📏 Form Guide

Barnsley

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Barnsley head into this fixture following a 1-1 League One drawn game versus Burton Albion.

The only scorer from Barnsley was David McGoldrick (90'). Charlie Webster (60') scored for Burton Albion.

Barnsley have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, but they’ve also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Barnsley have conceded in 6 of them in addition to managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Barnsley:

• have not been beaten in the league by Plymouth Argyle in their previous 2 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Plymouth Argyle

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Bolton Wanderers in League One action, Plymouth Argyle and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

For Plymouth Argyle, goals were scored by Ronan Curtis (57') and Malachi Boateng (70' Own goal). Johnny Kenny (49') scored for Bolton Wanderers.

In their last six clashes, Plymouth Argyle have amassed a total of 12 goals. Plymouth Argyle have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Their prior results show that Plymouth Argyle:

• haven't won against Barnsley when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 30/03/2010 shows us that Barnsley have won 3 of these and Plymouth Argyle 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them for The Tykes and 3 created by The Pilgrims. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league fixture between these sides was League One match day 1 on 02/08/2025 when it finished Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Barnsley.

The match was refereed by Declan Bourne.

ℹ️ Team News: Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle boss Tom Cleverley has some current player fitness concerns. Herbie Kane (Groin injury) and Joe Ralls (Hamstring injury) are not ready for selection.

🔮 Prediction

Here is a game where Barnsley may find it difficult to see themselves scoring against this Plymouth Argyle team who we think will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Plymouth Argyle at the end of this game.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Peter Guest, 03:02 06/04/2026