Overview
- Plymouth Argyle host Exeter City in the EFL/Carabao Cup first round at Home Park with an 8:00pm BST kick-off on Monday.
- Bookmakers and tipsters list Plymouth as clear favourites with short odds, reflecting their League One status and positive pre-season form.
- New signing Will Evans could make his debut and add attacking firepower for Plymouth, who finished pre-season unbeaten with five wins and one draw.
- Exeter arrive as a relegated, financially constrained side with key absences in attack and defence that limit their squad depth and rotation.
- Sky Sports will broadcast the match and the fixture carries extra local weight because relegation means the teams may meet only in this cup tie this season.