However, Japanese striker Tao Chen pulled one goal back on the half hour mark and the same player grabbed his second to equalise for the visitors just one minute into the second half.
Just over 4000 fans turned out for Wotton who has been at Home Park for the past ten years and has clocked up more than 350 appearances during his time with Argyle.
Argyle: Romain Larrieu (Luke McCormick); Anthony Barness (Paul Connolly), Mathias Kouo-Doumbe (Scott Laird), Hasney Aljofree (Nuno Mendes), Rufus Brevett (Gael Suares); Bjarni Gudjonsson (Matt Derbyshire), Paul Wotton (Luke Summerfield), David Norris (Keith Lasley), Bojan Djordjic (Marcus Martin); Michael Evans (Nick Chadwick), Scott Taylor (Tommy Tynan). Subs not used: Mick Heathcote, Clay Bond, Chris Zebroski.
Anderlecht: Daniel Zitka; Laurent Delorge (Vadis Odjidja), Cheik Tiote, Lamine Traore, Goran Lovre; Fabrice Ehret, Par Zitterberg (Sebastien Siani), Walter Baseggio (Cor Gillis), Marius Mitu (Lamine Sarr); Gregory Pujol, Tao Chen (Roland Lamah). Sub not used: Jan van Steenberghe.