League One preview: Can Plymouth Argyle edge out victory against Rochdale?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 01.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Plymouth Argyle are in the 11th position while the guesting Rochdale worry at 20th.

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rochdale have scored away.

Plymouth have less rest than Rochdale in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lincoln City, was also a home game here at Home Park. The away team is better rested.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 7 League One games here at Home Park for Plymouth Argyle. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Plymouth tasted defeat here at Home Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.

The Plymouth supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lincoln City in FA Cup and win 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Peterborough United in the League One.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Plymouth Argyle handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, three draws and two defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Plymouth, as the League One home game vs Ipswich Town is only four days away.

Plymouth can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. On the other hand, Plymouth have conceded 7 goals.

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Rochdale form and stats

Rochdale have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-0-4 (6 played).

Rochdale's last game was the home draw against Northampton Town (1-1). A 0-1 loss hosting AFC Wimbledon before that.

We have checked recent matches where Rochdale have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.

After this away game Rochdale return home for a League One game against Lincoln City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Rochdale have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rochdale have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Plymouth Argyle-Rochdale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Plymouth four wins, Rochdale three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PlymouthL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
6 goals
RochdaleM. Lund
M. Lund
5 goals
Plymouth ArgyleC. Grant
C. Grant
3 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Rochdale missing players

Plymouth Argyle Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 2 6 13
5 5 2 Won W 0 2 3
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 4
4 0 0 Lost L 2 4 6
20 14 5 Scored S 2 6 12
21 7 2 Conceded C 5 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
46% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 54%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 23%
23% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
15% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 13.3 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.3 11.8
4.3 5.4 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.5
36% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 36%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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 at home as Rochdale have scored away.
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Hull City 13 10 0 3 24 10 5 4 0 1 6 2 8 6 0 2 18 8 14 30
2 Peterborough United 14 9 1 4 23 13 7 5 1 1 16 7 7 4 0 3 7 6 10 28
3 Charlton Athletic 13 8 2 3 19 12 5 3 1 1 7 5 8 5 1 2 12 7 7 26
4 Lincoln City 13 8 2 3 16 9 6 4 0 2 9 5 7 4 2 1 7 4 7 26
5 Portsmouth 14 7 4 3 26 14 8 3 2 3 12 8 6 4 2 0 14 6 12 25
6 Ipswich Town 14 8 1 5 19 15 8 6 0 2 10 6 6 2 1 3 9 9 4 25
7 Fleetwood Town 14 7 2 5 25 14 8 5 2 1 15 5 6 2 0 4 10 9 11 23
8 Sunderland 13 6 5 2 17 11 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 3 4 0 10 4 6 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 Plymouth Argyle 13 5 4 4 20 21 7 5 2 0 14 7 6 0 2 4 6 14 -1 19
12 AFC Wimbledon 13 4 5 4 16 16 5 1 2 2 8 9 8 3 3 2 8 7 0 17
13 Gillingham 13 5 2 6 13 17 8 3 1 4 8 11 5 2 1 2 5 6 -4 17
14 Crewe Alexandra 14 5 1 8 13 14 7 3 1 3 8 5 7 2 0 5 5 9 -1 16
15 Blackpool 13 5 1 7 14 18 6 3 0 3 7 8 7 2 1 4 7 10 -4 16
16 Swindon Town 14 5 1 8 19 26 8 4 0 4 10 11 6 1 1 4 9 15 -7 16
17 Northampton Town 14 4 3 7 14 23 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 3 1 3 10 13 -9 15
18 Milton Keynes Dons 14 3 5 6 16 19 7 2 3 2 10 9 7 1 2 4 6 10 -3 14
19 Oxford United 13 4 1 8 15 23 5 2 0 3 7 9 8 2 1 5 8 14 -8 13
20 Rochdale 13 3 4 6 12 20 7 1 4 2 6 9 6 2 0 4 6 11 -8 13
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 14 2 4 8 18 28 7 2 1 4 11 14 7 0 3 4 7 14 -10 10
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 13 2 2 9 9 20 7 1 2 4 7 10 6 1 0 5 2 10 -11 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.