EFL CUP Plymouth Argyle 2 Coventry City 4
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2026 07:35
- Published on Tuesday, 25 August 2026 22:27
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
Second half substitute Ephron Mason-Clark scored City’s third goal within five minutes of his 62nd minute introduction for Jack Rudoni before Victor Torp wrapped up things up with a 78th minute penalty conversion following a foul by sub Joe Edwards on Brandon Thomas-Asante.
City showed their class by racing into a 2-0 lead within five minutes but Argyle fought back to level the scores by the 54th minute.
Taiwo Awoniyi fired City ahead on three minutes, picking his spot after a brilliant flick-on by Caleb Yirenkyi.
Yirenkyi’s sublime pass on the spin from skipper Liam Kitching’s through ball set striker Awoniyi on his way to goal and he had time to pick his spot to beat home keeper James Storer with a side foot finish.
Within two minutes City had increased their lead following a lightning break down the right.
Awoniyi set Rudoni racing on his way to goal and he made no mistake, again beating Storer with a clinical finish, this time from the edge of the box.
Jake Bidwell came close to making it 3-0 on the 18th minute, heading just past the post from Joel Latibeaudiere’s pinpoint cross to the far post, from the right.
Argyle responded in the 21st minute through Argyle debutant Danny Irow, who cut in from the left and beat Latibeaudiere, before sending a low shot past City keeper Daniel Bentley into the far corner.
Midfielder Harvey White had sent Irow – who has just joined Plymouth on loan from Tottenham Hotspur - away down the left with a superb pass from his own half after spotting the winger out wide.
Unmarked Awoniyi could have doubled his tally on 27 minutes but headed wide from six yards and Latibeaudiere’s deep cross in from the touchline.
Striker Will Evans’ effort flew off the foot of Bentley and on to the post in the 31st minute after the keeper had failed to hold White’s long-range effort.
Argyle restored parity on 54 minutes when half time sub Xavier Amaechi won the ball from City defender Kitching and raced into the box before beating Bentley with a thumping low drive into the corner.
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto volleyed just over from sub Mason-Clark’s cross in the 65th minute.
Mason-Clark restored City’s lead in the 67th minute from close range turning in Torp’s thumping cross from the left.
Thomas-Asante could have increased City’s lead in stoppage time but hammered his volley over from the edge of the six yard box.
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