 goals
GillinghamJ. Graham
J. Graham
5 goals
GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
4 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Gillingham missing players

Plymouth Argyle Gillingham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 11 4 Played P 4 9 19
6 6 2 Won W 3 4 8
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
9 3 1 Lost L 1 4 9
27 18 5 Scored S 10 13 23
37 16 4 Conceded C 6 12 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 89%
60% 64% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 44% 32%
35% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 33% 21%
20% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 11%
60% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 42%
15% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 21%
25% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.4 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.3 13.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 9.9 9.8
4 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.7 3.5
34% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 39% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Plymouth Argyle has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Lincoln City 19 12 2 5 29 16 10 6 0 4 16 12 9 6 2 1 13 4 13 38
2 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
3 Hull City 18 11 1 6 29 18 8 5 0 3 8 6 10 6 1 3 21 12 11 34
4 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 3 5 32 20 10 6 2 2 19 11 8 4 1 3 13 9 12 33
5 Peterborough United 18 10 2 6 29 19 8 6 1 1 20 8 10 4 1 5 9 11 10 32
6 Charlton Athletic 18 9 5 4 29 20 8 4 2 2 14 10 10 5 3 2 15 10 9 32
7 Ipswich Town 18 10 2 6 23 19 10 7 0 3 12 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 32
8 Accrington Stanley 16 9 3 4 23 17 8 5 2 1 9 6 8 4 1 3 14 11 6 30
9 Crewe Alexandra 20 9 3 8 25 21 11 6 2 3 17 10 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 30
10 Fleetwood Town 20 8 5 7 28 18 10 5 3 2 16 7 10 3 2 5 12 11 10 29
11 Sunderland 17 7 7 3 23 14 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 4 4 0 14 4 9 28
12 Blackpool 19 8 3 8 19 21 9 5 1 3 11 10 10 3 2 5 8 11 -2 27
13 Gillingham 19 8 2 9 23 25 10 4 1 5 10 13 9 4 1 4 13 12 -2 26
14 Milton Keynes Dons 21 6 7 8 26 25 10 3 5 2 14 11 11 3 2 6 12 14 1 25
15 Oxford United 19 7 4 8 25 26 9 4 2 3 14 10 10 3 2 5 11 16 -1 25
16 Shrewsbury Town 20 5 9 6 21 25 9 1 5 3 11 13 11 4 4 3 10 12 -4 24
17 Plymouth Argyle 20 6 5 9 27 37 11 6 2 3 18 16 9 0 3 6 9 21 -10 23
18 AFC Wimbledon 19 5 6 8 24 31 8 2 2 4 13 16 11 3 4 4 11 15 -7 21
19 Northampton Town 20 6 3 11 19 36 11 3 2 6 8 17 9 3 1 5 11 19 -17 21
20 Rochdale 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 1 4 4 7 15 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 19
21 Bristol Rovers 17 5 4 8 18 26 8 2 1 5 8 14 9 3 3 3 10 12 -8 19
22 Wigan Athletic 20 5 4 11 21 35 10 2 3 5 12 19 10 3 1 6 9 16 -14 19
23 Swindon Town 20 5 2 13 25 41 11 4 1 6 13 18 9 1 1 7 12 23 -16 17
24 Burton Albion 21 2 7 12 27 45 10 2 2 6 16 22 11 0 5 6 11 23 -18 13

Read more about League One

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.