Plymouth Argyle vs Barnsley - prediction, team news, lineups

Sat level connected 7 points aft 5 games of the 2026-27 League One season, Plymouth Argyle and Barnsley volition bash conflict astatine Home Park connected Saturday.

The hosts managed a 2nd league triumph of the play past weekend, portion their visitors suffered a dense decision aft consecutive victories.

Match preview

Plymouth caput into the play successful hunt of back-to-back victories aft a mixed commencement to their League One campaign.

The Pilgrims were 1 of the division's signifier teams successful 2026, climbing to an eighth-placed decorativeness aft a mediocre start, and they acceptable retired to footwear connected successful the caller word and situation for promotion backmost to the Championship, but their archetypal 2 games produced a decision to Stockport County and a gully with Wycombe Wanderers.

Tom Cleverley's broadside person since won 2 of their past 3 matches, putting their archetypal 3 points connected the committee successful a 2-0 location triumph implicit Bradford City, lone to suffer by the aforesaid scoreline distant astatine Leicester City.

A travel to Doncaster Rovers past followed past weekend, and the Pilgrims yet managed a 3-2 victory, having led done Will Evans and been pegged backmost earlier Aribim Pepple and Caleb Watts had them 3-1 up heading into wounded time.

Plymouth Argyle present instrumentality to location turf with the hopes of managing consecutive League One wins for the archetypal clip this play to kickstarted a sustained tally of signifier successful the aboriginal stages of the caller term.

Their visitors, meanwhile, caput to the southbound seashore aiming to bounce backmost from a decision aft an encouraging commencement to their campaign.

Barnsley came into 2026-27 nether returning manager Daniel Stendel, who took backmost implicit successful the summertime aft a brace of mid-table finishes for the South Yorkshire outfit.

They besides made a dilatory start, losing to Bromley and drafting with Doncaster Rovers, but the Reds went connected to physique connected an EFL Cup triumph implicit Crewe Alexandra with a brace of league wins, firstly beating Leyton Orient distant from location earlier Cameron McGeehan and Amani Richards scored successful a 2-1 location triumph implicit Blackpool.

Stevenage past visited Oakwell past weekend, but Stendel's broadside failed to proceed their streak, alternatively succumbing to a 5-1 beating contempt starring done Cameron McGeehan, arsenic Oliver Sanderson levelled earlier the interruption and Dam Kemp scored a second-half brace alongside goals from Terence Vancooten and Michael Mellon.

Left wounded by that result, but with positives to instrumentality from a pleasing commencement to their 2nd spell nether Stendel, Barnsley volition bid to get backmost connected way with a connection distant triumph connected Saturday.

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Team News

Plymouth Argyle volition stay without midfielder Malachi Boateng done injury, portion Michael Baidoo is besides inactive sidelined.

Aribim Pepple and summertime signing Will Evans volition proceed their concern up front, having some scored past clip out.

Caleb Watts besides has a assertion to travel successful from the outset aft his extremity disconnected the seat and whitethorn instrumentality Oliver Irow's place, portion Harvey White and Tyreeq Bakinson should proceed their midfield concern contempt contention from Bradley Ibrahim.

Barnsley are inactive incapable to telephone connected midfielder Vimal Yoganathan and goalkeeper Cieran Slicker owed to ongoing injuries.

In Slicker's absence, Rogan Ravehill volition proceed to deputise betwixt the sticks, portion Arley Kay, Connor O'Riordan, Sam Gale and Ziyad Larkeche should enactment up successful a backmost 4 contempt past week's 5-1 loss.

Luca Connell whitethorn instrumentality to the midfield to articulation Cameron McGeehan, who has managed 3 goals successful 5 League One games since his instrumentality to the nine implicit the summer, portion Tyrese Noslin, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary and Makenzie Kirk volition each anticipation to support their places astatine the apical extremity of the pitch.

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Harding, Mitchell, Pleguezuelo, Hartridge; Curtis, Bakinson, White, Watts; Evans, Pepple

Barnsley imaginable starting lineup:

Ravenhill; Kay, Gale, O'Riordan, Larkeche; Connell, McGeehan; Noslin, Kelly, Cleary; Kirk

We say: Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Barnsley

Both teams person plentifulness of prime and person origin for optimism, but connected the backmost of a dense location decision we bash not fancy Barnsley successful a pugnacious travel to a rejuvenated Pilgrims broadside connected the southbound coast.

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