Latics play their final home game of the season on Saturday with the possibility of not only confirming promotion with a win, but also the title if results go our way, trying to put a spanner in the works will be Plymouth Argyle who have promotion aspirations of their own.
Our first meeting with Argyle came in the 1982/83 season on the 2nd of October, a 3:0 win at Springfield Park in front of just over 5,000 fans, we completed the double over Plymouth that campaign, winning the return fixture down at Home Park 0:2, a crowd of 3,097 witnessing that game.
We went through a spell from 1985-98 when Plymouth appeared to be a bogey side for ourselves, nine fixtures, seven defeats and just the one win, but what a game that one win produced.
19 April 1986, both clubs chasing promotion, Plymouth were flying at the time, top of Division Three and Tommy Tynan banging the goals in for fun, they arrived at Springfield Park full of confidence on the back of an eleven game unbeaten run, with nine wins and two draws.
A bumper crowd of 9,485 enjoyed a classic game where the Latics dismantled their opponents, two goals from Paul Jewell and a David Lowe effort saw us record a 3:0 victory and leapfrog Plymouth into an automatic promotion spot with just four games of the season remaining.
Plymouth went on to win their final four games and gain promotion, unfortunately we drew two of ours and missed out by three points with Derby County, who had a fixture backlog, allowed to play three remaining games after the season had ended and over took us by one point.
Last Meeting
Latics won the reverse fixture 1:2 against Plymouth Argyle down at Home Park on Saturday 27th November 2021. Will Keane giving the Latics a 35 minute lead only for Danny Mayor to equalise on the stroke of half-time.
Callum Lang won it though in the dying moments with a great finish following an excellent ball from Keane.
Latics – Amos; Darikwa, Kerr, Whatmough, Tilt, McClean; Power, Naylor; Aasgaard, Lang; Keane
Subs – Jones, Watts, Pearce, Edwards, Massey, Humphrys, Bayliss
Attendance – 15,329
Highlights Plymouth 1:2 Latics
Plymouth Argyle Current Form
Plymouth currently sit 5th in League One with 79 points from 44 games, their recent form is, LWDLD.
Argyle’s last game was a 0:0 at home against Sunderland on Easter Monday.
Away Form
Plymouth’s 22 away games so far this season have brought 33 points, with 9 wins, 7 defeats & 6 draws, scoring 35 goals and conceding 28.
Player To Watch – Ryan Hardie
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| Ryan Hardie |
The 25 year old striker is the current leading goal scorer at Home Park with 16 goals in League One.
Hardie came through the ranks at Rangers and had several loan spells in Scotland before moving south to Blackpool on a permanent deal in July 2019, making just 2 starts for the Tangerines, Hardie moved south once more, joining Plymouth in 2020, initially on loan, making the move permanent in January 2021.
Ryan Hardie is having an excellent season for Argyle, scoring 16 league goals from 91 attempts, with 46 efforts on target, Hardie also has 4 assists so far this campaign and has made 35crosses.
Picking up 2 yellow cards, Hardie has committed 22 fouls and drawn 7, he has completed 12 interceptions and won 13 tackles.
Full Record v Plymouth Argyle
Played – 23
Won – 10
Drawn – 4
Lost – 9
The Last Six Meetings
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Date |
Competition |
Result |
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27 Nov 2021 |
League One |
Plymouth 1:2 Latics |
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09 Mar 2021 |
League One |
Plymouth 0:2 Latics |
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24 Oct 2020 |
League One |
Latics 1:1 Plymouth |
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20 Jan 2018 |
League One |
Plymouth 1:3 Latics |
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26 Sep 2017 |
League One |
Latics 1:0 Plymouth |
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06 Nov 2004 |
Championship |
Latics 0:2 Plymouth |
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