Plymouth vs Bristol City Prediction: The visitors are expected to win

Plymouth hope to end their poor run when they welcome Bristol City to the Home Park on Wednesday for their first game of 2025. While the hosts are winless in their last nine games, the visitors are coming from a back-to-back win. Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Plymouth

Plymouth continued their poor run with a 2-0 loss to Oxford United in their last game. Despite playing 11 shots in the game, they could only get two on target. They have now lost back-to-back games after losing 4-0 to Coventry. They remain winless in their last nine games as pressure continues to mount on head coach Wayne Rooney. However, they have been fair at home, remaining unbeaten in seven of their last eight games at the Home Park.

Plymouth sit bottom of the league with 18 points in 23 games, scoring 22 goals and conceding 51. However, Michael Obafemi, Ibrahima Cissoko, Joe Edwards, Muhamed Tijani, and Mustapha Bundu are out of this game due to injuries. Similarly, Callum Wright will continue to sit out due to suspension from his straight red card against Coventry.

Bristol City

Bristol City secured a 3-0 win over Portsmouth in their last game, with Anis Mehmeti scoring the first two goals of the game in the 15th and 32nd minutes, and Robert Dickie made it 3-0 in the 35th minute. They had 20 shots in the game, 15 more than their opponent.

Bristol have won back-to-back games after previously defeating Luton Town 1-0. Before these wins, they had gone four games without a win. However, they remain winless in their last four games on the road. They sit 10th on the table with 33 points in 24 games, scoring 30 goals and conceding 28. Meanwhile, Joe Williams, Sinclair Armstrong, Adam Murphy, Kal Naismith, and Mark Sykes are ruled out of this game.

Possible Starting 11

Plymouth — Daniel Grimshaw, Bali Mumba, Kornél Szűcs, Lewis Gibson, Brendan Galloway, Adam Randell, Darko Gyabi, Adam Forshaw, Rami Al Hajj, Tegan Finn, Andre Gray.

Bristol City — Max O'Leary, Cameron Pring, Robert Dickie, Luke McNally, Zak Vyner, Ross McCrorie, Yu Hirakawa, Max Bird, Jason Knight, Scott Twine, Fally Mayulu.

Interesting Facts

• Plymouth have conceded the most goals (51) in the Championship this season.
• Plymouth have not won in their last nine games.
• Bristol have won the last five games against Plymouth.
• Plymouth failed to score in their last two games and 4 of their previous five against Bristol.

Expert Betting Tips

Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth have not been having it so easy this season, and things have been going from bad to worse for them. With this and their defensive flaws, I think they will lose this game to add to the poor run. Moreover, they have lost their last five games against Bristol City. Also, I expect the visitors to dominate the game with many goals and keep a clean sheet.

• W2 for 1.80 odds
• BTTS-NO for 2.00 odds
• Over 2.5 for 1.80 odds