Cambridge United vs Plymouth Argyle - prediction, team news, lineups

Cambridge United invited Plymouth Argyle to Abbey Stadium connected Saturday day for their latest instalment of enactment successful the 2026-27 League One campaign.

In their erstwhile outing, the U’s came from 2 goals down to gully 2-2 with Wycombe Wanderers connected location soil, portion the Pilgrims were good beaten by Stevenage astatine the SPORTA Arena.

Match preview

After bouncing backmost to League One astatine the archetypal clip of asking past season, finishing 3rd successful the 4th tier and lone 5 points down league champions Bromley, Cambridge volition beryllium ecstatic with however they person started their latest campaign.

Losing conscionable 1 of their 11 matches truthful far, the U’s presently beryllium 4th successful the League One table with 20 points and person not mislaid immoderate of their erstwhile 10 successful each competitions, a tally stretching backmost to a 2-1 location decision against Huddersfield Town astatine the extremity of August.

Although they were knocked retired of the EFL Cup by Millwall astatine the 2nd circular stage, Neil Harris volition besides beryllium delighted with however his broadside person started their EFL Trophy run arsenic they presently beryllium atop Group 15 aft beating Gillingham and Northampton successful their archetypal 2 fixtures.

Falling to decision successful conscionable 2 of their anterior 11 location meetings with Plymouth, including a 2-0 triumph astatine the Abbey Stadium successful February 2022, Cambridge volition beryllium hoping to proceed their coagulated streak against the Pilgrims by claiming triumph connected Saturday day and ascent into the league’s automatic promotion places.

Having enjoyed an outstanding commencement to the campaign, taking 19 points from their opening 10 League One matches to beryllium apical of the array conscionable a fortnight ago, Plymouth volition beryllium hopeless to bounce backmost into signifier this play aft a mates of disappointing results.

Following a tally of 7 wins successful their erstwhile 8 games, Tom Cleverly’s men were brought down to world arsenic they were beaten 2-0 by a beardown Huddersfield Town broadside past play and failed to instantly respond arsenic they were convincingly dispatched by Stevenage astatine the SPORTA Arena connected Tuesday evening, dropping them to 5th successful the table.

On a much affirmative note, Plymouth person managed to support their dependable signifier successful the cupful competitions though, arsenic contempt being eliminated by Premier League outfit Coventry City successful the 2nd circular of the EFL Cup, the Pilgrims lone request a gully from their last EFL Trophy radical lucifer to corroborate a spot successful the knockouts, having earned 5 points from their erstwhile 2 fixtures.

While their distant grounds against Cambridge leaves a batch to beryllium desired, Argyle did assertion triumph successful the latest brushwood betwixt the sides, moving retired 3-1 winners astatine Home Park successful April 2023.

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Team News

Irish midfielder Shane McLoughlin is retired for Cambridge with a calf wounded picked up earlier successful the season, portion 21-year-old guardant Callum Perry remains sidelined aft picking up an undisclosed occupation against Oxford United past month.

Having contributed to 12 goals successful his last 5 Barnet appearances, Harris volition besides beryllium disappointed that helium is yet to utilise Callum Stead’s services since his summertime determination arsenic the 26-year-old continues his betterment from a terrible ankle issue.

In Stead’s absence, Benjamin Knight has been starring the enactment for the U’s and volition beryllium hoping to widen his 3 lucifer streak of extremity contributions this weekend.

Ghanaian planetary Michael Baidoo has missed the entirety of the 2026-27 play truthful acold for Plymouth and is not apt to instrumentality until adjacent period from a terrible hamstring injury, though the Pilgrims could invited midfielder Malachi Boateng backmost from a genu occupation arsenic soon arsenic this weekend.

After sustaining an ankle contented successful past month’s EFL Trophy fixture against Crystal Palace U21s, Cleverly is besides incapable to presently deploy Nigerian guardant Owen Oseni, portion it remains to beryllium seen whether Danish defender Mathias Ross tin instrumentality from an infected ft connected Saturday.

Following a pulsating tally of six goals implicit a 7 crippled period, Canadian striker Aribim Pepple has faltered successful caller outings and volition beryllium hoping to instrumentality to the scoresheet erstwhile helium apt partners Will Evans successful onslaught against Cambridge.

Cambridge United imaginable starting lineup:

Eastwood; Heffernan, Watts, Bradshaw; Mpanzu, Ball, Moxon, Heath; Knight, Ahadme, Kaikai

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Edwards, Mitchell, Hartridge, Harding; Curtis, Ibrahim, White, Irow; Evans, Pepple

We say: Cambridge United 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

Although Plymouth’s blistery streak has cooled successful caller weeks, Cambridge volition beryllium alert that they inactive person to present a near-perfect show to flooded a beardown Pilgrims broadside astatine the Abbey Stadium this weekend.

However, portion it volition undoubtedly beryllium a tightly contested match, we are inactive backing the hosts to instrumentality each of the points connected Saturday day and perchance ascent adjacent further up the League One table.

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