Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 October 2020

Result

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 17 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Plymouth Argyle won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Frank Nouble opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Frank Nouble (41') and Kell Watts (86'). Northampton Town scored through Ricky Korboa (62').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 8th on 8 points from 5 and Northampton Town 20th on 4 points from 5. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to George Cooper of Plymouth Argyle (8.4), ahead of Kell Watts (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Plymouth Argyle wins, 0 draws and 4 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · B. MoorePlymouth Argyle
  • 41'Goal · Frank NoublePlymouth Argyle · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Ryan WatsonNorthampton Town
  • 50'Yellow card · George CooperPlymouth Argyle
  • 62'Goal · Ricky KorboaNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Danny RoseNorthampton Town
  • 86'Goal · Kell WattsPlymouth Argyle · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · C. BolgerNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 6, draws 0, Northampton Town 4.

Team news

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

Michael Cooper, Will Aimson, Niall Canavan, Kell Watts, Byron Moore, Conor Grant, Tyrese Fornah, Danny Mayor, George Cooper, Frank Nouble, Luke Jephcott

Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)

Steve Arnold, Cian Bolger, Joe Martin, Fraser Horsfall, Shaun McWilliams, Ryan Watson, Jack Sowerby, Michael Harriman, Ricky Korboa, Danny Rose, Sam Hoskins