Plymouth Argyle 3-3 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2023

Result

Plymouth Argyle 3-3 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Plymouth Argyle 3-3 Birmingham City: match report

Plymouth Argyle drew with Birmingham City 3-3 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Jay Stansfield opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Joe Edwards (43'), Ben Waine (68') and Morgan Whittaker (86'). Birmingham City scored through Jay Stansfield (15'), Jordan James (39') and J. Bacuna (62').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 17th on 26 points from 22 and Birmingham City 18th on 26 points from 22. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Birmingham City 22nd with 50.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Juninho Bacuna of Birmingham City (9.4), ahead of Morgan Whittaker (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Plymouth Argyle wins, 1 draw and 4 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

15'Goal · Jay StansfieldBirmingham City · 0-1
16'Yellow card · Jay StansfieldBirmingham City
26'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle
39'Goal · Jordan JamesBirmingham City · 0-2
43'Goal · Joe EdwardsPlymouth Argyle · 1-2
48'Red card · Krystian BielikBirmingham City
60'Yellow card · Emmanuel LongeloBirmingham City
62'Goal · J. BacunaBirmingham City · 1-3
63'Yellow card · J. BacunaBirmingham City
68'Goal · Ben WainePlymouth Argyle · 2-3
70'Yellow card · Jordan JamesBirmingham City
86'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 3-3
87'Yellow card · Koji MiyoshiBirmingham City
90+1'Yellow card · Adam RandellPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

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

Birmingham City 2-1 Plymouth ArgyleChampionship · 26 Aug 2023
Birmingham City 1-1 Plymouth ArgyleChampionship · 13 Apr 2009
Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Birmingham CityChampionship · 9 Dec 2008
Birmingham City 3-0 Plymouth ArgyleChampionship · 2 Dec 2006
Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Birmingham CityChampionship · 4 Nov 2006

Team news

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Alfie ChangBirmingham City · injury (Knee Injury)
George HallBirmingham City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Keshi AndersonBirmingham City · injury (Hamstring Injury)

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

Conor Hazard, Joe Edwards, Julio Pleguezuelo, Lewis Gibson, Brendan Galloway, Luke Cundle, Jordan Houghton, Finn Azaz, Morgan Whittaker, Ben Waine, Bali Mumba

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

John Ruddy, Emanuel Aiwu, M. Roberts, Dion Sanderson, Lee Buchanan, Ivan Šunjić, Krystian Bielik, Siriki Dembélé, Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna, Jay Stansfield