Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 December 2017

Result

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Gillingham: match report

Plymouth Argyle beat Gillingham 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Joel Grant opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Joel Grant (55') and Toumani Diagouraga (90'). Gillingham scored through Tom Eaves (84').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 24th on 17 points from 20 and Gillingham 21st on 20 points from 20. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 7th with 68 points, and Gillingham 17th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Plymouth Argyle wins, 1 draw and 2 for Gillingham.

Going into the match Plymouth Argyle's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Gillingham's D-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · S. WagstaffGillingham
  • 55'Goal · Joel GrantPlymouth Argyle · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · B. NugentGillingham
  • 84'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Mark ByrneGillingham
  • 90'Goal · Toumani DiagouragaPlymouth Argyle · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 0, draws 1, Gillingham 2.

Team news

Plymouth Argyle line-up

Kelle Roos, Gary Sawyer, Ryan Edwards, Sonny Bradley, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Graham Carey, Jake Jervis, Joel Grant, David Fox, Toumani Diagouraga, Ryan Taylor

Gillingham line-up

Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Max Ehmer, Connor Ogilvie, Ben Nugent, Sean Clare, Scott Wagstaff, Mark Byrne, Tom Eaves, Lee Martin, Josh Parker