Bristol City vs Plymouth

19 September 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Matt Donohue

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Sam Bell 3’
Matty James 8’
Mark Sykes 33’
Harry Cornick 80’

Adam Randell 26’

Match summary

Bristol City won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Plymouth. Bristol City led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Sam Bell put Bristol City ahead from a corner in the 3rd minute, Matty James made it 2-0 in the 8th minute, Adam Randell pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 26th minute, and Mark Sykes made it 3-1 in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Harry Cornick made it 4-1 in the 80th minute.

The chances backed that up: Bristol City created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Plymouth's 0.58 from 6.

Match stats

17 Shots 6

6 Shots on Target 2

7 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.61 xG 0.58

1.61 Non-penalty xG 0.58

Key events

Bristol City Plymouth

Kick-off

Sam Bell

1-0

3’

Matty James

2-0

8’

26’

Adam Randell2-1

Mark Sykes

3-1

33’

Half-time3-1

Harry Cornick

4-1

80’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bristol City

George Tanner
Nahki Wells
Ephraim Yeboah

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Bristol City 1.61 xGPlymouth 0.58 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Plymouth attacking Bristol City attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Max O'Leary	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Tanner	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zak Vyner	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kal Naismith	90′	–	–	3	0.18	–	–	–
Cameron Pring	90′	–	–	1	0.16	–	–	–
Matty James	90′	1	–	3	0.32	–	–	–
Joe Williams Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mark Sykes Taken off	61′	1	–	2	0.43	–	–	–
Jason Knight Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Bell Taken off	71′	1	–	3	0.29	–	–	–
Nahki Wells Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Harry Cornick Came on as a substitute	29′	1	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Ephraim Yeboah Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Haydon Roberts Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	2	0.09	–	–	–
Andy King Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Conor Hazard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kaine Kesler-Hayden	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dan Scarr	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Gibson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Edwards	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Randell	90′	1	–	2	0.04	–	–	–
Lewis Warrington Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Cundle Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyreik Wright Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.24	–	–	–
Ben Waine Taken off	60′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Callum Wright Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morgan Whittaker Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Houghton Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bali Mumba Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Hardie Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	2	0.23	–	–	–
Finn Azaz Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Bristol City win 59% Avg odds 1.61

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.23

Plymouth win 18% Avg odds 5.20

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bristol City W L D W D

Plymouth D L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Plymouth 0-1 Bristol City, 01 Apr 24 All Bristol City vs Plymouth meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.

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