diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py
index 5ac0292fad..ddfc6f1486 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 
 class PlaysTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?plays\.tv/video/(?P<id>[0-9a-f]{18})'
-    _TEST = {
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?plays\.tv/(?:video|embeds)/(?P<id>[0-9a-f]{18})'
+    _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://plays.tv/video/56af17f56c95335490/when-you-outplay-the-azir-wall',
         'md5': 'dfeac1198506652b5257a62762cec7bc',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ class PlaysTVIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': 'Bjergsen - When you outplay the Azir wall',
             'description': 'Posted by Bjergsen',
         }
-    }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://plays.tv/embeds/56af17f56c95335490',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(
+            'https://plays.tv/video/%s' % video_id, video_id)
+
+        info = self._search_json_ld(webpage, video_id,)
 
-        content = self._search_json_ld(webpage, video_id)
-        title = content['title']
         mpd_url, sources = re.search(
             r'(?s)<video[^>]+data-mpd="([^"]+)"[^>]*>(.+?)</video>',
             webpage).groups()
@@ -39,10 +43,11 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             })
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
-        return {
+        info.update({
             'id': video_id,
-            'title': title,
             'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
-            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'thumbnail': info.get('thumbnail') or self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
             'formats': formats,
-        }
+        })
+
+        return info