Stoke City vs Plymouth Argyle - 20/04/24 | Fast live stats

Stoke City vs Plymouth Argyle Prediction & Preview

Preview

As the Championship heats up, Stoke City welcomes Plymouth Argyle to the Bet365 Stadium on Saturday, April 20th for a crucial encounter in their 44th round of matches. Currently sitting just a point apart in the lower half of the table, with Stoke at 20th and Plymouth slightly above at 18th, both teams are eager to secure their positions and possibly climb higher before the season concludes.

The recent forms of both squads suggest a tight contest. Stoke has managed to secure 6 points from their last five games through a blend of results (1 win, 1 loss, and 3 draws), including a hard-fought draw against Sheffield Wednesday in their latest outing which ended in a stalemate at Hillsborough Stadium. On the other side, Plymouth Argyle have been slightly more fruitful with two wins out of their last five matches contributing to their total of seven points. Their confidence will be bolstered by an impressive home win against Leicester City that finished with them keeping a clean sheet.

Looking back at head-to-head encounters gives an edge historically to Plymouth who won their previous meeting this season with a scoreline of 2-1 at Home Park. This suggests psychological advantage might play its part coming into this match.

In terms of goal scoring and defensive records when these teams meet or play others; it's mixed news for both sides - whilst Stoke scores an average of approximately one goal per game (slightly higher at home), they also tend to concede more often than they score especially when playing on home turf (average concession rate: 1.5). Conversely, while Plymouth scores less frequently overall compared to Stoke, they boast tighter defensive performances particularly away from home where they only concede about0 .8 goals per game.

Bet

Given both team’s recent form and historical stats concerning goals scored versus conceded – especially focusing on how tightly knit games involving these teams tend be - placing your bet on "Under 2.5 goals" seems prudent here despite being offered slightly lesser odds at 1.97 compared directly against over option standing at 1 .87 . This is based upon consistent patterns observed where neither team dominates offensively but manages decent defense mechanisms effectively limiting high scoring affairs.