Sheffield United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008

Result

Sheffield United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Sheffield United beat Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

James Beattie opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from James Beattie (49', penalty) and James Beattie (57'). Plymouth Argyle did not score.

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 6th on 22 points from 14 and Plymouth Argyle 9th on 21 points from 14. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Penalty goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Matthias Kouo-DoumbéPlymouth Argyle
  • 57'Goal · James BeattieSheffield United · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 1, Plymouth Argyle 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge