Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report
Birmingham City beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Scott Hogan opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Scott Hogan (8') and Jay Stansfield (90+5'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Ryan Hardie (60').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Plymouth Argyle 12th on 4 points from 3. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 22nd with 50 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Ruddy of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of Scott Hogan (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Plymouth Argyle.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Scott Hogan
- 23'Yellow card · Dion Sanderson
- 49'Yellow card · Adam Randell
- 60'Goal · Ryan Hardie
- 73'Yellow card · Lee Buchanan
- 90+5'Goal · Jay Stansfield
Head-to-head
Team news
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Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Juninho Bacuna, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Lee Buchanan, Krystian Bielik, Ivan Šunjić, Jordan James, Koji Miyoshi, Keshi Anderson, Scott Hogan
Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-3-3)
Conor Hazard, Joe Edwards, Dan Scarr, Lewis Gibson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Finn Azaz, Jordan Houghton, Adam Randell, Morgan Whittaker, Ryan Hardie, Bali Mumba