The Plymouth Argyle & Portsmouth managers R. Lowe and K. Jackett are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Plymouth Argyle form and stats
5-1-0 is the performance here at Home Park so far in the League One, giving Plymouth Argyle a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Plymouth Argyle tasted defeat here at Home Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
A nice win for Plymouth last time playing, versus Newport County. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with B. Reeves and G. Cooper (2) scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Charlton Athletic.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), Plymouth's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Plymouth have conceded only 5 goals.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (13) away in League One, on their League One travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Portsmouth's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Rochdale game.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a EFL Trophy home defeat versus West Ham United U21 with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Ipswich Town (after extra-time).
The Portsmouth manager K. Jackett has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Plymouth victories, five draws and three Portsmouth wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Marquis 7 goals |   L. Jephcott 5 goals | M. Harness 5 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 80% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 36% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | 80 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 70 | 145 |
| 48 | 34 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 30 | 52 |
| 35% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 37% |
- Plymouth Argyle has the most points (16) at home in League One
- Plymouth Argyle has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in League One
- Plymouth Argyle have not yet lost a game at home.
- Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Plymouth Argyle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Plymouth Argyle have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth has the most points (13) away in League One
- Portsmouth has the the best goal difference (+8) away in League One
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game away.
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Lincoln City | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Hull City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |