What to expect from Plymouth and what would you do?
Dec 10, 2020 9:23:07 GMT
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Post by goodnightirene1883 on Dec 10, 2020 9:23:07 GMT
So far Plymouth have played 3-5-2 in 14/15 of their matches this season. The goals have come mainly from Luke Jephcott (I used to know a Mike Jephcott I wonder if he is related?) with 7 and Connor Grant has chipped in with 3. Jephcott (20) is one of the two center forwards where as Grant (25) plays in midfield, which looks like, position wise, is a bit fluid.
Unsurprisingly Jephcott 1.7 and Grant 1.3 take the most Shots per game
Gas comparison: Nicholson 2.2 and Hanlan 1.9
Key passes per game for them are George Cooper (MID) with 2.4, Danny Mayor (MID) with 1.4 and Joe Edwards (DEF) 1.4 *Assume Mayor is suspended following a red card against Ipswich
Gas comparison: Westbrooke 1.8 & Josh Hare 1.4 with Ozzy climbing up fast currently on 1.1
Winning the ball back are Lewis Macleod (MID) with 2.3 and Will Aimson (DEF) with 2.3 Tackles per game
Gas comparison: Cian Harries 2.2 with Mark Little 2.0 then Josh Grant & Dave Tutonda with 1.7 (only one of these now seem make the starting XI so Baldwin 1.5 and Kilgour 1.4 are probably worth showing)
Clearances per game wise they have 2 Centre backs Kelland Watts (21) with 4.6 and Niall Canavan (29) with 3.7
Gas comparison: Cian Harries 5.8, Jack Baldwin 5.1, Max Ehmer 4.6 and Luke Leahy 3.0
*Please note - League stats only
+ Strengths
Shooting from direct free kicks Strong
Attacking down the wings Strong
Creating long shot opportunities Strong
Creating chances through individual skill Strong
Creating scoring chances Strong
- Weaknesses
Stopping opponents from creating chances Weak
Defending against through ball attacks Weak
Protecting the lead Weak
Aerial duels Weak
Defending against attacks down the wings Very Weak
Plymouth's Style of Play
Attacking down the left
Take a lot of shots
Rotate their first eleven
Play the offside trap
Non-aggressive
So in Plymouth we have some former players which might like to put in a worldy against us but seem similar set up to Wimbledon in their formation and where the goals are likely to come from. We have shown now that we can create chances which hopefully reduces some of the fear that had been building up as we found ourselves in the bottom four and not exactly playing football likely to get us out. What a difference a strong performance makes. On paper we should beat this Plymouth side however we must be careful as they are well organised and find themselves 2nd in the total amount of corners they get in league one and you know we love defending them. You could argue that the quality of the corners are such that the defending side keeps putting it behind for another etc but I would feel more comfortable with a team with zero set pieces against us.
Expected team (no changes to the Wimbledon set up). Despite our win against Leyton Orient on tuesday, I don't think anyone particularly showed PT enough to take a place in the starting XI vs Plymouth and I haven't heard anything about injuries so I would expect the same line up with maybe some different faces on the Bench. I would also expect Ehmer to retain the RB slot especially with Plymouth favoring attacks down the left... This will be a real test to whoever we place at RB in my opinion so we can expect a lot of love or hate come 5pm I'd imagine.
-----------------------Jaakkola------------------------
---Ehmer---- Kilgour ------- Baldwin ------Leahy---
---------- Grant ---------------- Upson---------------
-------Nicholson----Oztumer----Westbrooke--------
-----------------------Hanlan-------------------------
I am confident that we can turn the home form around in this one especially now heads seem to drop a lot less then previously when/if conceding a goal. Plymouth have lost their last 4 and they are looking like they are there for the taking so I'm going for a 3-0 to the Gas here.
What do you think? What would you do?
Unsurprisingly Jephcott 1.7 and Grant 1.3 take the most Shots per game
Gas comparison: Nicholson 2.2 and Hanlan 1.9
Key passes per game for them are George Cooper (MID) with 2.4, Danny Mayor (MID) with 1.4 and Joe Edwards (DEF) 1.4 *Assume Mayor is suspended following a red card against Ipswich
Gas comparison: Westbrooke 1.8 & Josh Hare 1.4 with Ozzy climbing up fast currently on 1.1
Winning the ball back are Lewis Macleod (MID) with 2.3 and Will Aimson (DEF) with 2.3 Tackles per game
Gas comparison: Cian Harries 2.2 with Mark Little 2.0 then Josh Grant & Dave Tutonda with 1.7 (only one of these now seem make the starting XI so Baldwin 1.5 and Kilgour 1.4 are probably worth showing)
Clearances per game wise they have 2 Centre backs Kelland Watts (21) with 4.6 and Niall Canavan (29) with 3.7
Gas comparison: Cian Harries 5.8, Jack Baldwin 5.1, Max Ehmer 4.6 and Luke Leahy 3.0
*Please note - League stats only
+ Strengths
Shooting from direct free kicks Strong
Attacking down the wings Strong
Creating long shot opportunities Strong
Creating chances through individual skill Strong
Creating scoring chances Strong
- Weaknesses
Stopping opponents from creating chances Weak
Defending against through ball attacks Weak
Protecting the lead Weak
Aerial duels Weak
Defending against attacks down the wings Very Weak
Plymouth's Style of Play
Attacking down the left
Take a lot of shots
Rotate their first eleven
Play the offside trap
Non-aggressive
So in Plymouth we have some former players which might like to put in a worldy against us but seem similar set up to Wimbledon in their formation and where the goals are likely to come from. We have shown now that we can create chances which hopefully reduces some of the fear that had been building up as we found ourselves in the bottom four and not exactly playing football likely to get us out. What a difference a strong performance makes. On paper we should beat this Plymouth side however we must be careful as they are well organised and find themselves 2nd in the total amount of corners they get in league one and you know we love defending them. You could argue that the quality of the corners are such that the defending side keeps putting it behind for another etc but I would feel more comfortable with a team with zero set pieces against us.
Expected team (no changes to the Wimbledon set up). Despite our win against Leyton Orient on tuesday, I don't think anyone particularly showed PT enough to take a place in the starting XI vs Plymouth and I haven't heard anything about injuries so I would expect the same line up with maybe some different faces on the Bench. I would also expect Ehmer to retain the RB slot especially with Plymouth favoring attacks down the left... This will be a real test to whoever we place at RB in my opinion so we can expect a lot of love or hate come 5pm I'd imagine.
-----------------------Jaakkola------------------------
---Ehmer---- Kilgour ------- Baldwin ------Leahy---
---------- Grant ---------------- Upson---------------
-------Nicholson----Oztumer----Westbrooke--------
-----------------------Hanlan-------------------------
I am confident that we can turn the home form around in this one especially now heads seem to drop a lot less then previously when/if conceding a goal. Plymouth have lost their last 4 and they are looking like they are there for the taking so I'm going for a 3-0 to the Gas here.
What do you think? What would you do?
