Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Plymouth Argyle · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Rotherham United: match report

Plymouth Argyle beat Rotherham United 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jamie Lindsay opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Finn Azaz (45+5', penalty), Finn Azaz (52') and Morgan Whittaker (90+6'). Rotherham United scored through Jamie Lindsay (16') and Tom Eaves (77').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 18th on 23 points from 21 and Rotherham United 24th on 13 points from 21. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 27.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Finn Azaz of Plymouth Argyle (10.0), ahead of Morgan Whittaker (9.2).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jamie LindsayRotherham United · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaRotherham United
  • 36'Yellow card · Hakeem OdofinRotherham United
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Sam NombeRotherham United
  • 45+5'Penalty goal · Finn AzazPlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Jamie LindsayRotherham United
  • 52'Goal · Finn AzazPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 55'Second yellow · Daniel AyalaRotherham United
  • 77'Goal · Tom EavesRotherham United · 2-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oliver RathboneRotherham United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Viktor JohanssonRotherham United
  • 90+6'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 3-2

Team news

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

Conor Hazard, Joe Edwards, Julio Pleguezuelo, Lewis Gibson, Mickel Miller, Luke Cundle, Jordan Houghton, Finn Azaz, Morgan Whittaker, Ryan Hardie, Bali Mumba

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Hakeem Odoffin, Yuki Takahashi, Lee Peltier, Cohen Bramall, Jamie Lindsay, Christ Tiéhi, Oliver Rathbone, Jordan Hugill, Sam Nombe