Matchday

EFL Cup 25/26, Round 2 · 26 Aug 2025

Swansea City 1–1 Plymouth Argyle

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.9 – 0.8
Actual xG
4.7 – 4.5
Goals
1 – 1

Footybot made Swansea City favourites at 64%.

A draw the chances agree with: 4.7 xG to 4.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Matthew Sorinola, 70.3 in 90′.

Well below it: Josh Tymon −10.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Swansea City

23 Aug 2025D 1–1v Watford Championship
16 Aug 2025W 1–0v Sheffield United Championship
12 Aug 2025W 3–1v Crawley Town EFL Cup
9 Aug 2025L 0–1at Middlesbrough Championship

Plymouth Argyle

12 Aug 2025W 3–2v Queens Park Rangers EFL Cup

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Andrew Fisher Goalkeeper9000–50.8–
Žan Vipotnik Forward90100.7945.7–
Cameron Burgess Defender62000.0640.4+6.3
Marko Stamenić Midfielder62010.0239.5–
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder61000.1338.3+4.2
Josh Key Defender2900–36.4–
Jay Fulton Midfielder9000–35.7–
Liam Cullen Forward20000.8732.9–
Kaelan Casey Defender7000–31.2–
Ethan Galbraith Midfielder28000.7830.3–
Zeidane Inoussa Forward62000.0529.6–
Josh Tymon Defender90000.0422.0−10.6
Melker Widell Midfielder90000.9421.9–
Samuel Parker Defender90000.0619.4–
Ben Cabango Defender28000.7616.9–
Malick Yalcouyé Midfielder28000.197.2–

Plymouth Argyle

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Caleb Watts Midfielder25000.9773.6–
Matthew Sorinola Midfielder90010.7670.3–
Lorent Tolaj Forward25000.8362.6–
Bali Mumba Midfielder18000.7657.1–
Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu Midfielder90100.4353.7–
Luca Ashby-Hammond Goalkeeper9000–52.1–
Malachi Boateng Midfielder100–47.7–
Bradley Ibrahim Midfielder65000.2244.7–
Frederick Issaka Midfielder19000.1341.7–
Alex Mitchell Defender9000–41.3–
Tegan Finn Forward71000.0340.7–
Owen Oseni Forward6500–39.1–
Caleb Roberts Midfielder9000–37.7–
Aribim Pepple Forward89000.3337.6–
Joe Edwards Defender9000–30.7–