Plymouth Argyle vs Exeter City; Carabao Cup First Round
Plymouth Argyle vs Exeter City. Carabao Cup First Round.
Home Park.
Plymouth Argyle 2
- A Hartridge (92nd minute)
- A Pepple (94th minute)
Exeter City 0
- E Sutherland (sent off 87th minute)
Plymouth 2-0 Exeter: Tom Cleverley's side score two stoppage-time goals to win Devon derby and earn Carabao Cup second-round tie with Coventry
Match report as Plymouth beat Exeter in Devon derby; Ethan Sunderland was sent off for Exeter late on, before Alex Hartridge scored against his former club four minutes later; Aribim Pepple added a scrappy second; Plymouth will play top-flight Coventry in the Carabao Cup second round
Monday 10 August 2026 22:47, UK
Plymouth will host Frank Lampard's newly-promoted Premier League Coventry in the Carabao Cup second round after two stoppage-time goals gave them a dramatic 2-0 win over Devon rivals Exeter.
Former City defender Alex Hartridge headed Argyle 1-0 up in the second minute of time added on from a Harvey White corner.
Argyle's Canadian striker Bim Pepple made it 2-0 in the fourth and final minute of stoppage time after a City defensive mix-up.
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Earlier, Charlie Cummins fired high and wide for the visitors when the ball dropped to him from a headed clearance in the 29th minute.
It was a rare opportunity in a tense, scrappy Devon derby that offered little in quality for the first half hour in front of a Home Park crowd of 16,755.
Jack Bycroft made an excellent full-length save to keep out Pepple's goal-bound angled drive after 31 minutes.
Pepple headed just over from Malachi Boateng's cross into the six-yard box in the 57th minute as Argyle pressed for an opener.
Will Evans missed a golden opportunity to put the greens ahead on the hour when he fired over from 12 yards.
City's 65th-minute substitute Ethan Sunderland saw red in the 88th minute after being yellow carded in the 78th before the late drama.
Carabao Cup second round draw in full
North Draw
Stoke City vs Hull City
Newcastle vs West Brom
Blackburn vs Sheffield Utd
Nottingham Forest vs Leeds
Doncaster vs Middlesbrough
Barnsley vs Crewe
Preston vs Everton
Blackpool vs Lincoln
Sheffield Wednesday vs Wolves
Bradford vs Burnley
Fleetwood vs Shrewsbury
South Draw
Walsall vs Leyton Orient
Ipswich vs Leicester
Cardiff vs Norwich
Stevenage vs Reading
Cambridge vs Millwall
Birmingham City vs Brentford
Southampton vs West Ham
Watford vs Peterborough
Fulham vs AFC Wimbledon
Plymouth vs Coventry
Chelsea vs Luton
Tottenham vs Charlton
