Possible nail-biting contest in Plymouth Argyle - Sunderland game

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

This pair of sides are satisfied with a quality season so far and fixtures like this one could be momentous. Read up on Plymouth Argyle - Sunderland!

Insights:
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in League One
  • Sunderland is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Plymouth Argyle and Sunderland.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Home Park as Plymouth Argyle have scored 32 goals to get 45 points from 21 games. The overall stats in the League One are 14-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Rotherham United game Plymouth has been unbeatable here at Home Park producing six straight wins.

Stress levels are on the rise for Plymouth Argyle's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game. Edwards was their last goal scorer.

Plymouth Argyle are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Wycombe Wanderers.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Burton Albion that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Plymouth perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Plymouth Argyle as a small favourite), we find seven games. Plymouth Argyle has won four of these, drawn zero and lost three.

A decent goal production from Plymouth Argyle in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 21 league matches. From these home matches, Plymouth Argyle have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sunderland form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 7 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

Sunderland won their last game, 3-2 versus Shrewsbury Town played at home. The end of the last match, against Shrewsbury Town, was very satisfying as Broadhead scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Broadhead, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Broadhead scored two goals.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Oxford United with the score of 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sunderland playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Sunderland wins, two draws and one defeat.

Sunderland have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 21 league away games 29 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sunderland struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest recorded match involving both these sides is the Sunderland - Plymouth Argyle 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Plymouth Argyle victories, zero draws and five Sunderland wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
22 goals
Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
16 goals
PlymouthL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
9 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Plymouth Argyle Sunderland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 5 Played P 6 21 42
23 14 2 Won W 3 7 22
9 3 0 Drew D 1 8 10
11 4 3 Lost L 2 6 10
67 32 5 Scored S 11 29 72
42 14 6 Conceded C 13 34 51
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
77% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 81%
44% 43% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 62%
21% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 31%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 17%
44% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 55%
40% 52% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 24% 33%
19% 10% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 17%
 
5.1 6.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 6.1
5.2 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.2 4.4
1.4 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.7 15.6 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 13.2 14.5
4.2 4.8 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 5.1
37% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 33%
 
12.2 11 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 13.2 11.8
3.6 3.2 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4 3.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Plymouth Argyle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most clean sheets (11) at home in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sunderland is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
6 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
7 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
13 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
14 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
6 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
7 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
13 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
14 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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