Home advantage could prove decisive in Plymouth Argyle - Milton Keynes Dons battle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Three points for the home side is expected from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Plymouth Argyle followers are confident that the contrast between 1st and Milton Keynes Dons's 22nd place in the table will show on the playing field.

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons 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

Plymouth Argyle have been very solid at home in the League One so far, with 33 points collected from 12 matches (11-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Two home wins in a row for Plymouth Argyle bring valid hopes of a third.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Michael Cooper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Plymouth Argyle's last game was hosting Wycombe Wanderers (placed 8th) and winning 1-0. Scarr, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Scarr scored one goal and won 9 of 13 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Cheltenham Town with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Plymouth handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A decent goal production from Plymouth Argyle in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Plymouth Argyle have conceded only 8 goals.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Keynes lost away at Peterborough United (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Cumming was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.41. The agile goalkeeper Cumming saved a penalty.

Before that, Milton Keynes Dons secured a home win against Forest Green Rovers with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Keynes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The visiting Milton Keynes Dons have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Milton Keynes Dons have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. Keynes has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head game ended Milton Keynes Dons - Plymouth Argyle 1-4, played this season. Head-to-head data (for the former nine meetings): Plymouth won five games, one match ended with a tie and Milton Keynes Dons managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / five.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
8 goals
Plymouth ArgyleM. Whittaker
M. Whittaker
8 goals
Plymouth ArgyleN. Ennis
N. Ennis
7 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Plymouth Argyle Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 3 11 23
16 11 2 Won W 0 4 6
5 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 3 6 14
43 22 5 Scored S 1 12 22
25 8 1 Conceded C 8 13 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
58% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 43%
29% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 22%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
54% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 43%
42% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 22%
8% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 39%
 
5.5 5.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 4.1
5 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.7 5.2
1.6 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.6 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14 16.5 22 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 8.6 9.6
4.9 5.7 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.9 3.9
36% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 25%
 
11.8 10.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 14.8 13.6
4.1 3.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.5 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons 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 most points (33) at home in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 24 16 5 3 43 25 12 11 0 1 22 8 12 5 5 2 21 17 18 53
2 Ipswich Town 24 14 7 3 46 24 12 7 4 1 22 9 12 7 3 2 24 15 22 49
3 Sheffield Wednesday 24 14 7 3 40 18 12 7 4 1 25 11 12 7 3 2 15 7 22 49
4 Barnsley 22 12 4 6 30 18 11 7 1 3 17 10 11 5 3 3 13 8 12 40
5 Bolton Wanderers 22 10 6 6 26 19 12 7 3 2 16 8 10 3 3 4 10 11 7 36
6 Derby County 22 9 8 5 28 17 10 6 2 2 18 10 12 3 6 3 10 7 11 35
7 Peterborough United 23 11 2 10 39 28 11 8 1 2 24 6 12 3 1 8 15 22 11 35
8 Wycombe Wanderers 24 10 5 9 30 26 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 4 2 6 11 14 4 35
9 Port Vale 23 9 5 9 24 31 11 5 3 3 13 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -7 32
10 Portsmouth 21 7 10 4 28 24 11 3 7 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 12 12 4 31
11 Exeter City 24 8 7 9 37 36 12 5 3 4 18 16 12 3 4 5 19 20 1 31
12 Bristol Rovers 24 8 7 9 38 41 12 4 4 4 19 21 12 4 3 5 19 20 -3 31
13 Oxford United 23 7 8 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 16 12 12 3 5 4 13 14 3 29
14 Shrewsbury Town 23 8 5 10 23 26 12 5 2 5 13 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -3 29
15 Cheltenham Town 22 8 4 10 17 23 11 5 1 5 11 13 11 3 3 5 6 10 -6 28
16 Lincoln City 21 6 9 6 21 26 10 2 8 0 11 8 11 4 1 6 10 18 -5 27
17 Fleetwood Town 23 5 11 7 25 25 11 2 5 4 10 10 12 3 6 3 15 15 0 26
18 Charlton Athletic 23 5 10 8 33 34 12 4 5 3 22 16 11 1 5 5 11 18 -1 25
19 Cambridge United 22 7 3 12 21 33 12 5 2 5 11 14 10 2 1 7 10 19 -12 24
20 Accrington Stanley 22 5 7 10 21 34 11 2 5 4 14 18 11 3 2 6 7 16 -13 22
21 Burton Albion 24 5 7 12 32 45 12 3 4 5 14 19 12 2 3 7 18 26 -13 22
22 Milton Keynes Dons 23 6 3 14 22 33 12 2 2 8 10 20 11 4 1 6 12 13 -11 21
23 Forest Green Rovers 24 5 5 14 20 46 12 4 0 8 9 20 12 1 5 6 11 26 -26 20
24 Morecambe 23 3 9 11 19 34 11 2 5 4 9 15 12 1 4 7 10 19 -15 18

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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.