Scunthorpe United 1-3 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 January 2020

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-3 Plymouth Argyle

League Two · Saturday 4 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Scunthorpe United 1-3 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Scunthorpe United lost to Plymouth Argyle 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 4 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

L. Jephcott opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Scunthorpe United's goal came from Kevin van Veen (65'). Plymouth Argyle scored through L. Jephcott (12'), B. Moore (50') and L. Jephcott (56').

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

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 12th on 31 points from 25 and Plymouth Argyle 9th on 38 points from 23. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 20th with 40 points, and Plymouth Argyle 3rd with 68.

Scunthorpe United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Jephcott of Plymouth Argyle (8.6), ahead of Kevin van Veen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Scunthorpe United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · L. JephcottPlymouth Argyle · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Antoni SarcevicPlymouth Argyle
  • 45+2'Yellow card · George CooperPlymouth Argyle
  • 50'Goal · B. MoorePlymouth Argyle · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · L. JephcottPlymouth Argyle · 0-3
  • 60'Yellow card · Kgosi NtlheScunthorpe United
  • 65'Goal · Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United · 1-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Scunthorpe United 2, draws 1, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

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

Jake Eastwood, Kgosi Ntlhe, Harrison McGahey, Rory McArdle, Junior Brown, Levi Sutton, James Perch, Matthew Lund, Alex Gilliead, Lee Novak, Abo Eisa

Plymouth Argyle line-up (3-5-2)

Alex Palmer, Scott Wootton, Niall Canavan, Gary Sawyer, Joe Edwards, Antoni Sarcevic, Danny Mayor, Tyreeq Bakinson, George Cooper, Byron Moore, Luke Jephcott