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Perhaps the perfect fixture for a Monday night during the international break as the best home side in Sky Bet League One face the team with the best away record. Plymouth have secured 16 from a possible 18 at home, while Portsmouth have seen 13 points from 15 on the road.
The Asian Handicap has Portsmouth at -0.5 currently which has pushed Plymouth's odds out to an attractive 13/5 on the day before the game. It's sometimes difficult to argue with that but looking at form, and key players missing on both sides, it is worth backing a home win on price alone given their recent showings.
The hosts will be without the in-form Luke Jephcott as he is with Wales under-21s while Ronan Curtis is absent for Portsmouth given his involvement with the Republic of Ireland. When you start taking players like that out of the mix it really opens it up for both sides; Curtis netted two goals in his last three league appearances.
Jephcott has five so far this season so both sides will be without a strong source for goals. The positive for the hosts is that Ryan Lowe has a near fully-fit squad to choose from, while Portsmouth have to battle on without Michael Jacobs, captain Tom Naylor and Sean Raggett who are all out.
His free-kick against Swindon was the only goal of the second-half and his appearance against Newport in the Papa John's Trophy on Tuesday suggests they could be giving him more regular minutes to get up to match fitness again.
Neither side sits high in the fouls count this season so we shouldn't expect a huge number of chances to strike from set-piece situations, but Grant has demonstrated that if the opportunity arises, he can score from distance and that gives added hope to this bet.
Score prediction: Plymouth 2-1 Portsmouth ()
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Odds correct at 1545 GMT (15/11/20)
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