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The Game
Argyle v Crystal Palace. Home Park. Tuesday, 29 August. 7.45pm. Carabao Cup second round. 

The Opposition
Crystal Palace have started their Premier League season with a mixed bag of results. They opened with a 1-0 victory at top-flight new boys Sheffield United, then followed up with a defeat by the same scoreline at home to Arsenal. Most recently, on Saturday, they drew 1-1 with Brentford. 

The Gaffer
One of the most experienced managers in world football will be in the opposition dugout for this game. Roy Hodgson began his managerial career in 1976 at Swedish club Halmstads, and for nearly five decades has managed teams all over the world.

Most notably, he was the England manager from 2012 to 2016, and has also had time in charge of the national teams of Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Finland. In club football, he has managed Liverpool, Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers and Fulham among many, many others. 

Roy Hodgson

He was the manager of Crystal Palace from 2017 to 2021, before choosing to step away. He was briefly in charge of Watford in the Premier League, and appeared to have retire from management, but at the age of 75, returned to Palace in March, after the Eagles sacked Patrick Vieira. 

He presided over a strong, hugely-improved end to Palace's season, and despite originally signing up for the rest of the 2022/23 season, opted to stay on into the new Premier League campaign. 

The Squad
It is difficult to know what sort of team Crystal Palace will field at Home Park. In their three fixtures so far, all in the Premier League, they have sent out the same first 11, so they may see this as a good opportunity to rotate. If they do, the likes of experienced defenders Nathanial Clyne and James Tomkins could get a run out, as could Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, who had a brilliant season on loan with for Charlton Athletic last season. 

If Palace rotate their goalkeeper, it could mean a game for second-choice keeper Remi Matthews, who played 27 games while on loan at Argyle in the 2017/18 season. 

Hodgson said, ahead of the game: “It’s the usual balancing act: we don’t want to send a reserve team down there and get beaten by a very good Plymouth side, because we know how good they are. If we’re going to get a result down there then we’re going to have to play a good team.

“It’ll presumably be some sort of balancing act where we don’t jettison anyone we think is a first-team player from the last three games just to give [a chance to] someone who hasn’t had a kick of a ball yet – you’ll have to deserve it.

 

 

Fancy a Stat?
Only two of the 12 games played between the two sides this century have been won by more than one goal - yet, of those dozen games, only one has been a draw. 

The History
Argyle and Crystal Palace first met in 1906, and have met 70 times over the years. 

They have met before in this competition, in 2002, when Palace won 2-1 after extra-time, thanks to an Andy Johnson goal. Blair Sturrock scored that day for Argyle. 

Crystal Palace v Argyle in 2002

Between 2005 and 2010, Argyle and Palace were both in the Championship together, but have not met since then, other a game against Palace's Under-21s in last season's EFL Trophy, which Argyle won 1-0. 

The Rules
If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the game will go straight to a penalty shoot-out.  

 

Argyle TV
Argyle TV’s pre-match show, hosted by Erin Black and Aaron Cusack, will begin at 6.45pm, and is available to watch for free on YouTube.

Because of competition rules, we are only able to provide audio commentary for the game. Charlie Price and former Argyle and Palace defender Marc Edworthy will be your commentators. You can buy a pass here.

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Argyle v Palace

Argyle 2
Waine 8
Cundle 46

Crystal Palace 4
Edouard 58
Mateta 61, 62, 83

A three-goal blitz of Premier League precision ultimately cost Argyle a place in the next round of the Carabao Cup after a pulsating tie at Home Park.

For almost an hour, the Greens were superb, and fully deserved the lead given to them by an early strike from Ben Waine and Luke Cundle’s worldy at the start of the second period.

Crystal Palace were forced to freshen their troops in a bid for a response and the Eagles got one, as Odsonne Edouard pulled one back on 58 minutes and then Jean-Phillipe Mateta banged in two in the space of seconds.

Palace went from 2-0 down to 3-2 up in just five minutes, sealing the win with a hat-trick strike from Mateta in the closing stages.

Argyle manager Steven Schumacher made nine changes from the weekend trip to Birmingham and the new faces didn’t take long to gel, as a delightful team move led to the opening goal.

Tyriek Wright benefited from a string of quick passing to clip over a cross for Callum Wright to nod it back in the danger area.

Waine, who scored a brace to beat Leyton Orient in the previous round, gobbled up the chance with terrific poise.

Lewis Warrington scorched a 25-yarder narrowly over before Tyreik Wright was thwarted by an excellent challenge from Chris Richards, as the Greens continued to dominate their higher-ranked visitors.

Dan Scarr looped a header on to the roof of the net, Tyreik Wright had a shot blocked and Palace were rocking.

Edouard finally showed some quality for his lacklustre side, feeding a pass for Jesurun Rak-Sakyi but his cross eluded Mateta.

A top half ended with Tyreik Wright taking a heavy knock and another delicious team move that saw Matt Butcher cushion a clever pass for Mickel Miller to rifle a shot inches wide.

The restart could hardly have been any better for the Pilgrims, as Cundle picked up on a half clearance from Palace, shifted his feet quickly and curled a wonderful finish into the top corner.

Home Park was bouncing and Palace boss Roy Hodgson turned to his bench, introducing Jordan Ayew, Eberechi Eze and Jeffrey Schlupp, and the impact was instant.

Ayew first crossed for Edouard to force the ball home at the back post and then Mateta stunned Argyle with two swift goals, starting with Eze firing over a sweet cross from the left for the powerful forward to finish.

The Pilgrims had zero time to regroup, as Mateta struck again, forcing his way through the middle of the pitch and applying another tidy finish that gave Callum Burton no chance.

Schumacher reacted with a triple change of his own, bringing on Bali Mumba, Morgan Whittaker and Finn Azaz, but it was Waine who came closest to a leveller, fizzing in a shot that prompted the best from Palace ‘keeper Sam Johnstone.

Mumba was then denied by a last-ditch tackle and the game remained in the balance, with Ryan Hardie and Freddie Issaka also added to the array of attacking talent on display.

Unfortunately, the final decisive moment fell the way of Mateta, notching his third goal to confirm victory for his side.

Argyle: 25 Callum Burton, 5 Julio Pleguezuelo, 6 Dan Scarr, 7 Matt Butcher, 11 Callum Wright, 14 Mickel Miller (2 Bali Mumba 71), 16 Lewis Warrington (35 Freddie Issaka 80), 19 Tyreik Wright (18 Finn Azaz 71), 23 Ben Waine (9 Ryan Hardie 80), 28 Luke Cundle (10 Morgan Whittaker 70), 29 Kaine Kesler-Hayden. Substitutes: 21 Conor Hazard (gk), 3 Macauley Gillesphey, 8 Joe Edwards, 20 Adam Randell.

Booked: Butcher 79, Scarr 90

Crystal Palace: 1 Sam Johnstone, 3 Tyrick Mitchell, 5 James Tomkins (6 Marc Guehi 84), 8 Jefferson Lerma, 14 Jean-Phillipe Mateta, 17 Nathanial Clyne, 22 Onsonne Edouard, 26 Chris Richards, 29 Naouirou Ahamada (15 Jeffrey Schlupp 56), 44 Jairo Riedewald (10 Eberiche Eze 55), 49 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (9 Jordan Ayew 55). Substitutes: 31 Remi Matthews (gk), 2 Joel Ward, 37 John-Kymani Gordon, 40 Jack Wells-Morrison, 42 Seán Grehan.

Booked: Mateta 84

Referee: Dean Whitestone

Attendance: 15,826 (1,059 away)