📊 Form Guide

Plymouth Argyle

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Plymouth Argyle will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-1 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Norwich City.

In that game, Plymouth Argyle managed 35% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Plymouth Argyle, goals were scored by Morgan Whittaker (10') and Ashley Phillips (74' Own goal). Norwich City got 23 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Josh Sargent (67') scored for Norwich City.

Plymouth Argyle have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 vs opposing sides during their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, Plymouth Argyle have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 8. Putting that to one side, time will tell whether that pattern will be maintained in this match.

Coming into this fixture, Plymouth Argyle haven’t won at home in the past 5 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Bristol City

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Bristol City will go into the meeting following a 1-0 Championship win over Leicester City in their most recent match.

In that game, Bristol City managed 39% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bristol City was Anis Mehmeti (73'). Leicester City got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The attacking players from Bristol City have been starved of goals over their previous six encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those fixtures, The Robins have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 8.

Going into this one, Bristol City are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes dating back to 27/01/2009 tells us that Plymouth Argyle have won 2 of these games and Bristol City 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The last league meeting between the two was Championship match day 7 on 19/09/2023 when the final score was Bristol City 4-1 Plymouth Argyle.

That time, Bristol City managed 44% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Sam Bell (3'), Matty James (8'), Mark Sykes (33') and Harry Cornick (80').

Plymouth Argyle had 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Adam Randell (26') scored.

The match was refereed by Matt Donohue.

🗞️ Team News: Plymouth Argyle

The Plymouth Argyle manager Ian Foster will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash with a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

📰 Team News: Bristol City

Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there is just the one fitness worry for the Bristol City boss Liam Manning to be concerned with. George Tanner (Ankle injury) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Bristol City and Plymouth Argyle could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We’re therefore seeing a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:05 01/04/2024