Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackburn Rovers · Plymouth Argyle · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Plymouth Argyle 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sammie Szmodics opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Sammie Szmodics (7'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Morgan Whittaker (74').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 40 points from 36 and Plymouth Argyle 16th on 40 points from 36. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bali Mumba of Plymouth Argyle (7.8), level with Mustapha Bundu (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Callum BrittainBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Red card · Kyle McFadzeanBlackburn Rovers
  • 56'Yellow card · Bali MumbaPlymouth Argyle
  • 74'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Yasin AyariBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 0, Plymouth Argyle 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Scott Wharton, Callum Brittain, Yasin Ayari, John Buckley, Harry Pickering, Sam Gallagher, Arnór Sigurdsson, Sammie Szmodics

Plymouth Argyle line-up (3-4-2-1)

Michael Cooper, Julio Pleguezuelo, Ashley Phillips, Lewis Gibson, Bali Mumba, Adam Forshaw, Jordan Houghton, Mickel Miller, Morgan Whittaker, Mustapha Bundu, Ryan Hardie