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Manchester City v Plymouth Argyle : FA Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 1st Mar, 17:45 BST, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side are on home soil in the FA Cup on Saturday evening, as Leonid Kuchuk's Plymouth Argyle visit the Etihad Stadium. Our predictions are based on in-depth statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across 17 of the main betting markets. The data and the odds change with each market, and head to head (H2H) statistics are included across them all.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
65%
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Draw
19%
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Plymouth
16%
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Man City 2-0
10%
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Man City 2-1
10%
--
Man City 1-0
9%
--
Draw 1-1
9%
--
Man City 3-1
7%
--
Man City 3-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Plymouth 2-1
4%
--
Man City 4-1
4%
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Man City 4-0
4%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
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Plymouth 1-0
4%
--
Man City 3-2
4%
--
Man City 4-2
2%
--
Plymouth 2-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
--
Home 1st Goal
57%
--
Away 1st Goal
41%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
56%
--
BTTS - No
44%
--
BTTS - Home Win
32%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
9%
--
Home/draw
84%
--
Away/draw
35%
--
Home/away
81%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
78%
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Away DNB
29%
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Man City win to nil
33%
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Plymouth win to nil
7%
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Win / draw / win form
Man City
20 games
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
Plymouth
20 games
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
Goal Statistics

Manchester City's forwards have been in fine form of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive FA Cup outings. A PG of 2.2 suggests that run should continue on Saturday evening.

Man City Plymouth
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
19%
There is a 65% probability that Man City will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Plymouth scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
2.6
average goals scored
0.4
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
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Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Plymouth
2.2
1
Attack rating
34%
better
MCI
PLY
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Games scored17
13
Failed to score3
7
Scored first11
6
Goals scored46
23
Avg. goals scored2.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game11
6
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for21
18
Avg. XG for2
0.9
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
9%
better
MCI
PLY
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Games conceded16
16
Clean sheets4
4
Conceded first9
13
Goals conceded36
39
Avg. goals conceded1.8
2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against18%
20%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.6
KickOff rating
+9%

The line-ups for the FA Cup match between Man City v Plymouth will show here when available.

Man City FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2331
J McAteeJ McAteeJ GrealishJ McAtee
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J McAtee MID23
1
-
I Gündogan MID2
-
S Sávio FWD2
-
P Foden FWD21
-
J Grealish FWD213
-
Ederson GLK1
-
S Ortega GLK1
-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF1
-
V. de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis DEF1
-
A. Khusanov DEF11
-
J Stones DEF1
-
R Lewis DEF11
-
R Dias DEF1
-
N Aké  DEF1
-
M Akanji DEF1
-
M Kovacic MID1
-
K Bruyne MID11
-
M Nunes MID11
-
B Silva MID1
-
N González  MID1
-
O Marmoush FWD1
-
J Doku FWD122
-
Plymouth FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2112
C HazardR HardieM SorinolaM Taloverov
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Hazard GLK2
1
-
J Pleguezuelo DEF2
-
T Puchacz DEF2
-
M Sorinola DEF21
1
-
V Pálsson DEF2
-
A Randell MID2
-
C Wright MID2
-
D Gyabi MID2
-
M Bundu FWD2
1
-
M Taloverov DEF1
2
-
N Katic DEF1
-
N Ogbeta DEF1
-
B Galloway DEF1
-
B Mumba DEF1
-
M Boateng MID1
-
C Roberts MID1
-
M Baidoo MID1
-
R Hardie FWD11
-
M Tijani FWD1
-
M Obafemi FWD1
-