Bristol Rovers vs Plymouth Argyle: 3–4

Plymouth Argyle beat Bristol Rovers 4–3 in the English EFL Trophy on Tuesday, 13 January 2026 at Memorial Stadium, Bristol, England.

Competition: English EFL Trophy (2025-26 EFL Trophy, Round of 16)
Kick-off time: Tue, 13 Jan 2026, 19:00 UTC
Status: Full Time
Venue: Memorial Stadium, Bristol, England
Attendance: 2,548
Teams: Bristol Rovers (home), Plymouth Argyle (away)

Goals

2' — Caleb Watts (Plymouth Argyle)
21' — Shaqai Forde (Bristol Rovers)
39' — Fabrizio Cavegn (Bristol Rovers)
46' — Brendan Galloway (Plymouth Argyle)
49' — Lorent Tolaj (Plymouth Argyle)
61' — Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers)
90'+4' — Aribim Pepple (Plymouth Argyle)

Starting line-ups

Bristol Rovers (4-3-3): Luke Southwood (G), Alfie Kilgour (CD-L), Taylor Moore (CD-R), Jack Sparkes (LB), Joel Senior (RB), Tom Lockyer (CM), Isaac Hutchinson (LM), Kamil Conteh (RM), Fabrizio Cavegn (F), Luke Thomas (LF), Shaqai Forde (RF).

Plymouth Argyle (4-4-2): Luca Ashby-Hammond (G), Alex Mitchell (CD-L), Mathias Ross (CD-R), Matthew Sorinola (LB), Joe Edwards (RB), Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (CM-L), Malachi Boateng (CM-R), Ronan Curtis (LM), Xavier Amaechi (RM), Caleb Watts (CF-L), Lorent Tolaj (CF-R).

Recent form

Bristol Rovers: lost 3–0 vs Swindon Town (13 Dec); drew 1–1 away to Crewe Alexandra (19 Dec); lost 3–2 vs Bromley (26 Dec); lost 2–0 vs Barnet (29 Dec); won 3–0 away to Shrewsbury Town (1 Jan).

Plymouth Argyle: won 5–1 away to Doncaster Rovers (20 Dec); lost 4–1 vs Reading (26 Dec); drew 1–1 vs Wycombe Wanderers (29 Dec); drew 1–1 away to Stevenage (1 Jan); won 3–0 vs Burton Albion (4 Jan).