Plymouth Argyle vs AFC Wimbledon - prediction, team news, lineups

Plymouth Argyle invited AFC Wimbledon to Home Park connected Saturday day for their latest instalment of League One enactment successful the 2026-27 campaign.

In their erstwhile league outing, the Pilgrims claimed a 2-0 triumph distant astatine Leyton Orient, portion the Dons conceded successful added clip to gully with Cambridge United astatine Abbey Stadium.

Match preview

After narrowly missing retired connected participating successful the League One playoffs past season, finishing 2 points down Stevenage who occupied the last qualification place, it looks arsenic though determination is simply a superior anticipation that Plymouth could spell astatine slightest 1 measurement further successful the 2026-27 campaign.

Despite earning conscionable 1 constituent from their opening brace of contests, putting them wrong the bottommost 4 aft 2 matches, the Pilgrims person won 5 of their erstwhile 7 to top the division aft 9 fixtures, though respective of the surrounding teams bash person games successful manus connected Tom Cleverly’s men.

Although they were beaten 4-2 by Coventry City successful August to bow retired of the EFL Cup astatine the 2nd circular stage, Argyle person besides made large advancement successful the cupful competitions and added to their play opening 2-0 triumph implicit fierce rivals Exeter City by collecting 5 points from their 2 EFL Trophy matches to beryllium apical of Group 13 with 1 crippled to play.

Heading into Saturday’s clash, the Pilgrims volition beryllium assured of maintaining their spot astatine the apical too, with the hosts losing conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 8 matches against AFC Wimbledon and posting a 3-1 triumph implicit the Dons erstwhile the sides past met successful April.

Having mislaid 7 of their past 8 matches successful the 2025-26 League One season, finishing conscionable 4 points supra Exeter who occupied the last relegation place, AFC Wimbledon volition beryllium delighted with their commencement to the latest run aft maintaining their 3rd tier status.

Much similar Saturday’s opposition, the Dons got their league endeavours disconnected to a dilatory commencement arsenic they failed to triumph either of their opening 2 fixtures, but having mislaid conscionable 1 of their six matches since, Johnnie Jackson’s broadside person risen to ninth successful the array and are lone 1 constituent extracurricular the playoff positions aft 8 games.

However, contempt claiming a punishment shootout triumph implicit Newport County successful their archetypal competitory clash of the season, AFC Wimbledon person struggled successful the cupful competitions, suffering a 3-0 decision against Fulham to clang retired of the EFL Cup successful the 2nd circular and failing to triumph either of their archetypal 2 EFL Trophy matches to permission them extracurricular the progression places successful Group 14.

With 5 losses successful their latest six games against Plymouth, the Dons are surely underdogs heading into Saturday’s encounter, but having earned an awesome 2-1 triumph erstwhile these sides met astatine Home Park a twelvemonth ago, the visitors volition beryllium hoping that they tin origin an upset erstwhile again this play and proceed their dependable emergence up the league table.

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Team News

Plymouth proceed to beryllium without some Owen Oseni and Michael Baidoo, nevertheless the brace are expected to instrumentality to enactment from ankle and Achilles injuries respectively adjacent month.

Having suffered a genu contented against Burton Albion, Spanish defender Julio Pleguezuelo has been sidelined for the erstwhile 2 matches, though the scan results person been somewhat affirmative with a instrumentality earlier the extremity of the period possible.

Alex Hartridge besides looks acceptable to beryllium reintroduced successful the adjacent aboriginal aft spending the past period retired with an ankle problem, but the Pilgrims volition person to hold a small longer to invited backmost Malachi Boateng arsenic helium continues his betterment connected a genu injury.

Jackson volition beryllium delighted to person Harry Cornick, Marcus Browne, Joe Kirby and Sam Goma astatine his disposal connected Saturday arsenic the quartet returned to enactment successful a down closed doors affable against Millwall past week earlier each featuring successful Tuesday’s EFL Trophy clash with Barnet.

However, the Dons stay without midfielder James Tilley arsenic the 28-year-old continues his betterment from a hamstring wounded sustained against Bromley past month, portion striker Mathew Stevens is labelled arsenic a uncertainty for the play with a akin issue.

With 3 goals truthful acold this campaign, including the opener successful the visitors’ erstwhile league outing, erstwhile Exeter antheral Jayden Stockley is decidedly AFC Wimbledon’s biggest menace and volition beryllium looking to adhd to his 2 vocation strikes against Plymouth connected Saturday.

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Edwards, Ross, MacKenzie, Rendle; Curtis, Bakinson, White, Irow; Evans, Pepple

AFC Wimbledon imaginable starting lineup:

Bursik; Yiadom, Ogundere, Sweeney, Seddon, Sasu; Richards, Harrison, Smith, Maycock; Stockley

We say: Plymouth Argyle 2-0 AFC Wimbledon

After a worrying commencement to the season, Wimbledon volition beryllium acold much contented with their caller signifier and tin beryllium optimistic astir their chances of picking up a effect astatine Home Park connected Saturday afternoon.

However, with conscionable 1 nonaccomplishment successful their erstwhile 7 matches successful each competitions, Plymouth are presently a unit to beryllium reckoned with and we deliberation they volition support their spot astatine the League One acme with yet different triumph this weekend.

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