Cardiff City 2-2 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2023

Result

Cardiff City 2-2 Plymouth Argyle

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 2-2 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Cardiff City drew with Plymouth Argyle 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Morgan Whittaker opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from an own goal by Matt Butcher (31') and Karlan Grant (47'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Morgan Whittaker (17') and Morgan Whittaker (66').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 11th on 33 points from 23 and Plymouth Argyle 17th on 27 points from 23. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Plymouth Argyle 21st with 51.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Whittaker of Plymouth Argyle (9.2), ahead of Ryan Wintle (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 0-1
  • 31'Own goal · Matt ButcherCardiff City · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Lewis GibsonPlymouth Argyle
  • 47'Goal · Karlan GrantCardiff City · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 3, Plymouth Argyle 3.

Team news

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

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Joe Ralls, Ryan Wintle, Yakou Méïté, Rubin Colwill, Karlan Grant, Kion Etete

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

Conor Hazard, Julio Pleguezuelo, Macaulay Gillesphey, Lewis Gibson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Adam Randell, Matt Butcher, Mickel Miller, Morgan Whittaker, Ben Waine, Callum Wright