Fleetwood Town 3-3 Plymouth Argyle

Two late goals earned gutsy Fleetwood a thrilling 3-3 draw against play-off-chasing Plymouth.

Argyle missed the chance to move into the top six in League One thanks to late efforts from Ellis Harrison and substitute Anthony Pilkington.

Fleetwood skipper Danny Andrew went close early on when his curling free-kick was superbly saved by Michael Cooper.

Argyle then opened the scoring after 20 minutes when Luke Jephcott smashed an effort into the roof of the net from Jordan Garrick's low cross.

Four minutes later the scores were level when Paddy Lane rifled home from 20 yards following Carl Johnston's neat lay-off.

Lane then fired in a low shot from the same distance, but this time Cooper was equal to the task.

Skipper Joe Edwards headed Argyle back in front soon after the restart as he met Conor Grant's out-swinging cross.

At the other end Fleetwood defender Zak Jules headed against a post.

Argyle grabbed a well-deserved third 15 minutes from time when sub Niall Ennis coolly converted Garrick's through-ball.

But Harrison nodded home Andrew's cross in the 89th minute and, as the Cod Army sensed an unlikely comeback, Pilkington headed home a dramatic equaliser from close range after Andrew's 92nd-minute corner was not cleared.

Report supplied by PA Media.

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Fleetwood

Formation 4-3-3

1Cairns
26Johnson
33Nsiala
4JulesBooked at 78mins
3Andrew
20MateteSubstituted forPilkingtonat 80'minutes
24BattySubstituted forHayesat 66'minutes
10Camps
32Lane
9Harrison
38JohnstonSubstituted forMorrisat 80'minutes

Substitutes

5Clarke
11Pilkington
13Crellin
22Morris
27Biggins
41Hayes
47Macadam

Plymouth

Formation 3-5-2

1Cooper
5Wilson
6Scarr
3GillespheySubstituted forCrichlowat 51'minutes
8Edwards
28Pereira CamaráSubstituted forLewisat 83'minutes
20Randell
7Broom
15Grant
14GarrickBooked at 78mins
31JephcottSubstituted forEnnisat 71'minutes

Substitutes

2Bolton
11Ennis
16Lewis
25Burton
27Law
33Crichlow
44Jenkins-Davies

Referee:: Marc Edwards
Attendance:: 2,584

Match Stats

Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamPlymouth

Possession: Home58%; Away42%

Shots: Home22; Away8

Shots on Target: Home12; Away6

Corners: Home4; Away2

Fouls: Home12; Away12

Live Text

Post update
Match ends, Fleetwood Town 3, Plymouth Argyle 3.
90'+6'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 3, Plymouth Argyle 3.

90'+5'
Post update
Foul by Shayden Morris (Fleetwood Town).
90'+5'
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Conor Grant (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+5'
Post update
Foul by Shayden Morris (Fleetwood Town).
90'+5'
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Conor Grant (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5'
Post update
Foul by Aristote Nsiala (Fleetwood Town).
90'+5'
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Joe Edwards (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'
Goal!
Goal! Fleetwood Town 3, Plymouth Argyle 3. Anthony Pilkington (Fleetwood Town) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Johnson following a corner.
90'+2'
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Attempt missed. Callum Johnson (Fleetwood Town) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Zak Jules following a corner.
90'+2'
Post update
Attempt missed. Zak Jules (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Danny Andrew with a cross following a corner.
90'+1'
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Conor Grant.
90'
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Attempt saved. Anthony Pilkington (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
90'
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Attempt blocked. Shayden Morris (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ellis Harrison.
89'
Goal!
Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Plymouth Argyle 3. Ellis Harrison (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington with a cross.
87'
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Callum Johnson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87'
Post update
Foul by Niall Ennis (Plymouth Argyle).
87'
Post update
Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paddy Lane.
83'
Substitution
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Alfie Lewis replaces Panutche Camará.
82'
Post update
Attempt missed. Niall Ennis (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Garrick.

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wigan	24	17	3	4	47	24	23	54
2	Sunderland	28	16	6	6	53	33	20	54

3	Rotherham	26	16	5	5	46	18	28	53
4	Wycombe	28	15	7	6	46	33	13	52
5	MK Dons	28	14	7	7	47	32	15	49
6	Oxford Utd	27	13	7	7	43	31	12	46

7	Plymouth	27	12	8	7	44	34	10	44
8	Ipswich	28	11	8	9	47	37	10	41
9	Sheff Wed	26	10	10	6	36	32	4	40
10	Portsmouth	26	10	8	8	29	25	4	38
11	Burton	27	10	6	11	33	33	0	36
12	Cambridge	27	9	9	9	37	39	-2	36
13	Accrington	27	10	6	11	33	43	-10	36
14	Charlton	27	9	6	12	34	32	2	33
15	Bolton	26	9	5	12	33	37	-4	32
16	Lincoln City	26	8	7	11	31	34	-3	31
17	Shrewsbury	28	8	7	13	26	30	-4	31
18	Cheltenham	27	7	10	10	32	46	-14	31
19	Fleetwood	27	7	8	12	41	48	-7	29
20	Wimbledon	26	6	10	10	31	39	-8	28

21	Morecambe	27	7	6	14	38	53	-15	27
22	Crewe	27	5	7	15	24	45	-21	22
23	Gillingham	27	3	10	14	21	44	-23	19
24	Doncaster	27	5	4	18	19	49	-30	19

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Comment posted by beatles63, at 06:20 26 Jan 2022
The Pilgrims blew it. Unforgivable.
Comment posted by 3robert3, at 23:46 25 Jan 2022
Sounds like a thriller
Comment posted by lancyblue, at 23:22 25 Jan 2022
How the hell did that happen? :-(
Comment posted by Another fine mess, at 23:48 25 Jan 2022
Come on you Ps
Comment posted by Theres always this season, at 23:22 25 Jan 2022
Equaliser looked like a foul on Cooper to me
Reply posted by Solent Grecian, at 00:21 26 Jan 2022
Solent Grecian replied:
A long journey home!
Geddon City!

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