With Cheltenham further ahead in their pre-season preparations, Saturday's hosts should not fear the arrival of Championship opposition on Saturday.
That being said, Plymouth possess plenty of familiar and new attacking faces who will want to impress Rooney, so we are predicting plenty of goals for the Green Army.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Cheltenham Town win with a probability of 38.92%. A win for Plymouth Argyle had a probability of 34.04% and a draw had a probability of 27%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cheltenham Town win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.75%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.31%) and 2-0 (6.97%). The likeliest Plymouth Argyle win was 0-1 (9.91%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.83%). The actual scoreline of 1-5 was predicted with a 0.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Plymouth Argyle would win this match.