Plymouth Argyle host Burton Albion in this weekend’s stand-out League One encounter at Home Park.
Victory will lift Plymouth onto the summit of the table, whilst Burton can climb into the play-off spots if results elsewhere go in their favour.
Team News
Owen Oseni is ruled out for Plymouth after he suffered an ankle injury during their 5-1 EFL Trophy victory over Crystal Palace Under-21s.
Michael Baidoo (hamstring), Alex Hartridge (ankle) and Malachi Boateng (knee) remain absent.
Burton will be without defender, Toby Sibbick who is on international duty with Uganda.
Gbemi Arubi, Finn Delap (both knee), Mark O’Mahony (toe), Joe Lewis and Cian Gilligan (both unspecified) are ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Plymouth host Burton at Home Park on Saturday 26 September at 3pm BST, live on Sky Sports+ in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Plymouth are unbeaten in their last nine league meetings against Burton (W5, D4).
- Burton have failed to win any of their last four league visits to Plymouth (L4).
- Plymouth have kept clean sheets in three of their last four home matches against Burton (W4), except for a 2-1 win in October 2021.
- Oliver Irow has scored three goals in Plymouth’s last two league matches (W2).
- Burton have won just one of their three away league matches this season (W1, L2).
Prediction
With a chance to go top after three consecutive wins on the bounce, Plymouth really need to seize the initiative in order to put pressure on Bradford and Sheffield Wednesday and they’ve crucially kept clean sheets in their last two home matches.
Burton meanwhile are in a solid position currently after flirting with relegation in recent seasons but they really do need to tighten up defensively with no clean sheets so far, whilst they’ve not exactly been consistent in terms of results either but they do look like a team in progress.
I however do think that Plymouth will be far too strong for Burton’s vulnerable defence which threw away a 2-0 lead against Mansfield in their 2-2 draw last weekend, although the Pilgrims’ defence hasn’t exactly been strong overall either.
Prediction: Plymouth 2-1 Burton
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