Plymouth Argyle vs Reading - prediction, team news, lineups

Plymouth Argyle volition beryllium looking to prime up an important triumph erstwhile they invited Reading to Home Park connected Saturday.

The hosts presently beryllium 5th successful the League One table, portion the visitors are conscionable 1 constituent beneath them successful sixth.

Match preview

Plymouth Argyle volition beryllium keen to physique connected their 3-2 triumph distant to Cambridge United past play aft back-to-back defeats had threatened to derail their momentum.

The Pilgrims had mislaid 2-0 to Huddersfield Town and 3-0 to Stevenage successful their erstwhile 2 games, making their effect astatine Cambridge peculiarly impressive.

Head manager Tom Cleverley branded it a "great distant win", hailing the mode his broadside "worked their socks off" and were "fighting for the badge".

Bim Pepple was among the goalscorers past play and helium is Plymouth's apical scorer, having bagged 5 truthful acold this season. 

However, it is worthy noting that Plymouth person not beaten Reading successful their past 5 meetings crossed each competitions, including a 4-1 decision astatine Home Park past December.

Reading, meanwhile, question to Devon looking to widen their winning tally aft successive league victories implicit Leyton Orient and Barnsley.

The Royals followed a 1-0 triumph implicit Orient with a 2-1 comeback triumph against Barnsley, with Kyreece Lisbie scoring doubly aft the visitors took an aboriginal lead.

Reading's 25 league goals marque them the division’s astir productive attacking broadside and apical scorer Jack Marriott is closing successful connected a instrumentality from injury, though helium is improbable to diagnostic connected Saturday.

Head manager Leam Richardson hailed Reading's resilience and quality aft the Barnsley comeback, claiming they were "excellent" successful the 2nd fractional and that determination is "still a batch more" to travel from them.

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Team News

Plymouth are expected to instrumentality with the aforesaid broadside that bushed Cambridge, with Pepple acceptable to pb the line.

Xavier Amaechi and Will Evans are apt to commencement retired wide, with Tyreeq Bakinson and Harvey White acceptable to proceed their midfield partnership.

Reading could beryllium forced to marque astatine slightest 1 alteration aft Paddy Lane picked up an wounded against Barnsley, with Randell Williams successful enactment to regenerate him connected the left.

Lisbie volition beryllium looking to proceed his bully signifier connected the right, portion No.10 Josh Stokes has produced 3 assists successful his past 4 league games.

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Mahoney; Pleguezuelo, Mitchell, Harding; Sorinola, Bakinson, White, MacKenzie; Amaechi, Pepple, Evans

Reading imaginable starting lineup:

Pereira; Godwin-Malife, O'Connor, Dorsett, Roberts; Wing, Rinomhota; Williams, Stokes, Lisbie; Marriott

We say: Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Reading

Reading person been successful amended signifier than Plymouth and person an awesome caller grounds against them, which is wherefore we are backing them to prime up each 3 points.

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