📏 Form Guide

Stoke City

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Stoke City head into this match after a 1-1 Championship drawn game against Sheffield Wednesday.

In that match, Stoke City managed 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Stoke City was Luke Cundle (76'). Sheffield Wednesday had 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Liam Palmer (68') scored for Sheffield Wednesday.

It’s not been often in recent games that Stoke City have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Stoke City have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals on the way.

Pre-game facts show that Stoke City:

• have not won against Plymouth Argyle in their last 2 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Plymouth Argyle

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Plymouth Argyle head into the clash following a 1-0 Championship win in the defeat of Leicester City in their most recent match.

In that game, Plymouth Argyle managed 30% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Plymouth Argyle was Mustapha Bundu (21'). At the other end, Leicester City had 17 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

In 5 of the prior six games featuring Plymouth Argyle, a comparatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes out as just 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by The Pilgrims being 0.67. In any event, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be replicated here in this match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 14/02/2006, neither club has come out on top overall with Stoke City winning 1 of those games, Plymouth Argyle 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 8 from The Potters and 8 being from The Pilgrims. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Championship match day 19 on 02/12/2023 and the score finished Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Stoke City.

On that occasion, Plymouth Argyle managed 59% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Goals were scored by Mustapha Bundu (43') and Adam Randell (97').

At the other end, Stoke City got 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Tyrese Campbell (23') was the scorer.

The referee was Samuel Barrott.

📋 Team News: Stoke City

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just one fitness concern for the Stoke City boss Steven Schumacher to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Frank Fielding (unknown injury) misses out.

📰 Team News: Plymouth Argyle

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Plymouth Argyle boss Neil Dewsnip does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this match.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Plymouth Argyle will likely create enough chances to breach the defence of this Stoke City outfit, however that probably won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 win for Stoke City by the conclusion of the game. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:06 20/04/2024