Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Sunderland: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 May 2021

Result

Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Sunderland

League One · Saturday 1 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Sunderland: match report

Plymouth Argyle lost to Sunderland 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 1 May 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ross Stewart opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Plymouth Argyle's goal came from Joe Edwards (62'). Sunderland scored through Ross Stewart (21'), Chris Maguire (84', penalty) and Denver Hume (90+2').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 18th on 53 points from 44 and Sunderland 4th on 73 points from 44. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Sunderland 4th with 80.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Cooper of Plymouth Argyle (7.9), ahead of Joe Edwards (7.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Ross StewartSunderland · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Panutche CamaraPlymouth Argyle
  • 49'Yellow card · Ryan LawPlymouth Argyle
  • 54'Yellow card · Jerome OpokuPlymouth Argyle
  • 62'Goal · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 64'Second yellow · Jerome OpokuPlymouth Argyle
  • 76'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle
  • 84'Penalty goal · Chris MaguireSunderland · 1-2
  • 90+2'Goal · Denver HumeSunderland · 1-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 2, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

Michael Cooper, Joe Edwards, Kell Watts, Jerome Opoku, Ryan Law, Panutche Camara, Tyrese Fornah, Conor Grant, Danny Mayor, Ryan Hardie, Niall Ennis

Sunderland expected line-up (4-2-2-2)

Lee Burge, Bailey Wright, Luke O'Nien, Max Power, Denver Hume, Josh Scowen, Aiden McGeady, Grant Leadbitter, Lynden Gooch, Charlie Wyke