League One: Plymouth vs Barnsley – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 1 match between Plymouth and Barnsley and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Plymouth start the season as favourites to land the League One crown. They launch their title bid this coming Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Barnsley at Home Park.

Form: Plymouth vs Barnsley

Plymouth Form

Plymouth hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Coventry by 3-1, before winning 1-2 against Preston. The streak ended in a recent 1-2 defeat against Leeds. Plymouth won five of their last six League One matches at Home Park, scoring ten and conceding four along the way. They lost once but didn’t draw a single match.

Barnsley Form

In their last three matches, Barnsley drew 1-1 with Peterborough, lost 1-2 against Shrewsbury and beat Reading 2-4. Barnsley only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the League One. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 16 goals to 11.

Betting stats for Plymouth and Barnsley

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Plymouth and Barnsley. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Plymouth vs Barnsley

Joe Edwards has three strikes in six League One matches for Plymouth, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Barnsley. The visitors are looking to Jonathan Russell, who has provided his team with five League One goals.

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Full-time result

Plymouth claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing four. Barnsley won three of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost six of the games in this run. Plymouth won their last nine matches on the trot. Barnsley scored at least once in their previous 10 matches.

Both teams to score

Plymouth scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Barnsley scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive away games Barnsley played. Plymouth managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Barnsley were first on target in four of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Plymouth, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Barnsley, who scored 1.9 times on average in these matches. Barnsley scored at least once in their previous 10 matches on the bounce.