Bristol City 4-1 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 19 September 2023

Result

Bristol City 4-1 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Tuesday 19 September 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Bristol City 4-1 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Bristol City beat Plymouth Argyle 4-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 19 September 2023. The half-time score was 3-1.

Sam Bell opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bristol City's goals came from Sam Bell (3'), Matty James (8'), Mark Sykes (33') and Harry Cornick (80'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Adam Randell (26').

Discipline: Bristol City received 3 yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 11th on 9 points from 6 and Plymouth Argyle 15th on 7 points from 6. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty James of Bristol City (8.1), ahead of Jason Knight (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Sam BellBristol City · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Matty JamesBristol City · 2-0
  • 26'Goal · Adam RandellPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 33'Goal · Mark SykesBristol City · 3-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Nahki WellsBristol City
  • 67'Yellow card · George TannerBristol City
  • 80'Goal · Harry CornickBristol City · 4-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ephrahim YeboahBristol City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 2, Plymouth Argyle 2.

Team news

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Bristol City line-up (4-3-3)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Kal Naismith, Cameron Pring, Matty James, Joe Williams, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Sam Bell, Nahki Wells

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

Conor Hazard, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Dan Scarr, Lewis Gibson, Joe Edwards, Luke Cundle, Adam Randell, Lewis Warrington, Tyreik Wright, Ben Waine, Callum Wright