Our prediction for this Championship match:
Home Park will host Saturday’s football game between Plymouth and Stoke City, the two bottom-table sides. The Pilgrims aim to recover from a 1-0 loss to Coventry and their fine home record (5-1-3) is surely fuelling fans with optimism ahead of the visit of Stoke. Both Ryan Hardie and Saxon Earley continue to miss out with injuries for the home team.
Meanwhile, the Potters experienced all sorts of problems at the back in back-to-back losses to Blackburn Rovers (0-3) and Queens Park Rangers (2-4) and seeing that Plymouth have been scoring goals for fun at home this term, home win should be considered. Enda Stevens is banned for the match, while all Ben Wilmot, Lewis Baker, and Emre Tezgel are out of contention with injuries. You should bear in mind that both teams managed to find the net in each of their last four meetings in the English second tier.
Highlighted Player (Jack Bonham):
Jack Bonham is a professional footballer who was born in Stevenage on the 14th of September, 1993. The 26-year-old, although having born in England, is an Irish International and has featured for the Republic of Ireland's Under-17 team five times.
At the club level, he began his youth career with Watford and signed his first professional contract in September 2010 at the age of 17. Bonham's first-ever professional appearance came on the 4th of May, 2013 as a substitute against Leeds United in the final game of the 12/13 Championship season.
This appearance marked the 1.92 m standing goalkeeper's only appearance in a Watford shirt. Bonham then went on to play for clubs like Brentford, Carlisle United and Bristol Rovers before eventually joining Gillingham at the start of the 2019 season on a two-year contract. He's since featured nine times for the club and kept two clean sheets.
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.