Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Mansfield Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Mansfield Town

League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Mansfield Town: match report

Plymouth Argyle beat Mansfield Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Niall Canavan opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Niall Canavan (43'), Antoni Sarcevic (61', penalty) and Ryan Hardie (90+1'). Mansfield Town scored through Andy Cook (66').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 1 yellow card; Mansfield Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 5th on 44 points from 25 and Mansfield Town 20th on 27 points from 27. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Mansfield Town 21st with 38.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 3-5-2 and Mansfield Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Niall Canavan of Plymouth Argyle (8.0), ahead of Alex Palmer (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Plymouth Argyle wins, 2 draws and 1 for Mansfield Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · CJ HamiltonMansfield Town
  • 43'Goal · Niall CanavanPlymouth Argyle · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Ryan SweeneyMansfield Town
  • 61'Penalty goal · Antoni SarcevicPlymouth Argyle · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Andy CookMansfield Town · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · George CooperPlymouth Argyle
  • 90+1'Goal · Ryan HardiePlymouth Argyle · 3-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 6, draws 2, Mansfield Town 1.

Team news

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

Alex Palmer, Scott Wootton, Niall Canavan, Gary Sawyer, Joe Edwards, Antoni Sarcevic, Tyreeq Bakinson, Danny Mayor, George Cooper, Byron Moore, Luke Jephcott

Mansfield Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Robert Olejnik, Matt Preston, Krystian Pearce, Ryan Sweeney, Hayden White, Neal Bishop, A. MacDonald, Mal Benning, CJ Hamilton, Nicky Maynard, Danny Rose