Steven Perez
Dailysports's expert
Accrington
Plymouth
On March 21, Crown Ground (Accrington) will host the match of the 26th round of the English League One, in which Accrington Stanley will compete with Plymouth Argyle. The battle will start at 20:45 CET.
Accrington Stanley
The team experienced a restart after bankruptcy. Still, even the new version did not become particularly successful. For a long time, it has not even been possible to regain the status of a professional club – it played in amateur leagues. On the other hand, “ACC” has already managed to win in the League Two, which is the fourth division of the country, in 2018. Nowadays, they are close to relegate there again. Although everything was OK in the previous draw – the team finished in a comfortable and, as for themselves, high 12th place. Today, the performance is connected with the trying not to be below the 20th position and not to get stuck in the relegation zone. February-March brought a good segment, where the team achieved 7 points in 3 rounds. Then, there were very modest results – only 1 point in 4 battles, taking into account home defeats to Portsmouth and MK Dons.
Plymouth Argyle
The club will celebrate its 150th anniversary soon. It mostly won something at the regional level or in the divisions no higher than the League Two – however, “the Pilgrims” reached the cup semi-finals more than once, including the successes in the 2000s. The previous season, taking into account the general background, was not bad – the team finished in the 8th position and was a bit lacking to get the right to play in the play-offs. Nowadays, it turned out to add in the game significantly. And Steven Schumacher’s wards really claim a direct ticket to the Championship in the current draw. Sheffield Wednesday may be unattainable, but the 2nd place is more than real. In this regard, there was an offensive 0-3 defeat made by one of the pursuers, Barnsley, in March. The team rehabilitated for this by winning a match against Forest Green with a 2-0 score and climbing to the 2nd place.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Plymouth has not lost in head-to-head matches since 2021. Moreover, having started the series with a draw, the team extended it with 4 wins, including a 3-0 one at the home arena in October.
Predictions
Bookmakers do not believe in the potential of the hosts and do not expect them to “catch” any points. Thus, we bet on the victory of Plymouth (odd: 1.94).
