Plymouth
Argyle moved into the play-off position on Tuesday after a 2-1 victory home to
then SkyBet League Two leaders Chesterfield.
With the end
of the season nearing, Argyle have already reached as many points as they did
for the whole of last season. With 52
points on the league table the Greens have every chance of reaching Wembley.
During the
last six games the League Two form table looks very promising from an Argyle prospectus. The Pilgrims sit in third place with 12
points with four victories and two defeats.
Only York City and Rochdale are above the Pilgrims. Lancashire side Accrington Stanley are
positioned in 14th with three defeats, two wins and a draw in their last six
results.
There was no
rest time for the players as Stanley and Argyle were both in action on Tuesday
evening in SkyBet League Two. Morecambe
made the short trip to Accrington Stanley whilst Chesterfield, formerly managed
by John Sheridan, travelled to Plymouth for the 7:45pm kick-off. Lee Molyneaux a former Pilgrim has made a
huge impact on Accrington Stanley scoring 6 goals in 11 appearances including a
hat trick in the 3-1 win over Chesterfield since joining them in January on an
emergency loan deal. The left back was
on target twice for the Stanley in the 5-1 victory over Morecambe. Argyle bounced back from a 2-0 home defeat to
Scunthorpe last Saturday as they won at Home Park against Chesterfield. Reuben Reid scored his seventeenth and Eighteenth
goal of the campaign as the most inform team in Devon moved into seventh
position.
Argyle’s
last trip to Accrington was last season, season 2012-13, December 22nd
2012. The game was best remembered for
Brighton & Hove Albion fans joining the Argyle fans in the away stand as
there fixture against Blackburn was postponed due to the weather. Onismor Bhasera a former Argyle left back had
put the visiting team in front just before the 30 minute mark. James Beattie now manger of Accrington
Stanley had levelled the games in the second half. The game was to take another turn as Argyle
were awarded a penalty following a trip on Paris Cowan-Hall by Michael
Liddle. The keeper saved well from a
Warren Feeney penalty. The full time
whistle has gone the game had ended in a 1-1 draw.
The
Pilgrims will be without one of there in form players as the head to Accrington
Stanley. Striker Lewis Alessandra was
substituted in the first half of the 2-1 victory over Chesterfield. The summer signing from Morecambe in the
summer will be out of the game for approximately four weeks. In Alessandra’s
absence Tope Obadeyi will be looking for a first start in his second loan spell
with Argyle. Durrell Berry will also be
pushing for a re-call. The defender
missed Argyle’s midweek game through illness. Accrington Stanley’s manager James Beattie
only injury concern is left back Laurence Wilson who suffered a groin injury in
the 5-1 win against Morecambe on Tuesday evening.
Available: Jake Cole, Cameron Dawson, Paul
Wotton, Maxime Blanchard, Neal Trotman Curtis Nelson, Durrell Berry, Matt
Parsons, Ben Purrington, Luke Young, Dominic Blizzard, Conor
Hourihane, Nathan Thomas, Andres Gurrieri, Jason Banton, Tope Obadeyi, Rommy
Boco, Rueben Reid, Marvin Morgan, Tyler Harvey
Unavailable: Luke McCormick (dislocated and
fractured finger), Ryan Lane (knee injury), Matt LeCointe (knee injury), Lewis
Alessandra (hamstring injury), Jamie Richards, Isaac Vassell (both on loan to Weymouth)
