Pilgrims bag all three points in a game of two halves

Marvin Morgan and Reuben Reid led the charge as Plmouth Argyle beat Rochdale 1 - 0 at Home Park.

Reid netted a penalty on the stroke of half time and the Pilgrims went to the dressing room with a scoreline they desrved.

However, it was a different story in the second half. And the five minutes of injury time only piled on the pressure.

Rochdale, managed by former Pilgrim Keith Hill, were without suspended midfield enforcer Peter Kavnagah and injured ex-home Park striker Georgie Donnelly.

Argyle's only change from the victory last weekend at Cheltenham saw Max Blanchard return to the bench.

Argyle: 23 Luke McCormick; 17 Curtis Nelson, 5 Guy Branston, 16 Neal Trotman, 2 Durrell Berry, 7 Lewis Alessandra , 6 Conor Hourihane (capt), 11 Dominic Blizzard (14 Luke Young 86), 8 Romuald Boco (3 Andre Blackman 82); 9 Reuben Reid (27 Andres Gurrieri 73), 10 Marvin Morgan. Substitutes (not used): 4 Max Blanchard, 18 Tyler Harvey, 22 Jamie Richards.

Booked: Berry 12, Branston 62.

Rochdale: 1 Josh Lillis; 15 Javan Vidal, 6 Olly Lancashire (capt), 22 Jack O'Connell, 25 Michael Rose; 7 Peter Vincenti, 12 Matt Lund, 8 Andrew Tutte (14 Bastien Hery 69), 40 Ian Henderson; 16 Matt Done (39 Joe Bunney 54), 11 Scott Hogan. Substitutes (not used): 2 Joe Rafferty, 3 Rhys Bennett, 5 Ashley Eastham, 10 Reece Gray, 21 Robbie Thomson (gk).

Booked: Lund 33, O’Connell 38, Done 53.

Referee: Brendan Malone.

Attendance: 6,978 (148 away).