Manchester City 3-1 Plymouth Argyle — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - FA Cup, 1 Mar 2025

📅01/03/2025 · 🕒20:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-1 2nd Score 3-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
64%
1.11
Draw
20%
8.11
Away
16%
10.87
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
40%
3.94
Over 2.5
60%
1.22
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
2.19
No
49%
1.6
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
20%
9.28
2-3 Goals
36%
2.49
4-5 Goals
28%
2.27
6+ Goals
16%
3.38
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
32%
1.11
1/2
5%
34.5
1/X
7%
34.5
X/1
20%
4.09
X/2
6%
34.5
X/X
8%
16.9
2/1 EV+ ✗
12%
25.5
2/2
5%
34.5
2/X
5%
34.5
Value flag · 2/1 at 25.5 — our 12% vs market 1.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Manchester City win — 64%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH BTTS Yes Home Win Over 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
64%
Home Win
85%
-20.7pp
20%
Draw
9%
+11.3pp
16%
Away Win
6%
+9.3pp
40%
Under 2.5
22%
+18.3pp
60%
Over 2.5
78%
-18.3pp
51%
BTTS Yes
42%
+9.8pp
49%
BTTS No
58%
-9.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Manchester City EU Bookmakers 90%
Head to Head
AWAY Plymouth Argyle EU Bookmakers 9%
-5% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +26% / +26%
2.72/0.67 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.90/1.57
+61% / +135% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +5% / +150%
65% Ball Possession 35%
17 Total Shots 7
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 4
513 · 89% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 227 · 77%
37.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 12.0
18.4 Crosses 13.2
0.6 Yellow Cards 0.5
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Manchester City
3-1
AWAY Plymouth Argyle
4.27 xG 0.09
73% Ball Possession 27%
29 Total Shots 1
9 Shots on Target 1
20 Corners 1
610 Passes 182
90% Pass Accuracy 71%
63 Box Touches 9
34 Crosses 5
POST-MATCH Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Manchester City got the better of Plymouth Argyle 3-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Manchester City as the likeliest winner at 64%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (60%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Manchester City had 73% of the ball to Plymouth Argyle's 27%, shots finished 29-1, expected goals 4.27 to 0.09.

What was the final score of Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle?

Manchester City 3-1 Plymouth Argyle in the England - FA Cup on 01/03/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle?

Before kick-off our model rated a Manchester City win the most likely single outcome at about 64%, with the full match-result split Manchester City 64%, draw 20%, Plymouth Argyle 16%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Manchester City), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Manchester City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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