Peterborough United 5-2 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 February 2023

Result

Peterborough United 5-2 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Saturday 25 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Peterborough United 5-2 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Peterborough United beat Plymouth Argyle 5-2 in the League One on Saturday 25 February 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jonson Clarke-Harris opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Jonson Clarke-Harris (16', penalty), H. Kyprianou (19'), Harrison Burrows (54'), Jonson Clarke-Harris (64') and Jack Taylor (78'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Saxon Earley (36') and Macaulay Gillesphey (58').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 1 yellow card; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 9th on 47 points from 30 and Plymouth Argyle 2nd on 68 points from 32. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Plymouth Argyle 1st with 101.

Peterborough United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Taylor of Peterborough United (8.9), ahead of Jonson Clarke-Harris (8.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Penalty goal · Jonson Clarke-HarrisPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · H. KyprianouPeterborough United · 2-0
  • 21'Yellow card · H. KyprianouPeterborough United
  • 36'Goal · Saxon EarleyPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Sam CosgrovePlymouth Argyle
  • 45+3'Yellow card · James WilsonPlymouth Argyle
  • 54'Goal · Harrison BurrowsPeterborough United · 3-1
  • 58'Goal · Macaulay GillespheyPlymouth Argyle · 3-2
  • 64'Goal · Jonson Clarke-HarrisPeterborough United · 4-2
  • 78'Goal · Jack TaylorPeterborough United · 5-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Peterborough United 1, draws 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Will Norris, Joe Ward, Josh Knight, Ronnie Edwards, Nathanael Ogbeta, Hector Kyprianou, Jack Taylor, Kwame Poku, Harrison Burrows, Ephron Mason-Clark, Jonson Clarke-Harris

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

Callum Burton, Nigel Lonwijk, James Wilson, Macaulay Gillesphey, Bali Mumba, Jay Matete, Matt Butcher, Saxon Earley, Callum Wright, Sam Cosgrove, Ryan Hardie