Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Birmingham City beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Scott Hogan opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Scott Hogan (8') and Jay Stansfield (90+5'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Ryan Hardie (60').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Plymouth Argyle 12th on 4 points from 3. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 22nd with 50 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Ruddy of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of Scott Hogan (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Scott HoganBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Dion SandersonBirmingham City
  • 49'Yellow card · Adam RandellPlymouth Argyle
  • 60'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Lee BuchananBirmingham City
  • 90+5'Goal · Jay StansfieldBirmingham City · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 1, Plymouth Argyle 0.

Team news

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Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

John Ruddy, Juninho Bacuna, Dion Sanderson, Kevin Long, Lee Buchanan, Krystian Bielik, Ivan Šunjić, Jordan James, Koji Miyoshi, Keshi Anderson, Scott Hogan

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

Conor Hazard, Joe Edwards, Dan Scarr, Lewis Gibson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Finn Azaz, Jordan Houghton, Adam Randell, Morgan Whittaker, Ryan Hardie, Bali Mumba