Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2024

Result

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Plymouth Argyle · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Plymouth Argyle beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 October 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Michael Obafemi opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Michael Obafemi (15') and Morgan Whittaker (90+7'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Joe Rankin-Costello (86').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 19th on 8 points from 8 and Blackburn Rovers 7th on 15 points from 8. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 23rd with 46 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Randell of Plymouth Argyle (8.4), ahead of Morgan Whittaker (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Plymouth Argyle win, 1 draw and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Michael ObafemiPlymouth Argyle · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Adam RandellPlymouth Argyle
  • 86'Goal · Joe Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 87'Red card · Wayne Mark RooneyPlymouth Argyle
  • 88'Yellow card · Jordan HoughtonPlymouth Argyle
  • 90+7'Goal · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Morgan WhittakerPlymouth Argyle
  • 90+9'Yellow cardBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+9'Yellow cardPlymouth Argyle

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 1, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Conor HazardPlymouth Argyle · injury (Ankle Surgery)
  • Owen BeckBlackburn Rovers · suspension (Red Card Suspension)

Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Grimshaw, Joe Edwards, Kornél Szűcs, Lewis Gibson, Bali Mumba, Adam Randell, Darko Gyabi, Morgan Whittaker, Rami Al Hajj, Ibrahim Cissoko, Michael Obafemi

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aynsley Pears, Hayden Carter, Danny Batth, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Andreas Weimann, Tyrhys Dolan, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye