Can Plymouth Argyle beat Ipswich Town in Home Park clash?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Plymouth Argyle will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Ipswich Town.

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 League One games here at Home Park for Plymouth Argyle. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Plymouth Argyle has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager R. Lowe and the players.

Stress levels are on the rise for Plymouth's attacking players as they have now played 186 minutes without scoring in a league game. L. Jephcott was their last goal scorer.

The Plymouth crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Rochdale here at Home Park in a League One match. Before that, Plymouth had a FA Cup home game versus Lincoln City which ended with a victory 2-0.

As you see from the result above, Plymouth suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

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 nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost two.

The Plymouth Argyle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Plymouth Argyle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ipswich Town in their League One matches away.

Ipswich have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 270 minutes ago. J. Lankester was the goal scorer.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Oxford United (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Charlton Athletic.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ipswich Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Ipswich Town wins, three draws and seven defeats.

Ipswich Town have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ipswich have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Plymouth Argyle two wins, five draws and Ipswich Town three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PlymouthL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
6 goals
Ipswich TownG. Edwards
G. Edwards
5 goals
Ipswich TownT. Bishop
T. Bishop
4 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Plymouth Argyle Ipswich Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 1 Played P 2 7 15
5 5 0 Won W 1 2 8
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 2
5 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
20 14 2 Scored S 5 9 19
25 11 2 Conceded C 5 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 73%
50% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 33%
36% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 13%
21% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 13%
57% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 33%
14% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 47%
29% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.6 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.7 10.5
4.1 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 4.1
35% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 31%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Hull City 13 10 0 3 24 10 5 4 0 1 6 2 8 6 0 2 18 8 14 30
2 Lincoln City 14 9 2 3 18 10 7 5 0 2 11 6 7 4 2 1 7 4 8 29
3 Peterborough United 14 9 1 4 23 13 7 5 1 1 16 7 7 4 0 3 7 6 10 28
4 Charlton Athletic 13 8 2 3 19 12 5 3 1 1 7 5 8 5 1 2 12 7 7 26
5 Ipswich Town 15 8 2 5 19 15 8 6 0 2 10 6 7 2 2 3 9 9 4 26
6 Portsmouth 15 7 4 4 26 15 8 3 2 3 12 8 7 4 2 1 14 7 11 25
7 Sunderland 14 6 6 2 18 12 7 3 2 2 8 8 7 3 4 0 10 4 6 24
8 Fleetwood Town 15 7 2 6 25 15 8 5 2 1 15 5 7 2 0 5 10 10 10 23
9 Accrington Stanley 11 7 1 3 14 10 6 4 1 1 7 5 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 22
10 Doncaster Rovers 12 6 3 3 22 14 7 4 2 1 15 8 5 2 1 2 7 6 8 21
11 Crewe Alexandra 15 6 1 8 17 16 8 4 1 3 12 7 7 2 0 5 5 9 1 19
12 Blackpool 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 4 0 3 8 8 7 2 1 4 7 10 -3 19
13 Plymouth Argyle 14 5 4 5 20 25 8 5 2 1 14 11 6 0 2 4 6 14 -5 19
14 Northampton Town 15 5 3 7 15 23 8 2 2 4 5 10 7 3 1 3 10 13 -8 18
15 AFC Wimbledon 13 4 5 4 16 16 5 1 2 2 8 9 8 3 3 2 8 7 0 17
16 Gillingham 13 5 2 6 13 17 8 3 1 4 8 11 5 2 1 2 5 6 -4 17
17 Rochdale 14 4 4 6 16 20 7 1 4 2 6 9 7 3 0 4 10 11 -4 16
18 Swindon Town 15 5 1 9 21 30 8 4 0 4 10 11 7 1 1 5 11 19 -9 16
19 Milton Keynes Dons 14 3 5 6 16 19 7 2 3 2 10 9 7 1 2 4 6 10 -3 14
20 Oxford United 14 4 2 8 15 23 6 2 1 3 7 9 8 2 1 5 8 14 -8 14
21 Bristol Rovers 13 3 4 6 11 20 6 1 1 4 5 12 7 2 3 2 6 8 -9 13
22 Burton Albion 15 2 5 8 19 29 7 2 1 4 11 14 8 0 4 4 8 15 -10 11
23 Shrewsbury Town 13 1 6 6 13 21 6 0 3 3 7 10 7 1 3 3 6 11 -8 9
24 Wigan Athletic 14 2 2 10 10 22 7 1 2 4 7 10 7 1 0 6 3 12 -12 8

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.