Plymouth Argyle vs Coventry City - prediction, team news, lineups

Plymouth Argyle invited Coventry City to Home Park connected Tuesday evening for the 2nd circular of this season's EFL Cup campaign.

The Pilgrims scored a brace of precocious goals to overcome fierce rivals Exeter City successful the erstwhile stage, portion the Sky Blues are playing their archetypal lucifer successful this year's contention owed to their caller Premier League status.

Match preview

Despite lone champions Lincoln City performing amended than Tom Cleverley’s men successful the last 15 matches of the campaign, Plymouth fell agonisingly abbreviated of qualifying for the League One playoffs past season, finishing conscionable 2 points down Stevenage successful sixth place.

Following a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to noisy neighbours Exeter astatine St James Park successful October 2025, Argyle sat wrong the relegation portion of England’s 3rd tier and though they yet failed to springiness themselves a changeable astatine promotion, their betterment near Plymouth fans with plentifulness to look guardant to up of the upcoming campaign.

However, the Pilgrims person not got disconnected to the commencement they would person been hoping for and aft a damning 3-1 location decision against Stockport County connected the opening day, Cleverley’s broadside were held to a 1-1 gully distant to Wycombe Wanderers connected Saturday afternoon, meaning they presently beryllium wrong the division’s bottommost 4 with conscionable a singular point.

If the erstwhile Watford brag was to instrumentality a affirmative from the season’s motorboat though, it would undoubtedly beryllium the resilience that his squad showed to flooded Exeter successful the erstwhile round's Devon Derby, with erstwhile Grecians defender Alex Hartridge breaking the deadlock successful added clip earlier Aribim Pepple pounced for a 2nd connected the counter attack. 

Heading into the 2nd circular for the 4th twelvemonth successful the spin, Argyle volition surely beryllium hoping to thin connected their beardown location grounds against Coventry successful bid to progress, having not mislaid immoderate of their erstwhile 3 bouts with Tuesday’s absorption astatine Home Park.

Gearing up for an already immense league clash with chap promoted broadside Hull City astatine the Coventry Building Society Arena adjacent weekend, the Sky Blues volition beryllium seeking to physique momentum successful Tuesday evening’s EFL Cup clash aft a hard instrumentality to the Premier League.

Topping England’s 2nd tier for the archetypal clip successful astir 60 years past season, determination was surely crushed for Coventry to beryllium optimistic up of past weekend’s Premier League curtain raiser astatine the Emirates Stadium, nevertheless their ambitions were rapidly crushed arsenic they fell to a 3-0 decision against the reigning champions.

Despite this, Frank Lampard’s men volition find comfortableness successful that they arguably present person their toughest trial of the league run down them and entering a nicer tally of fixtures, volition surely beryllium looking to get immoderate points connected the board.

Entering the contention successful the 2nd circular pursuing their promotion, the EFL Cup gives Coventry a large accidental to ignite that caput of steam and having ne'er surpassed the semi-final stage, the Sky Blues volition undoubtedly beryllium dreaming of a heavy cupful tally successful the upcoming season.

Although they fell to a 3-1 decision erstwhile past gathering Plymouth astatine Home Park, Coventry person a beardown caller grounds against the Pilgrims, losing conscionable 2 of the erstwhile 9 encounters betwixt the sides and keeping a cleanable expanse successful 5 of those meetings.

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Team News

Awaiting afloat scan results, it seems arsenic though midfielder Malachi Boateng could miss a lengthy spell for Plymouth aft suffering a genu ligament wounded against Wycombe connected Saturday.

Cleverly is besides acceptable to beryllium without Michael Baidoo until November with the Ghanaian recovering from a hamstring injury, though Freddie Issaka and Jack MacKenzie are expected to instrumentality from groin and genu problems respectively successful the adjacent future.

Picking up a genu contented successful a affable against Bristol City earlier this month, Owen Oseni looks apt to beryllium retired until the extremity of September, nevertheless helium is presently progressing good successful his rehabilitation process.

Coventry picked up nary caller wounded concerns from their travel to north-London, though they stay without American striker Haji Wright, who is acceptable to beryllium sidelined for 3 months owed to a thigh injury.

It remains to beryllium seen whether defender Luke Woolfenden makes a instrumentality to the matchday squad having missed the erstwhile period with a knock.

On the different hand, Lampard volition beryllium delighted to person welcomed English midfielder Jack Rudoni backmost to the squad connected Friday nighttime aft the 25-year-old shrugged disconnected a enarthrosis problem.

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Harding, Ross, Pleguezuelo, Hartridge; Amaechi, Ibrahim, White, Curtis; Evans, Pepple

Coventry City imaginable starting lineup:

Wilson; Kitching, Bidwell, Thomas, Dasilva; Sakamoto, Yirenkyi, Rudoni, Torp, Hamer; Awoniyi

We say: Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Coventry City

Playing astatine Home Park successful consecutive EFL Cup rounds, Plymouth volition beryllium assured that overmuch similar against Liverpool successful the 2024-25 FA Cup campaign, they are susceptible of taking down Premier League absorption successful the south-west.

However, though the Pilgrims volition person their chances passim the contest, we deliberation Coventry volition beryllium excessively beardown for their hosts, adjacent if they tract a weakened side.

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