Sunderland 3-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Saturday 10 February 2024

Result

Sunderland 3-1 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Saturday 10 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Sunderland · Plymouth Argyle · Championship predictions

Sunderland 3-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Sunderland beat Plymouth Argyle 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 10 February 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ryan Hardie opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Pierre Ekwah (52'), Jack Clarke (59') and Jobe Bellingham (67'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Ryan Hardie (39').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Plymouth Argyle received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 8th on 44 points from 30 and Plymouth Argyle 15th on 36 points from 29. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jobe Bellingham of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Dan Neil (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 2 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Abdoullah BaSunderland
  • 24'Yellow card · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle
  • 33'Yellow card · Ashley PhillipsPlymouth Argyle
  • 39'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Bali MumbaPlymouth Argyle
  • 52'Goal · Pierre EkwahSunderland · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Jack ClarkeSunderland · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Jobe BellinghamSunderland · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Darko GyabiPlymouth Argyle
  • 87'Yellow card · Matthew SorinolaPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Leo Hjelde, Dan Neil, Patrick Roberts, Pierre Ekwah, Abdoullah Ba, Jack Clarke, Nazariy Rusyn

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

Conor Hazard, Ashley Phillips, Lewis Gibson, Brendan Galloway, Bali Mumba, Darko Gyabi, Adam Forshaw, Mickel Miller, Morgan Whittaker, Ryan Hardie, Alfie Devine