Plymouth Argyle vs Shrewsbury Town: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the League One so far, with Plymouth Argyle placed 6th and Shrewsbury Town sitting in the 19th position.

Plymouth Argyle and Shrewsbury Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

The hosts won their first League One game here at Home Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Plymouth Argyle last season were 12 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 19 games. Plymouth are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The home team returns to Home Park after being equal after 90 minutes with AFC Wimbledon (placed 16th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 4-4. A Carabao Cup defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Leyton Orient.

Plymouth Argyle salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against AFC Wimbledon, trailing 2-4 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Dominic Telford equalizing. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Plymouth Argyle has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League One away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Shrewsbury Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Northampton Town proved too strong as Shrewsbury Town slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Montgomery Waters Meadow. A 0-0 draw at Portsmouth's stadium before that.

0 goals so far away for Shrewsbury Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Plymouth Argyle won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Shrewsbury Town has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
7 goals
Plymouth ArgyleB. Moore
B. Moore
5 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Plymouth Argyle Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 6 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
28 5 0 Total Shots T S 0 9 28
10 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 5
50% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Plymouth Argyle Last season Shrewsbury Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 19   Played P   17 34
20 12   Won W   4 10
8 5   Drew D   6 11
9 2   Lost L   7 13
61 38   Scored S   10 31
39 16   Conceded C   18 42
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 85%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 56%
65% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 29%
30% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 18%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 15%
46% 47%   BTTS BTTS   24% 38%
38% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 35%
19% 11%   Failed to Score F T   59% 41%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
499 300   Total Shots T S   206 397
162 100   Shots on Target S O   61 119
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Lincoln City 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Hull City 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
5 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
7 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Burton Albion 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Charlton Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Fleetwood Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
14 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 AFC Wimbledon 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Portsmouth 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
19 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
20 Bristol Rovers 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
22 Wigan Athletic 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
24 Oxford United 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Lincoln City 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Hull City 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
5 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
7 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Burton Albion 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Charlton Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Fleetwood Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
14 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 AFC Wimbledon 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Portsmouth 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
19 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
20 Bristol Rovers 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
22 Wigan Athletic 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
24 Oxford United 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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