Plymouth Argyle host Hull at Home Park in a huge final-day showdown with implications at both ends of Championship table.
Victory would see Plymouth stay up but a draw or defeat would be enough as long as Birmingham don’t win elsewhere or Huddersfield win by a 15-goal swing if Argyle lose.
Hull meanwhile must win and hope that Norwich or West Brom lose in their matches by a large margin, otherwise Liam Rosenior’s Tigers won’t finish in the top six and qualify for the play-offs.
Team News
Plymouth have no fresh injury concerns following their 1-0 loss at Millwall, with Ryan Hardie looking to start after he was utilised as a substitute at The Den.
Saxon Earley (ankle) and Mickel Miller (knee) remain ruled out.
Hull have no fresh injury concerns to report after their 3-3 draw at home to Ipswich, with only Anass Zaroury (groin) ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Plymouth host Hull at Home Park on Saturday 4 May at 12:30pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Plymouth have avoided defeat in four of their last seven league meetings against Hull (W3, D1, L3).
- Hull have won three of their last six league trips to Plymouth (W3, D1, L2).
- Plymouth have conceded four goals without reply in their last two home games against Hull (L2).
- Plymouth have won one of their last eight home matches (W1, D2, L5).
- Noah Ohio has scored in each of Hull’s last two matches (W1, D1).
Prediction
Having looked capable of avoiding the final-day drama just a few weeks ago, Plymouth will be glad to have home advantage here because they need to turn up and deliver one massive effort, whilst delivering one of their best defensive efforts yet if want to stay up.
Hull though won’t just roll over because despite not having a goal difference to match Norwich and West Brom, Rosenior’s Tigers have to win and hope that one of the latter clubs slip up – ideally West Brom – but they can’t afford to be as sloppy as they were against Ipswich.
In fact if they can show the same attacking spirit as they mustered last weekend but cut out the defensive silliness, I can see Hull getting the win even if it ends up being in vain whilst Plymouth will need luck to be on their side.
Prediction: Plymouth 1-2 Hull
Result: Plymouth 1-0 Hull