Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Macclesfield Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2020

Result

Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Macclesfield Town

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Macclesfield Town: match report

Plymouth Argyle defeated Macclesfield Town 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 7 March 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ryan Hardie opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Ryan Hardie (33'), George Cooper (62') and George Cooper (77'). Macclesfield Town did not score.

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received no yellow cards; Macclesfield Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 3rd on 65 points from 36 and Macclesfield Town 21st on 36 points from 36. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Macclesfield Town 22nd with 36.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 5-3-2 and Macclesfield Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to George Cooper of Plymouth Argyle (9.4), ahead of Danny Mayor (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Plymouth Argyle win, 2 draws and 0 for Macclesfield Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Connor KirbyMacclesfield Town
  • 33'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · George CooperPlymouth Argyle · 2-0
  • 77'Goal · George CooperPlymouth Argyle · 3-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 1, draws 2, Macclesfield Town 0.

Team news

Plymouth Argyle line-up (5-3-2)

Alex Palmer, Byron Moore, Scott Wootton, Niall Canavan, Callum McFadzean, George Cooper, Conor Grant, Tyreeq Bakinson, Danny Mayor, Ryan Hardie, Luke Jephcott

Macclesfield Town expected line-up (3-4-1-2)

Owen Evans, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Miles Welch-Hayes, Jay Harris, Corey O'Keeffe, Connor Kirby, Emmanuel Osadebe, Ben Stephens, Joe Ironside