Our prediction for this League 1 match:
Tuesday’s football game at Home Park pits together Plymouth and Derby County, the two promotion-chasing sides. The Pilgrims are eager to stay in automatic promotion berth, and they must be high on spirits following a 2-0 win over Charlton Athletic. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Ryan Hardie, who scored his 12th goal of the season against Charlton, while both Adam Randell and Tyreik Wright are sidelined with injuries. Dan Scarr is a major doubt.
The Rams, on the other hand, dropped a two-goal advantage in a 2-2 draw with Shrewsbury at the weekend. Derby County are eager to stay in the playoffs berth, and seeing that key attacker David McGoldrick looks unstoppable at the moment, we are tempted to put our money on both teams to score. As for the away side, centre-back Eiran Cashin is a major doubt, while both James Chester and Max Bird have overcome their respective injuries.
Highlighted Player (David McGoldrick):
David McGoldrick is an Irish international who was born in Nottingham, England on 29 November, 1987. McGoldrick was eligible to play for both England and Republic of Ireland and he decided to play for the Irish national team. The striker made his Ireland debut on 18 November, 2014, in a 4-1 win over USA and it has to be noted that he provided assists for Robbie Brady and Anthony Pilkington.
McGoldrick began his senior career at Nots County and he played for the likes of Northampton, Bournemouth, Port Vale, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City in the past as well. The Irish attacker he joined Ipswich Town on loan until the end of the 2012/2013 campaign and he signed a permanent deal with the club in July 2013.
David McGoldrick scored 14 goals in 31 appearances for the Tractor Boys in the 2013/2014 Championship campaign and that is considered his most successful season. You should have in mind that his Ipswich teammates Daryl Murphy and Stephen Hunt backed David for his first-ever Ireland call-up.
Highlighted Team (Plymouth):
Nicknamed the Pilgrims, Plymouth are a professional football club that host their rivals at Home Park. The stadium, which can hold up to 18,600 people, was built in 1892 and opened the following year. Plymouth footballers wear dark green jerseys and white shorts when playing in front of home fans, while light green and white are the dominant colours of their away kit.
The Pilgrims made it to the FA Cup semi-finals in the 1983-84 season, with the team advancing to the Football League Cup semis on two occasions (1964-65, 1973-74). The Pilgrims recorded their biggest win against Millwall on January 16, 1932, with the team beating the Lions 8-1, and they repeated the success in 1994 as they rolled over Hartlepool United in the Second Division.
The club suffered their heaviest defeat against Stoke City (0-9) on December 17, 1960. Fellow Devon teams Exeter City and Torquay United are seen as the club’s fiercest rivals.