Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Burton Albion: result and report
League One · Sunday 4 January 2026
Result
Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Burton Albion
League One · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Burton Albion: match report
Plymouth Argyle defeated Burton Albion 3-0 in the League One on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Brendan Galloway opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Brendan Galloway (21'), Mathias Ross (63') and Lorent Tolaj (77', penalty). Burton Albion did not score.
Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 21st on 27 points from 24 and Burton Albion 20th on 27 points from 23. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 8th with 73 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.
Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brendan Galloway of Plymouth Argyle (8.1), level with L. Tolaj (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Plymouth Argyle wins, 5 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Brendan Galloway
- 63'Goal · Mathias Ross
- 66'Yellow card · Lorent Tolaj
- 67'Yellow card · Bali Mumba
- 77'Penalty goal · Lorent Tolaj
- 79'Yellow card · K. Lofthouse
- 79'Yellow card · Fábio André Tavares Desidério
- 90+7'Yellow card · N. Akoto
Head-to-head
Team news
Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-4-2)
Conor Hazard, Joe Edwards, Julio Pleguezuelo, Alex Mitchell, Brendan Galloway, Xavier Amaechi, Malachi Boateng, Joe Ralls, Bali Mumba, L. Tolaj, Aribim Pepple
Burton Albion line-up (5-4-1)
Brad Collins, Kyran Lofthouse, Toby Sibbick, Terence Vancooten, Alex Hartridge, Jack Armer, Julian Larsson, Kegs Chauke, George Evans, Dylan Williams, Fábio Tavares