Week 19 features a match on Fri Nov 18th, where Derby County will travel to Portsmouth to battle Portsmouth in a meeting of these two League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Portsmouth recorded a 1-1 draw against Morecambe. Liam Shaw struck first for Morecambe in the 36th minute on a feed from Major, but Colby Bishop got the equalizer for Portsmouth in the 67th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Portsmouth. Portsmouth is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while derby County sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Milton Keynes Dons. Louie Barry struck first for Milton Keynes Dons in the 41st minute, then Hayden Roberts got the equalizer for Derby County in the 43rd minute on a feed from Conor Hourihane Finally they completed the comback victory in the 53rd minute on a goal by James Collins to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Derby County should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
David McGoldrick has been the most prolific scorer on Derby County in the last 5 matches with three goals. Portsmouth’s most prolific scorer has been Colby Bishop. The English attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.