Plymouth Argyle vs Barnsley prediction, odds and how to watch

Barnsley nicked all three points with a headed goal from substitute Amani Richards in the 87th minute, overturning a Blackpool side that had dominated large portions of this League One contest at Oakwell.

Leicester put Plymouth Argyle to the sword with two goals in first-half stoppage time, with Will Alves and Harry Howell doing the damage to secure a comfortable 2-0 victory in League One.

Barnsley scored three goals in a nine-minute first-half burst to establish control of this Carabao Cup tie, but the underlying statistics tell a more complicated story about what actually happened at Oakwell on Tuesday evening.

Coventry scored twice inside five minutes and never truly relinquished control, winning 4-2 at Plymouth to progress in the Carabao Cup in a performance that the underlying statistics strongly support. Plymouth showed moments of quality but were comprehensively outplayed across almost every structural metric that matters.

Bradford City host Barnsley at Valley Parade on Saturday 26 September 2026, with both sides carrying patchy form and a point to prove. This is League One football at its most honest. Two teams that can win and lose in the same breath.

Plymouth Argyle host Burton Albion on Saturday looking to build on a solid run of League One form, while Burton arrive having drawn more matches than most sides would care to admit. Something has to give.

Blackpool bring one of League One's most solid home records into this Saturday's fixture, but Plymouth Argyle arrive at Bloomfield Road having not lost away from home in their last five league outings. Something has to give.

Two clubs near the foot of the early League One standings meet at Oakwell on Saturday, with Barnsley winless at home and Leicester yet to find a consistent pattern after a difficult start to life in the third tier.