SlipsTips Tips: Plymouth Argyle vs Exeter City

After making it seven winners from his last seven featured columns on Sunday, SlipsTips is back with a bet from Monday's Devon derby in English League One as Plymouth Argyle meet Exeter City.

Plymouth Argyle vs Exeter (Monday, 20:00)

Plymouth Argyle will be presented with the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of English League One when they entertain Devon rivals Exeter City on Monday night.

Stephen Schumacher’s side pulled off a comeback win in the second-half to see off Shrewsbury on Tuesday night and they now have the chance to move four points clear at the summit following Ipswich’s chaotic 4-4 draw at Charlton on Saturday.

As for newly-promoted Exeter, they are ticking along nicely in 10th place, with Gary Caldwell starting his reign as manager with a hard-fought 0-0 draw at Derby County last Tuesday.

The Grecians now travel to the league leaders and the hostile atmosphere of Home Park under the lights, a dust-up that should represent an upgrade on the Scotsman's maiden assignment last midweek.

Plymouth will attract plenty of attention from punters here at a general 19/20 but it’s the even-money (William Hill) on the hosts to score Over 1.5 Team Goals that took my fancy.

The pacesetting Pilgrims have posted a perfect eight wins from eight on their own patch this season, shading under two goals-per-game in the process.

In fact, Schumacher’s side started the weekend as the most potent attack in the division having netted 32 times across their opening 16 matches of the campaign, averaging exactly two strikes per 90 minutes.

What’s more, the Greens have grabbed at least two goals in each of their last five English League One fixtures, with each of those games breaking the Over 2.5 Goal barrier.

While Exeter picked up a point at Pride Park last time out, they have triumphed in just two of their last 10 EFL road trips, not to mention they leaked 10 goals across their previous three league games before playing out that aforementioned draw with the Rams.

With this in mind, as well as the fact that Plymouth have delivered Over 1.5 Team Goals in six of their eight league outings at Home Park this season so far, backing the Pilgrims to repeat the feat during this all-Devon affair at evens (William Hill) is a price that definitely represents value.