Preston North End 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Preston North End beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Duane Holmes opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Preston North End's goals came from Duane Holmes (1') and Liam Millar (25'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Ryan Hardie (61').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 2nd on 13 points from 5 and Plymouth Argyle 10th on 7 points from 5. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Millar of Preston North End (9.1), ahead of Duane Holmes (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 5 draws and 2 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Duane HolmesPreston North End · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Mickel MillerPlymouth Argyle
  • 22'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 25'Goal · Liam MillarPreston North End · 2-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Duane HolmesPreston North End
  • 61'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Ali McCannPreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 5, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Michael CooperPlymouth Argyle · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Ched EvansPreston North End · injury (Unknown Injury)

Preston North End line-up (3-4-2-1)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Liam Millar, Duane Holmes, Alan Browne, Milutin Osmajic

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

Conor Hazard, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Julio Pleguezuelo, Lewis Gibson, Mickel Miller, Luke Cundle, Jordan Houghton, Finn Azaz, Morgan Whittaker, Ryan Hardie, Bali Mumba