Plymouth Argyle vs Port Vale - prediction, team news, lineups

Plymouth Argyle volition beryllium looking to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile they invited Port Vale to Home Park connected Saturday.

The hosts presently beryllium eighth successful the League One table and are conscionable 4 points disconnected the playoffs, portion the visitors person already been relegated.

Match preview

Plymouth person suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past 10 games and drew 1-1 with fourth-placed Bradford City connected Tuesday.

Brendan Wiredu enactment Plymouth ahead, but a 2nd fractional onslaught from Will Swan earned Bradford a important point.

The effect means Plymouth indispensable triumph their past 2 games and anticipation that Stockport and Stevenage gaffe up if they are to marque the playoffs.

Manager Tom Cleverley has not fixed up anticipation of getting promoted and has urged his players to "give our supporters 2 existent apical performances to extremity the season".

Port Vale, meanwhile, were officially relegated to League Two earlier this week aft losing 1-0 to an already-promoted Cardiff City broadside connected Wednesday.

Rubin Colwill scored the lone extremity of the crippled for the Bluebirds and Port Vale brag Jon Brady has vowed to pb a "reset" adjacent play and assistance them "challenge towards the apical extremity of League Two".

It is worthy noting that Port Vale person beaten Plymouth successful their past 4 meetings astatine Home Park, with their past decision coming each the mode backmost successful February 2004.

The Valiants were unbeaten successful their past 4 league games heading into the Cardiff lucifer and volition beryllium looking to extremity a disappointing play connected a high.

Plymouth Argyle League One form:

W L W D W D

Port Vale League One form:

L W D W D L

Port Vale signifier (all competitions): 

L W D W D L

Team News

Plymouth volition person to marque astatine slightest 1 alteration aft Brendnan Galloway suffered different wounded setback during the gully with Stockport.

Club skipper Joe Edwards could instrumentality to the broadside aft missing the Stockport crippled owed to the commencement of his son, with Wes Harding moving backmost to left-back.

Lorent Tolaj and Bim Pepple are expected to proceed starring the line.

Port Vale are missing the likes of George Byers, Ben Heneghan, Jayden Stockley, Kyle John, Andre Gray and Funso Ojo done injury.

Martin Sherif is acceptable to commencement up front, with enactment retired wide from George Hall and Liam Gordon.

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Hazard; Edwards, Ross, Mitchell, Harding; Curtis, Boateng, Wiredu, Dale; Tolaj, Pepple

Port Vale imaginable starting lineup:

Gauci; Lawrence-Gabriel, Humphreys, Hall, Campbell; Walters, Croasdale; Hall, Garrity, Gordon; Sherif

We say: Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Port Vale

Plymouth request to triumph to support their playoff hopes live and we are backing them to bash conscionable that connected Saturday.

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