Northampton Town 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 April 2018

Result

Northampton Town 2-0 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Northampton Town defeated Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 21 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

John-Joe O'Toole opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from John-Joe O'Toole (42') and an own goal by Sonny Bradley (61'). Plymouth Argyle did not score.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 43 points from 43 and Plymouth Argyle 7th on 64 points from 41. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Plymouth Argyle 7th with 68.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 2 for Plymouth Argyle.

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Plymouth Argyle's D-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town
  • 42'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 61'Own goal · Sonny BradleyNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard O'Donnell, David Buchanan, Leon Barnett, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Shay Facey, Sam Hoskins, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell

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

Remi Matthews, Gary Sawyer, Sonny Bradley, Oscar Threlkeld, Zak Vyner, Paul Paton, Jamie Ness, Graham Carey, Joel Grant, David Fox, Rúben Lameiras