FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Birmingham City
0 - 1 Full time
Plymouth Argyle

St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium · Birmingham

Lineups

Birmingham City4-1-2-1-2
NE1Etheridge
MC2Colin
TM18Mengi
GF5Friend
KP3Pedersen
RW6Woods
JJ19James
GG20Gardner
TC53Campbell
SH9Hogan
TD36Deeney
MC1Cooper
JB2Bolton
DS6Scarr
MG3Gillesphey
JE8Edwards
CG15Grant
AR20Randell
JH4Houghton
DM10Mayor
JG14Garrick
RH9Hardie
Plymouth Argyle5-3-2

Birmingham City substitutes

27 Connal Trueman
48 Josh Williams
23 Juan Familia-Castillo
43 Mitchell Roberts
42 Alfie Chang
41 Remi Walker
34 Ivan Sunjic
39 Jobe Bellingham
15 Chuks Aneke

Plymouth Argyle substitutes

25 Callum Burton
37 Brandon Pursall
27 Ryan Law ⚽
39 Carlo Garside
16 Alfie Lewis
42 Rhys Shirley
11 Niall Ennis
48 Freddie Issaka

Unavailable: Brendan Galloway (injury)

Match events

Second half
68'George Friend
104'Ryan Law 0 - 1⚽

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 8 January 2022, 17:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Birmingham City wins1Draws0Plymouth Argyle wins

4 past meetings on record. Biggest Birmingham City win: Birmingham City 2–1 Plymouth Argyle (2023). Biggest Plymouth Argyle win: Plymouth Argyle 0–5 Birmingham City (2012).

23 Dec 2023Plymouth Argyle 3 - 3 Birmingham CityChampionship
26 Aug 2023Birmingham City 2 - 1 Plymouth ArgyleChampionship
6 Aug 2013Birmingham City 3 - 2 Plymouth ArgyleLeague Cup
4 Aug 2012Plymouth Argyle 0 - 5 Birmingham CityClub Friendlies