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Matt Butcher's goal was only his second of the season for PlymouthMatt Butcher's deflected strike and a late Conor Grant goal sent Plymouth Argyle top of League One with victory over 10-man Accrington Stanley.
Plymouth opened the scoring on 14 minutes when former Stanley midfielder Butcher's long-range strike hit the back of defender Baba Fernandes and looped into the net, wrong-footing keeper Toby Savin.
The Pilgrims could have made it two soon after from a Jordan Houghton free-kick but Savin dived to deny him.
Stanley's best chance of the first half came when Korede Adedoyin's strike was pushed away by keeper Callum Burton.
It went from bad to worse for Accrington on 51 minutes when Mo Sangare saw red for two yellow cards - their sixth League One dismissal of the season.
However, the home side came close to an equaliser after 65 minutes when Tommy Leigh's 40-yard free-kick was superbly pushed out by Burton.
Plymouth sealed it when Danny Mayor fed substitute Grant in the 78th minute and he fired the ball low into the far corner of the net.
Ryan Hardie hit both posts for Plymouth, who are in pole position after Sheffield Wednesday lost at Barnsley, in the dying minutes as they inflicted a third successive loss on Stanley.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Accrington
Formation 3-5-2
- 40Savin
- 50Fernandes
- 12NottinghamSubstituted forPicklesat 90+1'minutes
- 15SangareBooked at 51mins
- 2Clark
- 11McConvilleBooked at 38mins
- 8Leigh
- 22MartinBooked at 42mins
- 14LongeloBooked at 90mins
- 19AdedoyinSubstituted forWhalleyat 85'minutes
- 20PressleySubstituted forLoweat 85'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Whalley
- 9Lowe
- 17Nolan
- 18Butler-Oyedeji
- 25Quirk
- 30Isherwood
- 43Pickles
Plymouth
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 25Burton
- 5Wilson
- 2BoltonSubstituted forScarrat 29'minutes
- 3Gillesphey
- 24EarleySubstituted forWrightat 64'minutes
- 4HoughtonSubstituted forMateteat 64'minutes
- 7Butcher
- 17MumbaSubstituted forGrantat 74'minutes
- 18AzazSubstituted forEnnisat 74'minutes
- 10Mayor
- 9Hardie
Substitutes
- 6Scarr
- 11Ennis
- 15Grant
- 26Wright
- 28Matete
- 29Wright
- 32Parkes
Referee:James Bell
Attendance:2,489
Live Text
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 0, Plymouth Argyle 2.
Attempt missed. Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sean McConville with a cross following a corner.
Rosaire Longelo (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Dan Scarr.
Foul by James Wilson (Plymouth Argyle).
Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Aaron Pickles replaces Michael Nottingham.
Offside, Accrington Stanley. Shaun Whalley tries a through ball, but Matt Lowe is caught offside.
Ryan Hardie (Plymouth Argyle) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Foul by James Wilson (Plymouth Argyle).
Matt Lowe (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Dan Scarr (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Lowe (Accrington Stanley).
Foul by Matt Butcher (Plymouth Argyle).
Matt Lowe (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ryan Hardie (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley).
Attempt saved. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Shaun Whalley replaces Korede Adedoyin.
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