Plymouth Argyle are positioned 1st, while Shrewsbury Town are lingering 14 points behind in the league standings. Will they shorten the gap?
- Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals (30) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
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
This stadium, Home Park, has been a fortress for Plymouth Argyle in the League One so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-0. days ago.
The home team returns to Home Park after drawing with Bristol Rovers (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Plymouth Argyle in the Bristol Rovers match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The talented striker Azaz outdid all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Azaz scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Crystal Palace U21 in the EFL Trophy. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Plymouth's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Goal fest? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has had three or more goals.
The Plymouth Argyle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Plymouth have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Shrewsbury Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Charlton Athletic (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Leahy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.6/10. Leahy hit one key pass.
A defeat, in the EFL Trophy away at Stockport County, before that. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shrewsbury Town playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 4 home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Shrewsbury now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Portsmouth is waiting in only four days.
It's not easy to score on Shrewsbury Town as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Plymouth won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Shrewsbury Town managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Azaz 6 goals |  R. Hardie 5 goals | N. Ennis 5 goals |
Plymouth Argyle missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Plymouth Argyle | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 64% |
| 67% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 53% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 16.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 40% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 11 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- Plymouth Argyle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Plymouth Argyle have scored in all their matches so far.
- Plymouth Argyle have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
- Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in League One
- Plymouth Argyle have the most points (21) at home in League One
- Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals (30) in League One
- Plymouth Argyle have won all their matches at home so far.
- Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Plymouth Argyle is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Barnsley | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 16 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 10 |
