Leicester City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 September 2026

Result

Leicester City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · King Power Stadium, Leicester · half-time 2-0

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Leicester City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Leicester City beat Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at King Power Stadium. The half-time score was 2-0.

William Thomas Alves opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Leicester City's goals came from William Thomas Alves (45+3') and Harry Howell (45+5'). Plymouth Argyle did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 21st on 2 points from 3 and Plymouth Argyle 12th on 4 points from 3. In the current table Leicester City are 10th on 19 points and Plymouth Argyle are 5th on 23 points.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Simon McCarthy of Leicester City (7.7), ahead of Harry James Souttar (7.6).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Xavier AmaechiPlymouth Argyle
  • 43'Yellow card · Jayden JosephLeicester City
  • 45+3'Goal · William Thomas AlvesLeicester City · 1-0
  • 45+5'Goal · Harry HowellLeicester City · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Harry James SouttarLeicester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Samuel Charles BraybrookeLeicester City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Plymouth Argyle147252119+223WLLWD
10Leicester City135442219+319WWLWD

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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  • Ben NelsonLeicester City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jakub Stolarczyk, Jayden Joseph, Harry James Souttar, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Christian McFarlane, Louis Page, Harry Howell, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, William Thomas Alves, Admir Bristric

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

Murphy Cooper, Wes Harding, Alex Mitchell, Julio Pleguezuelo, Alex Hartridge, Xavier Amaechi, Tyreeq Bakinson, Harvey White, Ronan Curtis, Will Evans, Bradley Ibrahim

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