Plymouth vs Leeds Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 04/02/2024, 14:45  by Ian John | Modified on 06/02/2024 at 06:45 in FA Cup Prediction

Both Plymouth Argyle and Leeds United come into this FA Cup Fourth Round replay in excellent form and after a tight 1-1 draw in the first game between the two 11 days ago at Elland Road. Plymouth have not been beaten in their last seven games, although a high percentage of those games did finish in draws. New manager Ian Foster has overseen an improvement in form since taking over from Stoke City-bound Steven Schumacher at the end of last year and at the weekend they registered their first away win of the season, when the in demand Morgan Whittaker scored the goal in their 1-0 win over Swansea in south Wales. That was the first time in ten games that both teams hadn't found the net in a Plymouth Argyle game and it sets the team up very nicely for Tuesday's game at Home Park. The Pilgrims sit in 15th place in the Championship table at present. 

Leeds come into this game in fantastic form too. They have won six of their last seven games, drawing the other in the aforementioned FA Cup tie with Plymouth and their five wins in succession in the Championship has moved them up to third place in the table, just a point behind Southampton, but having played a game more than the Saints and fourth placed Ipswich Town. In that run of games, Leeds have been excellent defensively, conceding just two goals in that run and scoring 14. Patrick Bamford and Daniel James have been amongst the goals in those games, but it remains to be seen whether manager Daniel Farke rests some of his key men for this replay, as he did in the first game between the two teams. Whether he rests players or not will decide how likely Leeds are to be the team to go forward to face either Chelsea or Aston Villa in the Fifth Round of the competition at the end of February.