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Saturday 20th January

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On Saturday 20th January

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	27	21	2	4	55	21	34	65	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
2	Southampton	28	17	7	4	53	32	21	58	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
3	Ipswich Town	27	17	7	3	50	34	16	58	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
4	Leeds United	27	15	6	6	48	25	23	51	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	28	13	6	9	40	27	13	45	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
6	Coventry City	28	11	10	7	43	30	13	43	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
7	Hull City	28	12	6	10	42	38	4	42	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
8	Norwich City	28	12	5	11	46	43	3	41	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
9	Watford	28	10	10	8	45	38	7	40	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
10	Sunderland	28	12	4	12	37	31	6	40	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
11	Middlesbrough	28	12	4	12	42	41	1	40	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12	Preston North End	27	11	5	11	33	44	-11	38	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
13	Bristol City	28	10	7	11	31	31	0	37	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
14	Cardiff City	28	11	4	13	35	39	-4	37	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
15	Plymouth Argyle	28	8	9	11	47	47	0	33	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
16	Swansea City	28	8	9	11	38	44	-6	33	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
17	Blackburn Rovers	28	10	3	15	41	53	-12	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
18	Millwall	28	8	8	12	29	36	-7	32	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
19	Stoke City	28	8	8	12	27	34	-7	32	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
20	Birmingham City	28	8	8	12	34	44	-10	32	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
21	Huddersfield Town	28	5	12	11	28	46	-18	27	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
22	Queens Park Rangers	28	6	6	16	24	39	-15	24	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
23	Sheffield Wednesday	28	6	4	18	22	46	-24	22	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	28	3	10	15	25	52	-27	19	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 20th January 2024 at 17:18

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Plymouth Argyle

Manager: Ian Foster

Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1

Number 21,
C. Hazard
Number 22,
B. Galloway
Number 6,
D. Scarr , Yellow Card at 61 minutes
Number 26,
A. Phillips , Yellow Card at 35 minutes
Number 14,
M. Miller , Yellow Card at 41 minutes
Number 27,
A. Forshaw , substituted for J. Houghton at 84 minutes
Number 18,
D. Gyabi
Number 2,
B. Mumba , Yellow Card at 50 minutes, substituted for J. Edwards at 77 minutes
Number 16,
A. Devine , substituted for A. Randell at 77 minutes
Number 10,
M. Whittaker , Captain
Number 9,
R. Hardie , substituted for B. Waine at 92 minutes

away team, Cardiff City

Manager: Erol Bulut

Formation: 3 - 5 - 2

Number 21,
J. Alnwick
Number 17,
J. Collins
Number 5,
M. McGuinness
Number 4,
D. Goutas
Number 32,
O. Tanner , substituted for M. Romeo at 46 minutes
Number 35,
A. Rinomhota , substituted for J. Bowler at 66 minutes
Number 6,
R. Wintle , Captain
Number 27,
R. Colwill
Number 38,
P. Ng , Yellow Card at 38 minutes
Number 22,
Y. Meïté , Yellow Card at 36 minutes, substituted for K. Etete at 66 minutes
Number 16,
K. Ahearne-Grant

Substitutes

home team, Plymouth Argyle

Number 15,
M. Bundu
Number 25,
C. Burton
Number 8,
J. Edwards
Number 4,
J. Houghton
Number 5,
Julio Pleguezuelo
Number 20,
A. Randell
Number 29,
M. Sorinola
Number 23,
B. Waine
Number 11,
C. Wright

away team, Cardiff City

Number 45,
C. Ashford
Number 14,
J. Bowler
Number 34,
J. Colwill
Number 36,
R. Conte
Number 9,
K. Etete
Number 2,
M. Romeo
Number 13,
R. Rúnarsson
Number 19,
R. Sawyers
Number 23,
M. Siopis

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Match Facts

This is Plymouth’s first home league game against Cardiff City since a 3-1 defeat back in August 2009 under Paul Sturrock.
Cardiff have only lost two of their last 10 league games against Plymouth Argyle (W4 D4).
Plymouth are unbeaten at home in their last seven league matches (W4 D3), while only Portman Road (56) has seen more Championship goals scored there this season than Home Park (55).
Cardiff are looking to win three successive away league games for the first time since February 2021 (run of four), after recording consecutive 2-1 wins against Sheffield Wednesday and QPR.
Morgan Whittaker has scored 14 Championship goals for Plymouth this season from an xG total of 7.29, it’s the joint-biggest positive difference between goals and xG for a player in the competition in 2023-24 (6.71 – level with Jonathan Rowe).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 3, Cardiff City 1.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 4
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 3, Cardiff City 1.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Mickel Miller.
Substitutionat 90 minutes plus 2
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Ben Waine replaces Ryan Hardie.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Jamilu Collins (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Foul by Darko Gyabi (Plymouth Argyle).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Attempt missed. Joe Edwards (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Hardie with a headed pass following a corner.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Kion Etete.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Attempt saved. Ryan Hardie (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Postat 90 minutes
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
Postat 87 minutes
Attempt missed. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Hardie.
Postat 85 minutes
Kion Etete (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 85 minutes
Foul by Adam Randell (Plymouth Argyle).
Postat 85 minutes
Foul by Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).
Postat 85 minutes
Mickel Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Jordan Houghton replaces Adam Forshaw.
Postat 83 minutes
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Ashley Phillips.
Goal!at 81 minutes
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 3, Cardiff City 1. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Hardie with a through ball following a fast break.
Postat 79 minutes
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Conor Hazard.