Sunderland 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 December 2021

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Saturday 11 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sunderland 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Sunderland won against Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 11 December 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Dan Neil opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Dan Neil (4') and Nathan Broadhead (13'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Dan Scarr (64').

Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 39 points from 20 and Plymouth Argyle 5th on 37 points from 21. Sunderland went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Plymouth Argyle 7th with 80.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Wilson of Plymouth Argyle (7.8), ahead of Dan Scarr (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 2 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Dan NeilSunderland · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Nathan BroadheadSunderland · 2-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle
  • 23'Yellow card · Lee JohnsonSunderland
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Carl WinchesterSunderland
  • 54'Yellow card · Ross StewartSunderland
  • 64'Goal · Dan ScarrPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Bailey WrightSunderland
  • 81'Yellow card · Aiden O'BrienSunderland
  • 85'Yellow card · Jordan HoughtonPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sunderland 4, draws 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Bailey Wright, Tom Flanagan, Callum Doyle, Leon Dajaku, Dan Neil, Carl Winchester, Lynden Gooch, Alex Pritchard, Nathan Broadhead, Ross Stewart

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

Michael Cooper, James Wilson, Dan Scarr, Macaulay Gillesphey, Joe Edwards, Panutche Camara, Jordan Houghton, Danny Mayor, Ryan Broom, Jordon Garrick, Ryan Hardie