Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 January 2024

Result

Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 20 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Plymouth Argyle · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Cardiff City: match report

Plymouth Argyle beat Cardiff City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Perry Ng opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Ryan Hardie (31'), Ryan Hardie (52') and Morgan Whittaker (81'). Cardiff City scored through Perry Ng (10').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 4 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 19th on 30 points from 27 and Cardiff City 13th on 37 points from 27. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Hardie of Plymouth Argyle (9.5), ahead of Morgan Whittaker (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Plymouth Argyle wins, 4 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Perry NgCardiff City · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Ashley PhillipsPlymouth Argyle
  • 36'Yellow card · Yakou MéïtéCardiff City
  • 38'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 41'Yellow card · Mickel MillerPlymouth Argyle
  • 50'Yellow card · Bali MumbaPlymouth Argyle
  • 52'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Dan ScarrPlymouth Argyle
  • 81'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 2, draws 4, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

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

Conor Hazard, Ashley Phillips, Dan Scarr, Brendan Galloway, Bali Mumba, Darko Gyabi, Adam Forshaw, Mickel Miller, Morgan Whittaker, Alfie Devine, Ryan Hardie

Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Jak Alnwick, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Perry Ng, Rubin Colwill, Ryan Wintle, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ollie Tanner, Karlan Grant, Yakou Méïté