Plymouth Argyle v Palace

Home Park, Tuesday 7.45pm

The Football League

Team news

Crystal Palace's loan signing Claude Davis is poised to make his debut after joining from Derby County. He is set to partner Jose Fonte at the heart if the Eagles defender with Paddy McCarthy out with a shoulder injury.

Midfielder Neil Danns hopes to recover from an ankle injury to play, while Nick Carle is suspended after picking up five yellow cards. Wales midfielder Carl Fletcher is on standby to step in.

Plymouth defender Mat Doumbe is back after suspension. Karl Duguid, Chris Barker, Chris Clark, Gary Sawyer and Rory Fallon are all battling for a starting role.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"We haven’t played well the last four games so we want to turn it around and put some performances in. It will test the squad and we still need one or two bodies."

Paul Sturrock

"I want to do well and I know I can do well but at this juncture I am frustrated and annoyed and angry with myself and with others. This club cannot afford to be relegated.

"There will be many changes for Tuesday and I call upon the fans to turn up and whether we're bad, good or indifferent to back us right through the 90 minutes.

"The three points are vitally important. Never will Paul Sturrock walk away from a challenge and, my God, have I got a challenge.

"Neil Warnock and I have tussled many a time. I enjoy his company and he's a good lad. From three o'clock to five o'clock we are both different beasts. But before and after the game, I'm sure we will have a wee chinwag and a wee laugh together."

Plymouth Argyle - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
18th	32	9	8	15	35

Full league table

Plymouth Argyle - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
6	0	2	4	1	10

Full form table

Our away record v Plymouth Argyle

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
23	7	2	14	23	52

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
20/09/2008	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Plymouth Argyle
22/12/2007	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 1	Plymouth Argyle
02/10/2007	League	Plymouth Argyle	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
17/03/2007	League	Plymouth Argyle	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
28/10/2006	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Plymouth Argyle

All time results

One to watch

Paul Gallagher

Gallagher is currently on loan at Plymouth from Blackburn. He's also had stints on loan at Stoke and Preston.

Gallagher is a pretty similar player to Craig Beatie. He likes to drop deep to hold the ball up and bring others into play and he also pulls wide to try and create openings.

He has a couple of good feet on him with a touch of pace. His best position seems to be behind the front man where he can create or pop through a defence. He notched up a good 12 goals for Stoke last season.

Last meeting

Palace 1-2 Plymouth Argyle

Saturday September 20 2008

Palace: Speroni, Butterfield, Lawrence, Fonte, Hill, Ifill, Watson, Carle (McCarthy, 66), Derry, Djilali (Griffit, 72), Lee (Moses, 46)

Subs not used: Fletcher, Oster

Goals: McCarthy 85

Bookings: Fonte, Griffit

Plymouth Argyle: Larrieu, Doumbe, Seip, Cathcart, Barker (Timar, 88), Mackie (Folly, 78), Duguid, Gallagher (Easter, 83), Summerfield, Clark, Fallon

Subs not used: Marin, Mpenza

Goals: Gallagher 28, Gallagher 56

Bookings: Doumbe, Gallagher