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
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.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Xavier Amaechi
- 43'Yellow card · Jayden Joseph
- 45+3'Goal · William Thomas Alves
- 45+5'Goal · Harry Howell
- 87'Yellow card · Harry James Souttar
- 90'Yellow card · Samuel Charles Braybrooke
Form and table
- Leicester CityLast five: D L D
- Plymouth ArgyleLast five: L D W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 23 | WLLWD |
| 10 | Leicester City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 19 | WWLWD |
Head-to-head
Team news
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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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