Plymouth Argyle to finish in the top 2 of the English League One has drifted from 9/2 to 9/1 with BetGoodwin, three of 16 bookmakers eased their odds.
The odds on Plymouth Argyle to finish in the top 2 of the English League One have drifted right out from 9/2 to 9/1 with BetGoodWin, and after two bruising league defeats in four days, nobody at Argyle can really argue with the bookmakers.
Three of 16 bookmakers have eased their odds on Plymouth Argyle to finish in the top 2 of the English League One.
William Hill now offer the best price on Argyle at 12/1, which leaves them eighth-shortest in the market.
Stockport are the favourites at a best price of 10/11 with QuinnBet.
Head coach Tom Cleverley apologised to supporters after the 3-0 loss at Stevenage, calling the performance unacceptable.
The damage was done early at Stevenage on 20 October. Michael Mellon struck in the 19th minute and Josh Magennis doubled the lead eight minutes later, before Phoenix Patterson added a late third to make it a miserable night on the road. That came straight after a 0-2 home defeat to Huddersfield, and it meant Argyle had lost back-to-back league games for the first time this season. Cleverley didn't hide from it either. His apology to the travelling fans tells you he knows the performance was well below the standard a promotion push needs.
The market has read the situation the same way. Argyle went to Stevenage without injured trio Malachi Boateng, Michael Baidoo and Owen Oseni, and losing Boateng and Baidoo strips the engine room of its two key midfielders. Cleverley shuffled the pack with three changes, recalling Joe Edwards and Tyreeq Bakinson and handing a start to Tottenham Hotspur loanee Oliver Irow, but the side never got a grip on the game. Put a thin midfield together with two straight defeats and the drift from 9/2 to 9/1 with BetGoodWin makes perfect sense. In our prediction, this is a correction, not a panic.
English League One Top 2 Finish odds
Best odds 12/1 with William Hill, worst 6/1 with Bet365.
Odds below are live and may have changed since publishing this article.
Who is favourite to finish in the top 2 of the English League One?
Stockport are the favourites at a best price of 10/11 with QuinnBet, and nobody else in the division gets close to that sort of backing. Before their games on 17 and 20 October, Argyle sat fourth in the table, level on 19 points with Huddersfield. The Terriers then won the meeting between the two sides, and the bookmakers have rewarded them with a spot as second favourites while Plymouth slip to eighth-shortest at 12/1 with William Hill. That gap tells the story of a week that changed how the top of the log is being priced.
Stockport – 10/11 with QuinnBet, the clear market leaders.
Huddersfield – 13/8 with Boyle Sports, boosted by their win over Argyle.
Bradford City – 4/1 with QuinnBet, firmly in the conversation.
Leicester – 5/1 with Skybet, rounding out the leading group.
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Can Plymouth Argyle still finish in the top 2 of the English League One?
The response has to come quickly. Argyle travel to Cambridge United at the Cledara Abbey Stadium on 24 October, then host Reading a week later, and anything less than a strong return from those two fixtures will see the drift continue. The longer-term hope sits in the treatment room: Boateng and Baidoo are targeting comebacks around the FA Cup fixtures in November, and getting that midfield pairing back is the single biggest thing that could turn this around. Until then, the odds on Plymouth Argyle have eased for good reason, and with Stockport so short at the top, Argyle have to prove the last two results were a blip before that 12/1 with William Hill starts to look tempting.
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