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In the League One game on 26 September 2026, Burton Albion beat Plymouth 0:1. Match numbers: corners 3:4, fouls 11:4.
Match report
Burton Albion 1-0 Plymouth
It was meant to be a straightforward evening for Plymouth, but Burton Albion took all three points at Home Park on Saturday. The visitors ended a barren spell with Jack Armer's goal in the 70th minute, and here's the thing — that single strike was enough to upset a side that had been cruising in the top half of the table. We had given Plymouth a 56% chance of winning, but the match went another way entirely.
Plymouth controlled the tempo for large stretches, and to be fair they created more opportunities than Burton could handle. Five big chances against just two, 129 attacks compared with 71, and 57% possession — the numbers tell you who dominated. Yet Armer's seventh-minute goal, the only one of the game, came from a moment of sharpness that Plymouth failed to close down. By then the hosts had already thrown everything forward.
The statistics after the break tell their own story. Plymouth had 11 shots inside the penalty area and still managed just three on target. Three shots hit the frame, five were blocked, and the keeper made two saves. Burton, meanwhile, required three stops from their goalkeeper despite playing with 43% of the ball. It was a match decided in the final third, where precision mattered more than volume.
Plymouth remain third with 13 points from seven games, while Burton move up to 12th on nine points. The gap between them narrows, and the visitors have shown they can compete when they don't have the ball. For Plymouth it's a setback after five unbeaten league games, and the pattern will need addressing if they want to climb higher.
W2 Sep · Home AFC Wimbledon · 4:1D5 Sep · Home Cambridge United · 2:2L12 Sep · Away Oxford United · 0:3D19 Sep · Home Mansfield Town FC · 2:2D22 Sep · Home Nottingham Forest U21 · 1:1W26 Sep · Away Plymouth · 1:0
