Doyle tried his luck from 20 yards on 27 minutes but rifled his ambitious effort well wide.

Hadley caused Plymouth more problems a minute later when he bustled his way past Taylor who had to resort to dragging the forward down close to the penalty box.

But Stamps blazed the free-kick well off target.

The visitors mounted a dangerous attack on 35 minutes but Jabery wasted it by firing over from the edge of the area.

Evers went into the referee's notebook on 37 minutes for a crunching high challenge on the unfortunate Stamps.

Plymouth's Friio tested Clarke on 39 minutes, shooting straight at the keeper from 25 yards.

Skovbjerg drove home his first goal in the Football League on 43 minutes with a fine finish from just inside the penalty area after Hadley had dummied Ducros' pass across the goal.