Plymouth Argyle vs Morecambe betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Home Park

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 15:00 (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 9th position while the guests worry at 24th.

Plymouth Argyle and Morecambe 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 home supporters can't complain about results here at Home Park as Plymouth Argyle have scored 18 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Plymouth Argyle, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Plymouth Argyle lost their last game at Cambridge United (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Plymouth Argyle played out a FA Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Bristol Rovers.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Plymouth Argyle, as the FA Cup home game vs Bristol Rovers is only three days away.

Plymouth Argyle can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Plymouth Argyle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Morecambe form and stats

There's been little loot from Morecambe's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Morecambe, who have the most conceded goals (36) in League Two, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

There were no winners in Morecambe's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Carlisle United (placed 22nd). Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Crewe Alexandra's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morecambe as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. For Morecambe, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 1 - 3 (Plymouth Argyle wins - draws - Morecambe wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeL. Alessandra
L. Alessandra
5 goals
Plymouth ArgyleJ. Grant
J. Grant
4 goals
Plymouth ArgyleA. Sarcevic
A. Sarcevic
4 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Morecambe missing players

Plymouth Argyle Morecambe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 10 20
8 5 3 Won W 1 2 3
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
6 1 0 Lost L 2 6 11
27 18 11 Scored S 3 8 17
22 9 2 Conceded C 7 21 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
68% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 70%
53% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
37% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
37% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
37% 44% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 20%
26% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 35%
 
5.3 5.1 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.2
5.1 4.1 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.5 8 7.4
2 1.6 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.5
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 2 4
 
234 133 51 Total Shots T S 33 92 208
79 47 21 Shots on Target S O 13 31 60
34% 38% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 26% 28%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Morecambe has the most conceded goals (21) away
  • Morecambe has the most conceded goals (36)
  • Morecambe has the the worst goal difference (-13) away
  • Morecambe has the the worst goal difference (-19)
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Morecambe have scored away.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 20 12 3 5 35 22 10 6 1 3 14 11 10 6 2 2 21 11 13 39
2 Exeter City 20 10 6 4 27 22 10 6 3 1 16 8 10 4 3 3 11 14 5 36
3 Forest Green Rovers 20 10 5 5 24 15 10 4 3 3 8 8 10 6 2 2 16 7 9 35
4 Cheltenham Town 19 9 7 3 31 15 9 5 3 1 21 11 10 4 4 2 10 4 16 34
5 Crewe Alexandra 19 10 4 5 32 22 10 5 2 3 18 11 9 5 2 2 14 11 10 34
6 Bradford City 19 10 4 5 27 18 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 3 3 3 11 11 9 34
7 Northampton Town 20 9 4 7 30 22 10 6 1 3 18 8 10 3 3 4 12 14 8 31
8 Colchester United 19 8 6 5 24 17 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 3 4 3 12 10 7 30
9 Plymouth Argyle 19 8 5 6 27 22 9 5 3 1 18 9 10 3 2 5 9 13 5 29
10 Port Vale 20 7 7 6 25 26 10 5 4 1 13 8 10 2 3 5 12 18 -1 28
11 Cambridge United 20 7 6 7 24 19 10 4 3 3 13 9 10 3 3 4 11 10 5 27
12 Newport County 18 7 6 5 17 15 10 5 3 2 11 8 8 2 3 3 6 7 2 27
13 Salford City 20 6 7 7 23 29 10 3 4 3 9 12 10 3 3 4 14 17 -6 25
14 Scunthorpe United 20 6 6 8 27 26 10 4 4 2 16 10 10 2 2 6 11 16 1 24
15 Macclesfield Town 19 5 8 6 18 21 9 3 5 1 10 6 10 2 3 5 8 15 -3 23
16 Crawley Town 20 5 7 8 25 31 10 4 2 4 12 14 10 1 5 4 13 17 -6 22
17 Walsall 20 6 4 10 15 26 10 2 3 5 7 13 10 4 1 5 8 13 -11 22
18 Mansfield Town 20 5 6 9 26 29 10 2 2 6 15 19 10 3 4 3 11 10 -3 21
19 Leyton Orient 20 5 6 9 27 35 10 2 3 5 14 19 10 3 3 4 13 16 -8 21
20 Grimsby Town 18 5 5 8 20 25 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 3 2 4 11 10 -5 20
21 Oldham Athletic 19 4 8 7 20 27 10 2 5 3 12 11 9 2 3 4 8 16 -7 20
22 Carlisle United 20 5 5 10 20 32 10 3 3 4 10 15 10 2 2 6 10 17 -12 20
23 Stevenage 19 2 9 8 12 21 9 2 3 4 8 10 10 0 6 4 4 11 -9 15
24 Morecambe 20 3 6 11 17 36 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 2 2 6 8 21 -19 15

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.