For the third time this season, the Eagles find themselves heading away from Selhurst and this one is a long midweek trip in their first cup match of the campaign.
MATCH INFORMATION
PREVIOUS MEETING
It has been over 13 years since these two sides have faced each other and that was at Home Park in the Championship in 2010. An early goal from Victor Moses was enough to seal the points. Only one player is currently at the club that featured in the game, which was Nathaniel Clyne.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee; Dean Whitestone. Assistants; Mark Stevens and Matthew Smith. Fourth official; Scott Simpson.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – None of Michael Olise, Nathan Ferguson, Matheus Franca or Will Hughes are expected to feature.
PLYMOUTH – Michael Cooper, Brendan Galloway, and Macaulay Gillesphey both miss out through injury.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS – Dan Scarr (2), Adam Randell (1), Bali Mumba (1), Joe Edwards (1), Ryan Hardie (1), Jordan Ayew (1), Cheick Doucoure (1)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 16/01/10 Plymouth 0-1 Palace
- 08/08/09 Palace 1-1 Plymouth
- 17/02/09 Plymouth 1-3 Palace
- 20/09/08 Palace 1-2 Plymouth
- 22/12/07 Palace 2-1 Plymouth
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 26/08/23 Brentford 1-1 Palace
- 21/08/23 Palace 0-1 Arsenal
- 12/08/23 Sheffield United 0-1 Palace
- 28/05/23 Palace 1-1 Forest
- 20/05/23 Fulham 2-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Plymouth;
- 26/08/23 Birmingham 2-1 Plymouth
- 19/08/23 Plymouth 1-2 Southampton
- 12/08/23 Watford 0-0 Plymouth
- 08/08/23 Plymouth 2-0 Leyton Orient
- 05/08/23 Plymouth 3-1 Huddersfield
EFL CUP
Palace were away in the second round of the competition last season, but the shorter journey to Oxford ended in a 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Odsonne Edouard and Luka Milivojevic. In contrast, Plymouth exited in the first round after a 2-0 home defeat to Peterborough United.
The hosts are into the second round courtesy of a first round victory over Leyton Orient. They head into the cup tie off the back of a late defeat at Birmingham City at the weekend.
RECORD AGAINST PLYMOUTH
- Played 49
- Won 21
- Drawn 8
- Lost 20
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Joachim Andersen 8.07
- Morgan Whittaker 7.63
- Jefferson Lerma 7.41
- Bali Mumba 7.10
ONE TO WATCH
MORGAN WHITTAKER
FORMER CLUBS – Derby County, Swansea City, Lincoln City (loan)
The 22 year old striker moved to Home Park on loan in 2022 while at Swansea City and after a successful period at the club, he was signed permanently. Whittaker has represented England at several youth levels and has scored 10 goals for the club in almost 30 appearances to date.
KEY CLASH
TYRICK MITCHELL v BALI MUMBA
Should these two end up being selected to start for this match, this will be an interesting battle. Mitchell pocketed Bukayo Saka a week ago while the Plymouth winger has performed well for Argyle so far this season.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard/Joachim Andersen (1 – 17th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew (2 – 1st in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (204 – 16th in PL)
- TACKLES – Joachim Andersen (7 – 23rd in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (260 – 14th in PL)
- SHOTS – Eberechi Eze (16 – 1st in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (8 – 2nd in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (8 – 3rd in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (3 – 20th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (16 – 5th in PL)
- BIG CANCES MISSED – Odsonne Edouard (2 – 3rd in PL)
THE NUMBERS
13 – This is the first time the two sides will face each other at Home Park in over 13 years
16 – Everechi Eze leads the way in the Premier League with shots on goal
4 – League points both teams have so far this season heading into this cup tie
3 – Ryan Hardie is the top scorer for Plymouth so far this season
3 – Palace are unbeaten in 3 games against Plymouth (2W/1D)
TEB PREDICTION
As with any cup tie in its infancy, it is difficult to predict what team selections the two managers make and whether a ‘concentrate on the league’ approach is adopted. It would be good for Palace to focus on this competition as it could prove prove fruitful but this is no easy tie. The hosts had an excellent campaign last time out, securing promotion to the Championship where they are currently finding their feet. With not a huge amount of choice in terms of selection available to Roy Hodgson at the moment, we are hoping for a relatively strong line up that will see the Eagles safely through to the third round.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1 to Palace
