Sam Cosgrove scored a hat-trick as Plymouth came from 3-0 down to beat AFC Wimbledon on penalties and reach the last eight of the Papa Johns Trophy.
Kyle Hudlin tapped in from close range and crashed in a second soon after to give the Dons a 2-0 lead before Ayoub Assal fired home the third.
Cosgrove began the comeback when he tapped in and then nodded in his second before driving home to a level tie.
Bali Mumba hit the vital spot-kick as Plymouth won 4-3 on penalties.
Ryan Hardie missed with Argyle’s first penalty, but the shootout swung in their favour when Callum Burton saved from Assal and David Fisher then drove over.
Plymouth will travel to Bristol Rovers in the quarter-finals in the new year, with the date of the tie still to be decided.
Line-ups
Plymouth
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 25Burton
- 43HallsBooked at 78mins
- 6ScarrSubstituted forLonwijkat 45′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 37PursallSubstituted forWhittakerat 45′minutes
- 36CraskeSubstituted forMumbaat 64′minutes
- 4Houghton
- 7ButcherSubstituted forIssakaat 87′minutes
- 42Endacott
- 49RobertsSubstituted forRandallat 45′minutes
- 16CosgroveBooked at 86mins
- 9Hardie
Substitutes
- 1Cooper
- 17Mumba
- 19Whittaker
- 20Randall
- 21Lonwijk
- 44Jenkins-Davis
- 48Issaka
Wimbledon
Formation 4-4-2
- 13broome
- 2Gunter
- 30Kalambayi
- 12Towler
- 26Currie
- 25SeniorSubstituted forChislettat 73′minutes
- 4woodyardBooked at 87mins
- 24BendleSubstituted forMarshat 78′minutes
- 10Ask
- 9DavisonSubstituted forFisherat 73′minutes
- 18Hudlin
Substitutes
- 1Tzanev
- 6Marsh
- 11Chislett
- 29Fisher
- 33Ogundere
- 37Osew
- Referee:
- Samuel Barrott
- Attendance:
- 1,747