Lincoln City 3-2 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 August 2025

Result

Lincoln City 3-2 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Saturday 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lincoln City 3-2 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Lincoln City beat Plymouth Argyle 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 16 August 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tom Bayliss opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Tom Bayliss (6'), James Collins (59') and James Collins (65', penalty). Plymouth Argyle scored through Owen Oseni (78') and X. Amaechi (80').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 6 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Plymouth Argyle 23rd on 0 points from 2. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Plymouth Argyle 8th with 73.

Lincoln 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 Xavier Amaechi of Plymouth Argyle (8.8), ahead of James Collins (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Tom BaylissLincoln City · 1-0
  • 10'Yellow card · Ryley TowlerLincoln City
  • 23'Yellow card · Bradley IbrahimPlymouth Argyle
  • 54'Yellow card · Caleb WattsPlymouth Argyle
  • 59'Goal · James CollinsLincoln City · 2-0
  • 65'Penalty goal · James CollinsLincoln City · 3-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Freddie DraperLincoln City
  • 74'Yellow card · Robert StreetLincoln City
  • 74'Yellow card · Brendan Sarpong-WireduPlymouth Argyle
  • 75'Yellow card · Ben HouseLincoln City
  • 78'Goal · Owen OseniPlymouth Argyle · 3-1
  • 80'Goal · X. AmaechiPlymouth Argyle · 3-2
  • 86'Second yellow · Brendan Sarpong-WireduPlymouth Argyle
  • 90'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaLincoln City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Brendan GallowayPlymouth Argyle
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ethan HamiltonLincoln City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Lincoln City 0, draws 1, Plymouth Argyle 0.

Team news

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

George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Hamer, Sonny Bradley, Ryley Towler, Conor McGrandles, Tom Bayliss, Rob Street, Freddie Draper, Reeco Hackett, James Collins

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

Luca Ashby-Hammond, Kornél Szűcs, Brendan Wiredu, Victor Pálsson, Matthew Sorinola, Bradley Ibrahim, Malachi Boateng, Xavier Amaechi, Caleb Watts, Bali Mumba, Aribim Pepple