Cardiff City 5-0 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 October 2024

Result

Cardiff City 5-0 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Saturday 19 October 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cardiff City 5-0 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Cardiff City won against Plymouth Argyle 5-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 October 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Alex Robertson opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Alex Robertson (16'), Rubin Colwill (24'), Anwar El Ghazi (52'), Callum Robinson (75') and Chris Willock (80'). Plymouth Argyle did not score.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 24th on 5 points from 9 and Plymouth Argyle 14th on 11 points from 9. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Plymouth Argyle 23rd with 46.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rubin Colwill of Cardiff City (9.4), ahead of Alex Robertson (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Alex RobertsonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Rubin ColwillCardiff City · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Callum RobinsonCardiff City
  • 41'Red card · Ibrahim CissokoPlymouth Argyle
  • 42'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 48'Yellow card · Alex RobertsonCardiff City
  • 52'Goal · Anwar El GhaziCardiff City · 3-0
  • 75'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 4-0
  • 80'Goal · Chris WillockCardiff City · 5-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 4, Plymouth Argyle 3.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Calum Chambers, Callum O'Dowda, Alex Robertson, David Turnbull, Ollie Tanner, Rubin Colwill, Anwar El Ghazi, Callum Robinson

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

Daniel Grimshaw, Joe Edwards, Kornél Szűcs, Lewis Gibson, Bali Mumba, Darko Gyabi, Adam Randell, Morgan Whittaker, Rami Al Hajj, Ibrahim Cissoko, Michael Obafemi