League One: Plymouth vs Peterborough – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Plymouth and Peterborough who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

When Peterborough come to Home Park for the League One match on Saturday, Plymouth will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Placed 17th in the table Plymouth have amassed nine points after eight matches. On four points, Peterborough rank 24th with eight matches played this season.

Form: Plymouth vs Peterborough

Plymouth Form

Plymouth look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Cardiff, they were left empty-handed in a 4-0 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Stockport County in a 4-2 win. They followed that up with a 2-3 win against Luton in their most recent outing. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Plymouth but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six League One matches. They didn’t draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring nine goals while conceding six.

Peterborough Form

Peterborough suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Exeter in a 3-0 defeat. Huddersfield also proved too hard to handle as they won 3-2, before Peterborough were able to strike back in a 2-1 win against Wycombe. Peterborough came through their last six away games in the League One without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost six in which, they were outscored by 16 goals to six.

Betting stats for Plymouth and Peterborough

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

Players on top: Plymouth vs Peterborough

Cian Hayes shows decent form right now for Peterborough, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the League One. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Plymouth, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Bradley Ibrahim also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six League One matches.

Popular markets: Plymouth vs Peterborough

Full-time result

Plymouth claimed six wins in their previous 10 matches at Home Park across all tournaments. They lost four as well, while visitors Peterborough won one of their last 10 away matches. They drew one and lost eight. Amazingly, Peterborough failed to keep a clean sheet in their 17 last matches.

Both teams to score

Plymouth scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Peterborough got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Plymouth managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Peterborough kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Plymouth, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Peterborough, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 0.8 times goals per game themselves.