Match ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Plymouth Argyle 4.
FleetwoodFleetwood Town0PlymouthPlymouth Argyle4
Plymouth Argyle earned a convincing win at fellow play-off hopefuls Fleetwood.
Reuben Reid slammed the Pilgrims ahead, having earlier been denied by home keeper Chris Maxwell.
Matt Parsons then hit the woodwork before Luke Young made it 2-0 with a defected second-half effort.
Antoni Sarcevic was denied in a one-on-one with Argyle keeper Jake Cole, Maxime Blanchard headed a third for Plymouth and Conor Hourihane's free-kick made it 4-0.
Argyle's third successive win away from home moves them to eighth in the League Two table, seven points behind Fleetwood in sixth.
Fleetwood manager Graham Alexander told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"I'm a realist and a professional, and getting beaten 4-0 isn't good enough. Before I look for any positives out of that, I have to confront the negatives.
"There's a difference between playing and competing. We played, but I don't think we competed - when you're right on the line and on the verge of going over the line.
"That's the worst feeling I've had all season. I'm really disappointed - I'm not clever enough to come up with a better word than 'disappointed' that isn't a swear word."
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-5-1
- 28Maxwell
- 15McLaughlinBooked at 85mins
- 20Taylor
- 8SchumacherSubstituted forMurdochat 31'minutes
- 6Pond
- 5RobertsSubstituted forMorrisat 64'minutes
- 22Hughes
- 35MarrowSubstituted forParkinat 52'minutes
- 10Matt
- 18SarcevicBooked at 89mins
- 7Evans
Substitutes
- 1Davies
- 4Murdoch
- 9Parkin
- 14Hogan
- 16Cresswell
- 24Morris
- 34Mandron
Plymouth
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Cole
- 2Berry
- 26Parsons
- 17Nelson
- 16Trotman
- 4Blanchard
- 15WottonBooked at 75minsSubstituted forObadeyiat 86'minutes
- 6Hourihane
- 7AlessandraSubstituted forBocoat 83'minutes
- 9ReidSubstituted forMorganat 83'minutes
- 14Young
Substitutes
- 8Boco
- 10Morgan
- 18Harvey
- 25Purrington
- 27Gurrieri
- 28Obadeyi
- 32Dawson
- Referee:
- Steve Bratt
- Attendance:
- 2,131
Match Stats
Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamPlymouth
- Possession
- Home48%
- Away52%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away16
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away7
- Corners
- Home10
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away6
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Plymouth Argyle 4.
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Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Matthew Parsons.
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Luke Young (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town).
Booking
Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Matthew Parsons (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town).
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Conor Hourihane (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jamille Matt (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Tope Obadeyi replaces Paul Wotton.
Goal!
Goal! Fleetwood Town 0, Plymouth Argyle 4. Conor Hourihane (Plymouth Argyle) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
Booking
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Conor Hourihane (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Romuald Boco replaces Lewis Alessandra.
Substitution
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Marvin Morgan replaces Reuben Reid.
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Attempt missed. Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Nathan Pond.
