Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Carlisle United

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.

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Line-ups

Plymouth

• 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

• 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

Home TeamPlymouthAway TeamCarlisle

Possession

Home45%

Away55%

Shots

Home11

Away7

Shots on Target

Home4

Away2

Corners

Home8

Away7

Fouls

Home9

Away13

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 1, Carlisle United 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 1, Carlisle United 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Luke McCormick.

Posted at 90'+2'

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.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Lee Cox (Plymouth Argyle).

Posted at 90'+1'

Gary Dicker (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 90'

Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Marvin Morgan replaces Lewis Alessandra.

Booking

Posted at 88'

Hayden White (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 88'

Dominic Blizzard (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Hayden White (Carlisle United).

Posted at 88'

Carl McHugh (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Mark Beck (Carlisle United).

Substitution

Posted at 86'

Substitution, Carlisle United. Stephen Elliott replaces Kyle Dempsey.

Posted at 86'

Attempt blocked. Matty Robson (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Carl McHugh.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Carl McHugh (Plymouth Argyle).

Posted at 82'

(Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Dan Hanford.

Posted at 81'

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.

Posted at 80'

Deane Smalley (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Troy Archibald-Henville (Carlisle United).

Posted at 79'

Attempt missed. Bobby Reid (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.

Posted at 79'

Deane Smalley (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Patrick Brough (Carlisle United).

Posted at 78'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Sean O'Hanlon.

Posted at 77'

Attempt blocked. Dominic Blizzard (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Troy Archibald-Henville.

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Bobby Reid (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 74'

Attempt saved. Deane Smalley (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Deane Smalley replaces Reuben Reid.

Posted at 73'

Peter Hartley (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Troy Archibald-Henville (Carlisle United).

Posted at 72'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Dominic Blizzard.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.

Posted at 66'

Lee Cox (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Patrick Brough (Carlisle United).

Posted at 65'

(Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Troy Archibald-Henville (Carlisle United).

Posted at 64'

Foul by Peter Hartley (Plymouth Argyle).

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