Plymouth Argyle vs Coventry City; Carabao Cup Second Round
Plymouth Argyle vs Coventry City. Carabao Cup Second Round.
Home Park.
Plymouth Argyle 2
- O Irow (21st minute)
- X Amaechi (54th minute)
Coventry City 4
- T Awoniyi (3rd minute)
- J Rudoni (5th minute)
- E Mason-Clark (67th minute)
- V Torp (78th minute pen)
Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Coventry City: Frank Lampard's men survive scare to progress to Carabao Cup third round
Report and free match highlights from the Carabao Cup second round tie between Plymouth Argyle and Coventry City at Home Park; Frank Lampard's side threw away an early two-goal lead before earning a 4-2 victory
Tuesday 25 August 2026 22:08, UK
Premier League new boys Coventry survived an EFL Cup second-round scare at League One Plymouth before easing through 4-2 at Home Park.
City had showed their class by racing into a 2-0 lead within five minutes courtesy of goals from Taiwo Awoniyi and Jack Rudoni but Argyle fought back to level nine minutes into the second half thanks to debutant Danny Irow and Xavier Amaechi.
Second-half substitute Ephron Mason-Clark scored City's third goal within five minutes of his 62nd-minute introduction before Victor Torp wrapped things up with a 78th-minute penalty.
Awoniyi fired City ahead on three minutes, picking his spot after a brilliant flick-on by Caleb Yirenkyi.
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Yirenkyi's sublime pass on the spin from skipper Liam Kitching's through ball set striker Awoniyi on his way to goal and he had time to pick his spot to beat home goalkeeper James Storer with a side foot finish.
Within two minutes City increased their lead following a lightning break down the right. Awoniyi set Rudoni racing on his way to goal and he made no mistake, again beating Storer with a clinical finish, this time from the edge of the box.
Jake Bidwell came close to making it 3-0 on the 18th minute, heading just past the post from Joel Latibeaudiere's pinpoint cross to the far post.
Argyle responded in the 21st minute through Irow, who cut in from the left and beat Latibeaudiere, before sending a low shot past City keeper Daniel Bentley into the far corner.
Midfielder Harvey White had sent Irow - who has just joined Plymouth on loan from Tottenham - away down the left with a superb pass from his own half after spotting the winger out wide.
The unmarked Awoniyi could have doubled his tally on 27 minutes but headed wide from six yards from Latibeaudiere's deep cross.
Striker Will Evans' effort flew off the foot of Bentley and on to a post in the 31st minute after the keeper had failed to hold White's long-range effort.
Argyle restored parity on 54 minutes when half-time sub Amaechi won the ball from City defender Kitching and raced into the box before beating Bentley with a thumping low drive into the corner.
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto volleyed just over from Mason-Clark's cross in the 65th minute before the latter restored City's lead in the 67th minute from close range, turning in Torp's thumping cross.
Torp gave Coventry some breathing space by converting a penalty following a foul by sub Joe Edwards on Brandon Thomas-Asante, who could have increased City's lead in stoppage time but hammered his volley over from the edge of the six-yard box.
