Overview
- Aribim Pepple struck in the fourth minute of added time from a Ronan Curtis cross to seal Plymouth’s 4-3 win at the Memorial Stadium and a place in the quarter-finals.
- Caleb Watts opened the scoring after two minutes before Rovers turned the match through Shaq Forde and Fabrizio Cavegn to lead at half-time.
- Brendan Galloway and Lorent Tolaj swung the tie back Plymouth’s way early in the second half, and Luke Thomas later made it 3-3 for the hosts.
- Plymouth head coach Tom Cleverley was sent off at the end of the first half after protesting a foul given against Lorent Tolaj.
- Off the field, Bristol Rovers named Ritchie Bates as their new CEO, and a loan move for Bryant Bilongo to Rochdale was reported by Pete O’Rourke.