The hosts, Plymouth Argyle, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Portsmouth have proven both capability and spirit. Read more about the game!
- Plymouth Argyle have won significantly more corners at home than away.
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.
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
The overall League One results at home this season for Plymouth Argyle are 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Home Park.
Plymouth Argyle are confident in defense, having played 297 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Plymouth, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bolton Wanderers away with the result 1-0. Gillesphey found the net in that victory. Gillesphey, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Gillesphey scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Plymouth Argyle won a home game hosting AFC Wimbledon (2-0).The match schedule is unforgiving for Plymouth Argyle as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Accrington Stanley are visiting.
Plymouth Argyle has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Plymouth have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ipswich Town (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Raggett was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Raggett won 3 of 3 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Crewe Alexandra with the score of 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Portsmouth in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Portsmouth, zero draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Portsmouth, the League One home match versus Wycombe Wanderers. Busy days.
Portsmouth have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the teams faced each other previously this season; Portsmouth - Plymouth 2-2. Plymouth Argyle-Portsmouth H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Plymouth Argyle one win, Portsmouth two wins, seven draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Hardie 14 goals | ![]() M. Harness 10 goals | ![]() L. Jephcott 9 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 59 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 53 |
| 39 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 86% |
| 83% | 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 64% |
| 50% | 47% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 53% | 47% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 39% | 44% |
| 33% | 41% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 44% | 44% |
| 14% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 39% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 15.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.8 | 13 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | 40% |
| 12.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- 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 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 77 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 35 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 60 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 73 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 73 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 68 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 66 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 66 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 65 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 19 | 64 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 62 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 60 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 58 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 49 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 55 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 58 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -12 | 49 |
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 52 | 60 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 35 | -8 | 47 |
| 14 | Burton Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 58 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 34 | -10 | 47 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 39 | -12 | 45 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 49 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | -7 | 41 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 40 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 66 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 39 | -16 | 33 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 37 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 39 | 58 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | -19 | 33 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -29 | 33 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 70 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 38 | -24 | 32 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 44 | -45 | 29 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 36 | -38 | 25 |