Plymouth Argyle v Burnley: Pick of the stats

Posted by author January 21, 2025 Sports

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Plymouth Argyle are five points adrift from safety at the bottom of the Championship following a 1-0 defeat at home to QPR on Saturday, which extended their winless run in the league to 13 games (D6 L7).

New boss Miron Muslic is still searching for his first league win with the Pilgrims, who welcome promotion-chasing Burnley to Home Park.

Clarets goalkeeper James Trafford saved two penalty kicks from Wilson Isidor in the closing stages of their last game against Sunderland to secure a goalless draw and extend their unbeaten run to 14 games (W8 D6).

Scott Parker’s side also boast a formidable defensive record, keeping 18 clean sheets in 27 games, conceding nine goals so far.

Plymouth have lost one of their past eight home EFL games against Burnley (W4 D3 L1), though that defeat did come in the most recent such meeting in March 2009 (1-2).
Burnley have won each of their past two league games against Plymouth and will be looking to win three successive such games for the first time since October 1937.
Plymouth have won two of their 18 midweek league games since their promotion to the Championship in 2023 (W2 D6 L10), though 10 of those 12 points have come at Home Park (W2 D4 L3).
Burnley are unbeaten in each of their past seven away league games (W5 D2), keeping a clean sheet in six of those matches.
Burnley’s Zian Flemming has netted three goals in his past four away league appearances in the Championship, while he both scored and assisted in his only previous league game at Home Park with Millwall in October 2023.