Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Rotherham United

League One · Saturday 28 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Plymouth Argyle defeated Rotherham United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

R. Towell opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Plymouth Argyle's goals came from Joel Grant (56') and Graham Carey (90+1', penalty). Rotherham United scored through R. Towell (33').

Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Plymouth Argyle were 7th on 65 points from 43 and Rotherham United 4th on 76 points from 44. Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 7th with 68 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.

Plymouth Argyle lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Plymouth Argyle wins, 1 draw and 4 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · R. TowellRotherham United · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Ryan WilliamsRotherham United
  • 56'Goal · Joel GrantPlymouth Argyle · 1-1
  • 90+1'Penalty goal · Graham CareyPlymouth Argyle · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Plymouth Argyle 0, draws 1, Rotherham United 4.

Team news

Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-3-3)

Remi Matthews, Gary Sawyer, Sonny Bradley, Oscar Threlkeld, Zak Vyner, Jamie Ness, Antoni Sarcevic, Graham Carey, Joel Grant, David Fox, Rúben Lameiras

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Marek Rodák, Richard Wood, A. Forde, Ben Purrington, Michael Ihiekwe, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Michael Smith