League Two duel: Close contest expected between Plymouth Argyle and Swindon Town

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Home Park (18000 seats)

Plymouth Argyle and Swindon Town are both riding high in the League Two with their 7th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Plymouth Argyle, who have the most scored goals (23) at home in League Two, are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Home Park. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Plymouth Argyle has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Home Park. We remember; it was Scunthorpe United.

Plymouth Argyle's last game was hosting Stevenage (placed 24th) and winning 2-1. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Cheltenham Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Plymouth Argyle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won 7 Drawn 3 Lost 2.

There will be little rest for Plymouth Argyle after this match as they are travelling to Scunthorpe United for a League Two game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Plymouth Argyle are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. Plymouth Argyle are not conceding a lot of goals here at Home Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Swindon Town form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Swindon Town, who have the most scored goals (43) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Swindon Town, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Port Vale (placed 10th). Before that, Swindon Town secured a home win against Cambridge United with the score 4-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Swindon Town, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Swindon Town are hosting Bradford City in the League Two only three days away.

Swindon Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Swindon Town have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Swindon Town - Plymouth Argyle 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Plymouth Argyle, 1 draw and 5 wins for Swindon Town. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownE. Doyle
E. Doyle
22 goals
Swindon TownJ. Yates
J. Yates
10 goals
Swindon TownK. Anderson
K. Anderson
6 goals

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Plymouth Argyle Swindon Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 5 12 24
11 7 2 Won W 0 6 14
5 3 0 Drew D 3 3 4
6 1 1 Lost L 2 3 6
33 23 3 Scored S 7 23 43
23 10 3 Conceded C 10 15 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 83%
55% 73% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 58%
32% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
36% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 46%
41% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 38%
23% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 17%
 
5.9 6.5 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.6 5.2 5.2
4.7 3.4 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 4.8 4.6
1.9 1.5 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.4 1.4
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
287 175 43 Total Shots T S 48 143 284
95 61 17 Shots on Target S O 18 52 96
35% 38% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 44% 45%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Plymouth Argyle has the most scored goals (23) at home
  • Plymouth Argyle has the the best goal difference (+13) 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 as they have conceded at home.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Plymouth Argyle is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Swindon Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
  • Swindon Town has the most scored goals (23) away
  • Swindon Town has the most scored goals (43)
  • Swindon Town has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
  • Swindon Town has the the best goal difference (+17)
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swindon Town 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 24 14 4 6 43 26 12 8 1 3 20 11 12 6 3 3 23 15 17 46
2 Exeter City 24 12 8 4 34 27 12 7 4 1 20 11 12 5 4 3 14 16 7 44
3 Crewe Alexandra 23 12 5 6 42 28 12 6 3 3 22 13 11 6 2 3 20 15 14 41
4 Bradford City 23 11 7 5 30 19 12 8 2 2 19 8 11 3 5 3 11 11 11 40
5 Forest Green Rovers 24 11 7 6 27 18 12 5 4 3 11 10 12 6 3 3 16 8 9 40
6 Colchester United 23 10 8 5 34 22 11 6 3 2 17 9 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 38
7 Plymouth Argyle 22 11 5 6 33 23 11 7 3 1 23 10 11 4 2 5 10 13 10 38
8 Cheltenham Town 23 9 10 4 34 19 11 5 4 2 22 13 12 4 6 2 12 6 15 37
9 Northampton Town 24 10 6 8 33 28 12 7 2 3 20 9 12 3 4 5 13 19 5 36
10 Port Vale 24 8 10 6 30 29 12 6 5 1 16 9 12 2 5 5 14 20 1 34
11 Salford City 24 8 8 8 31 33 12 4 4 4 12 14 12 4 4 4 19 19 -2 32
12 Cambridge United 24 8 7 9 28 27 12 5 3 4 16 12 12 3 4 5 12 15 1 31
13 Newport County 22 7 8 7 20 20 12 5 5 2 13 10 10 2 3 5 7 10 0 29
14 Scunthorpe United 24 7 7 10 31 33 12 4 5 3 18 14 12 3 2 7 13 19 -2 28
15 Crawley Town 24 6 9 9 31 34 12 5 3 4 16 14 12 1 6 5 15 20 -3 27
16 Walsall 24 7 6 11 22 32 12 2 4 6 9 16 12 5 2 5 13 16 -10 27
17 Leyton Orient 24 6 8 10 32 41 12 2 4 6 15 22 12 4 4 4 17 19 -9 26
18 Oldham Athletic 23 6 8 9 25 35 12 3 5 4 15 16 11 3 3 5 10 19 -10 26
19 Carlisle United 24 6 7 11 22 36 12 3 5 4 10 15 12 3 2 7 12 21 -14 25
20 Mansfield Town 24 5 9 10 30 35 12 2 4 6 18 22 12 3 5 4 12 13 -5 24
21 Grimsby Town 22 5 8 9 22 28 11 2 4 5 10 17 11 3 4 4 12 11 -6 23
22 Macclesfield Town 22 5 10 7 20 24 10 3 6 1 11 7 12 2 4 6 9 17 -4 19
23 Morecambe 24 4 6 14 20 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 12 2 2 8 8 25 -23 18
24 Stevenage 23 2 11 10 15 29 11 2 4 5 9 15 12 0 7 5 6 14 -14 17

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.