Northampton Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Northampton Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Northampton Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle: match report

Northampton Town lost to Plymouth Argyle 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 2 May 2026. The half-time score was 2-2.

E. List opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from E. List (13') and Michael Jacobs (18'). Plymouth Argyle scored through Lorent Tolaj (28'), Malachi Boateng (40') and Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (74').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Plymouth Argyle received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 24th on 35 points from 45 and Plymouth Argyle 8th on 70 points from 45. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Plymouth Argyle 8th with 73.

Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Plymouth Argyle in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to L. Tolaj of Plymouth Argyle (8.7), ahead of Michael Jacobs (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 5 for Plymouth Argyle.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · E. ListNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Michael JacobsNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 28'Goal · Lorent TolajPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Owen DalePlymouth Argyle
  • 40'Goal · Malachi BoatengPlymouth Argyle · 2-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · C. McCarthyNorthampton Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Mathias RossPlymouth Argyle
  • 62'Second yellow · C. McCarthyNorthampton Town
  • 64'Yellow card · E. ListNorthampton Town
  • 66'Yellow card · Malachi BoatengPlymouth Argyle
  • 74'Goal · Brendan Sarpong-WireduPlymouth Argyle · 2-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Ronan CurtisPlymouth Argyle
  • 84'Yellow card · Jake EvansNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 5, draws 0, Plymouth Argyle 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Joe RallsPlymouth Argyle · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lee Burge, Conor McCarthy, Jordan Willis, Max Dyche, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Cameron McGeehan, Terry Taylor, Kyle McAdam, Jake Benjamin Evans, Michael Jacobs, Elliott List

Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-4-2)

Luca Ashby-Hammond, Joe Edwards, Mathias Ross, Alex Mitchell, Wes Harding, Ronan Curtis, Malachi Boateng, Caleb Watts, Owen Dale, Aribim Pepple, L. Tolaj