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After a rocky midweek start at Middlesbrough, last Saturday Tony Mowbray marked his return to the Hawthorns in the rip-roaring style that all expected, as the recently-toothless Baggies hit five past a league opponent for the first time since August 2022. And with two early kick-offs back-to-back, tomorrow Mowbray will be piloting our ship into the Hamoaze on the morning tide for a timely visit to the happy hunting ground of Home Park.

Rock bottom Plymouth, winless since early November - already the longest run in their entire history - have conceded an eye-watering 62 goals this season, the worst in the division, and through the winter it's hit a miserable peak of 2.5 goals per game. Albion, meanwhile, remain unbeaten by Argyle since that memorable oops-a-daisy under Ossie Ardiles in April 1993. One doesn't like to tempt fate or get carried away with the old Arbroath vs Bon Accord predictions, because the Pilgrims are already showing a little bit of fight under Miron Muslic, and if there's one thing you can always bank on it's that Albion are Albion; but one way or another, a goalless draw's looking about as likely as... well, a deadline-day Baggies signing.

Plagued by a dearth of options at the back with injuries to Brendan Galloway, Joe Edwards and Kornel Szucs, Plymouth have loaned left-back Tymoteusz Puchacz on the off-chance that they can avoid relegation with Scrabble points. Albion, meanwhile, will likely soldier on with the Old Reliables who put Pompey to the sword, albeit boosted by the return of Jayson Molumby and with Kyle Bartley making the squad too. While we may not deliver the kind of scoreline that'll make the Plymouth faithful give up and set sail for America, we should absolutely be looking to dodge the banana skin and secure another three points towards the playoff charge here.