Plymouth Argyle v Sunderland
Championship | Home Park
Saturday, 25 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Saturday's match between Plymouth Argyle and Sunderland promises to be one for the neutrals, as two of the Championship's most free-scoring sides go head-to-head.
Ahead of the game at Home Park, the Pilgrims and the Black Cats sit joint-fourth in the goal-scoring charts, with goal 27s apiece.
Striker Morgan Whittaker leads the way for the home side, having bagged seven goals in their 16 games to date.
And Jack Clarke has been the main man in the opponents' penalty box for Sunderland, with nine goals.
Plymouth are 19th in the table after 16 games, of which they have won four and drawn four, earning 16 points.
Sunderland are 13 places ahead of Argyle in sixth, with eight wins and two draws putting them on 26 points.
The Pilgrims are in disappointing form in the Championship, with one win and two draws from their last six games.
With two wins and a draw over that period, the Black Cats' form is slightly better – they have taken seven points from 18, compared to the hosts' five.
In the last three years, Plymouth and Sunderland have played each other on four occasions. Plymouth won one of them, Sunderland two, and they drew once.
On average, the Pilgrims scored 1.0 goal and the Black Cats 1.5 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on April 18 2022, when they played out a 0-0 draw.
Plymouth's last match was on November 11, a 2-1 loss against Leeds United, with Ben Waine getting the goal for the Pilgrims.
Sunderland beat Birmingham City 3-1 last time out, also on November 11, with Adil Aouchiche, Dion Sanderson (own goal) and Jobe Bellingham on the scoresheet.