Sunderland 1-2 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Tuesday 19 January 2021

Result

Sunderland 1-2 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Tuesday 19 January 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-2 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Sunderland lost to Plymouth Argyle 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 19 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

A. Lewis opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Aiden O'Brien (51'). Plymouth Argyle scored through A. Lewis (11') and Joe Edwards (56').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 8th on 33 points from 20 and Plymouth Argyle 15th on 27 points from 22. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Plymouth Argyle 18th with 53.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden O'Brien of Sunderland (8.0), ahead of Adam Lewis (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 1 for Plymouth Argyle.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · A. LewisPlymouth Argyle · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Carl WinchesterSunderland
  • 46'Yellow card · A. LewisPlymouth Argyle
  • 51'Goal · Aiden O'BrienSunderland · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Aiden O'BrienSunderland
  • 56'Goal · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Michael CooperPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Lee Burge, Dion Sanderson, Jordan Willis, Bailey Wright, Callum McFadzean, Carl Winchester, Josh Scowen, Jack Diamond, Aiden McGeady, Aiden O'Brien, Charlie Wyke

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

Michael Cooper, Will Aimson, Jerome Opoku, Kell Watts, Joe Edwards, Conor Grant, Tyrese Fornah, Danny Mayor, Adam Lewis, Luke Jephcott, Ryan Hardie