FA Cup

FA Cup | Third Round

Jan 11, 2025 at 3pm UK

Brentford Community Stadium

Brentford
0 - 1
Plymouth

FT(HT: 0-0)

Whittaker (82')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's FA Cup clash between Brentford and Plymouth Argyle, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Brentford

All competitions

Last Game: Southampton 0-5 Brentford
Saturday, January 4 at 3pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Plymouth Argyle

All competitions

Last Game: Stoke 0-0 Plymouth
Saturday, January 4 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brentford win with a probability of 59.65%. A win for Plymouth Argyle had a probability of 20.55% and a draw had a probability of 19.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.61%) and 3-1 (7.14%). The likeliest Plymouth Argyle win was 1-2 (5.35%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (8.52%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 3.8% likelihood.

Result
Brentford	Draw	Plymouth Argyle
59.65% ( 0.22)	19.8% ( -0.07)	20.55% ( -0.15)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
					> Premier League Full Table

Brentford	Draw	Plymouth Argyle
2-1 @ 9.55% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 7.61% ( 0) 3-1 @ 7.14% ( 0.02) 1-0 @ 6.79% ( -0.03) 3-0 @ 5.68% ( 0.03) 3-2 @ 4.48% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 4% ( 0.03) 4-0 @ 3.19% ( 0.03) 4-2 @ 2.51% ( 0.02) 5-1 @ 1.79% ( 0.02) 5-0 @ 1.43% ( 0.02) 5-2 @ 1.13% ( 0.01) 4-3 @ 1.05% ( 0.01) Other @ 3.31% Total : 59.65%	1-1 @ 8.52% ( -0.04) 2-2 @ 6% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 3.03% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 1.88% ( 0) Other @ 0.37% Total : 19.8%	1-2 @ 5.35% ( -0.03) 0-1 @ 3.8% ( -0.04) 2-3 @ 2.51% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 2.39% ( -0.03) 1-3 @ 2.24% ( -0.02) 0-3 @ 1% ( -0.01) Other @ 3.26% Total : 20.55%