Plymouth edges past Blackburn in a thrilling encounter
Plymouth secured a dramatic victory over Blackburn at Home Park, thanks to a late comeback. The match, part of the ninth round of the Championship, was characterized by intensity and cards, with a total of 10 yellow cards and one red.
Plymouth took the lead in the 15th minute through M. Obafemi, assisted by I. Cissoko. Blackburn, on the other hand, was hampered by early bookings for D. Hyam (22nd minute) and T. Dolan (50th minute). Despite this, the visiting team managed to apply pressure after the changes made in the 57th minute.
Plymouth had to defend stoutly until the 86th minute when J. Rankin-Costello equalized for Blackburn, assisted by D. Hyam. The visitors’ joy was short-lived, as in the 90th minute, M. Whittaker scored the winning goal for Plymouth, assisted by None. In the same minute, M. Whittaker received his second yellow card and was sent off.
With this result, Plymouth collects three crucial points to climb the table. Blackburn, on the other hand, will have to analyze the mistakes made to improve their game in the coming weeks.
Substitutions blackburn: at minute 57 T. Cantwell came in and T. Dolan went out., at minute 57 Y. Ohashi came in and M. Gueye went out., at minute 66 A. Cozier-Duberry came in and A. Weimann went out., at minute 66 J. Rankin-Costello came in and D. Batth went out., at minute 76 A. Sigurdsson came in and R. Hedges went out.
Substitutions plymouth: at minute 62 R. Hardie came in and M. Obafemi went out., at minute 72 M. Bundu came in and I. Cissoko went out., at minute 72 C. Wright came in and R. Al Hajj went out., at minute 83 J. Houghton came in and D. Gyabi went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Plymouth
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