Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 1, Carlisle United 0.
Plymouth Argyle sealed all three points at home to in-form Carlisle United thanks to a first half Lewis Alessandra strike.
Alessandra smartly latched onto Dominic Blizzard's cross from the left wing to give the home side an early lead.
Bobby Reid almost increased Argyle's advantage with an impressive effort from long range that just went wide.
Carlisle searched for a late leveller and came close when Brad Potts shot was cleared off the line by Curtis Nelson.
Line-ups
Plymouth
Formation 3-5-2
- 23McCormick
- 5Nelson
- 16McHugh
- 29Hartley
- 28O'Connor
- 4Cox
- 17Reid
- 11Blizzard
- 2Mellor
- 7AlessandraSubstituted forMorganat 90'minutes
- 9ReidSubstituted forSmalleyat 73'minutesBooked at 81mins
Substitutes
- 1Bittner
- 6Norburn
- 8Banton
- 10Morgan
- 13Kellett
- 14Harvey
- 22Smalley
Carlisle
Formation 4-4-2
- 20Hanford
- 26WhiteBooked at 88mins
- 12ThirlwellSubstituted forO'Hanlonat 45'minutes
- 6Archibald-HenvilleBooked at 20mins
- 18Brough
- 19SymingtonSubstituted forRobsonat 45'minutes
- 22DempseySubstituted forElliottat 86'minutes
- 10Dicker
- 16Potts
- 31Iliev
- 17Beck
Substitutes
- 3Robson
- 4Marrow
- 8Sweeney
- 14Gillies
- 23O'Hanlon
- 27Elliott
- 29Caig
- Referee:
- Pat Miller
- Attendance:
- 6,529
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home45%
- Away55%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away2
- Corners
- Home8
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 1, Carlisle United 0.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Luke McCormick.
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Attempt saved. Georg Iliev (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Lee Cox (Plymouth Argyle).
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Gary Dicker (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Marvin Morgan replaces Lewis Alessandra.
Booking
Hayden White (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card.
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Dominic Blizzard (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Hayden White (Carlisle United).
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Carl McHugh (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Mark Beck (Carlisle United).
Substitution
Substitution, Carlisle United. Stephen Elliott replaces Kyle Dempsey.
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Attempt blocked. Matty Robson (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Carl McHugh.
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Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
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Foul by Carl McHugh (Plymouth Argyle).
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(Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Dan Hanford.
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Attempt saved. Lewis Alessandra (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.