Plymouth Argyle vs Portsmouth Prediction and Betting Tips | November 5th 2024

Plymouth Argyle will host Portsmouth at Home Park on Tuesday in another round of the 2024-25 EFL Championship campaign. The home side have struggled for results this season under head coach Wayne Rooney and now find themselves 22nd in the table with just 12 points from 13 matches.

They locked horns with promotion chasers Leeds United in their game on Saturday and were beaten 3-0, conceding all three goals in an eight-minute first-half spell. Although their defensive showing after the restart was markedly improved, the Pilgrims ultimately ended the contest without registering a single shot and have work to do this week.

Portsmouth meanwhile are relegation favorites at this stage of the season after a difficult return to life in the second tier. However, they held on for a 1-1 draw away at Hull City last time out, with summer signing Josh Murphy scoring his maiden goal for Pompey immediately after the restart to help cancel out their one-goal deficit and secure a much-needed point on the road.

The visitors sit rock-bottom in the Championship standings with just nine points from 13 games and will be desperate to add to that tally come Tuesday.

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Plymouth Argyle vs Portsmouth Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 73 meetings between Plymouth and Portsmouth. The home side have won 27 of those games while the visitors have won one more. There have been 18 draws between the two teams.
• The two sides last faced off in a League One clash last February which the Pilgrims won 3-1 to record a seventh straight unbeaten run in this fixture.
• The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last seven games in this fixture.
• Plymouth and Pompey have the two worst defensive records in the English Championship this season with goal concession tallies of 25 and 26 respectively.

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Plymouth Argyle vs Portsmouth Prediction

Plymouth have lost three of their last four games after winning three of their previous five. They have, however, lost just once on home turf all season and will head into the midweek clash as slight favorites.

Portsmouth are on a three-game winless streak and have won just one game all season. They have struggled for results on the road this season and could see defeat on Tuesday.

Prediction: Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Portsmouth

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Plymouth Argyle vs Portsmouth Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Plymouth to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the last six matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in six of their last seven matchups)