Match Pack: Plymouth Argyle

Match Info

Fixture: Plymouth Argyle v Watford
Competition: Sky Bet Championship
Venue: Home Park
Time: Friday November 22, 8pm
Strip: Yellow home kit
TV: Sky Sports Main Event

Officials

Referee: Andy Davies
Assistant Referees: Graham Kane & Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Sam Allison

Team News

Tom Cleverley will be without the injured Angelo Ogbonna, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Jeremy Ngakia and Kévin Keben, while Festy Ebosele is suspended.

There is no timescale on Dele-Bashiru's return, whilst Keben suffered a setback in his recovery that required surgery.

Pierre Dwomoh will miss the trip through illness, but Moussa Sissoko is once again available for selection following his three-match ban. 

Full Watford team news can be read HERE.

For Plymouth Argyle, Lewis Gibson will return to the squad following injury, but the game comes too soon for defender Brendan Galloway and goalkeeper Conor Hazard.

Joe Edwards, Ibrahim Cissoko and Muhamed Tijani are the side's long-term injury absentees.

What Are They Saying?

“With Whittaker they've got one of the real quality players of the league, so it's our job to keep them quiet.”

Tom Cleverley, Watford Head Coach

“Watford are a good team, a physical team, so we know we have to be at our best to win the game on Friday night."

Wayne Rooney, Plymouth Argyle Head Coach

Golden Flashback

The Hornets' last league win at Home Park came in September 2009, with an early goal from a certain Tom Cleverley enough to earn Watford the three points in Devon.

Stat Attack

1 - Watford have won just one of their last six away league games against Plymouth Argyle (D3 L2).

3 - If the hosts do not lose, they would avoid defeat in three successive league matches for the first time since April.

4 - Plymouth Argyle have failed to win any of their last four league games against Watford (D2 L2).

5 - The Home Park outfit could fail to win five successive Football League games against Watford for the first time since February 1992.

8 - Watford have won eight of their 15 Championship games so far this season, their most at this stage since the promotion campaign of 2014/15.

10 - Plymouth have lost just one of their last 10 matches at Home Park.

17.9 - The Pilgrims have faced 17.9 shots per game in the Championship this season, the most by a team in a second-tier season since Yeovil Town in 2013/14.

27 - Morgan Whittaker has won the most fouls for Plymouth throughout the campaign.

70 - Kornél Szucs has made the most clearances for his side.

4208 - Watford’s Giorgi Chakvetadze has carried the ball the most distance in the Championship this season. 

Player In Focus - Bali Mumba

Age: 23

Total appearances for Plymouth Argyle: 110

Total goals for Plymouth Argyle: 9

Minutes played this season: 1171

Matches started: 12

Tackles: 40

Ground duels won: 70

Pass completion rate: 88.03 per cent

Dribbles per 90: 2.25

Fouls Against: 19

Live Blog

Not heading to Home Park today?

You can follow all the build-up, action and immediate post-match reaction with our live blog, which will be available on the Watford FC website and app from 6.30pm.

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