Plymouth vs Norwich predictions: Pilgrims can snatch crucial win
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- Plymouth are bottom of the Championship
- Norwich are five points off the play-off positions
- Recommended bet: Plymouth to win
Plymouth will be hoping for a Championship survival boost when they welcome play-off chasing Norwich to Home Park on Saturday afternoon.
The rock-bottom Pilgrims find themselves six points from safety and that gap could widen by the time they host the Canaries, if 22nd-placed Derby beat Preston at Pride Park on Wednesday.
Norwich are still in the hunt for a play-off position, as they sit five points adrift of the top six, but any slip-ups from now until the end of the campaign will likely extinguish their promotion hopes.
Team news
Plymouth have a relatively clean bill of health for this contest, with Brendan Galloway, Joseph Hatch and Maksym Talovierov the only players sidelined through injury.
Norwich have doubts over the fitness of Liam Gibbs, Gabriel Forsyth, Lucien Mahovo, Tony Springett, Lewis Dobbin and Benjamin Chrisene.
The stats
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Plymouth drew 0-0 at Watford last time out, which was just the ninth point the Pilgrims have collected away from home this season.
Of Argyle's 34 total points, 25 have come at Home Park, a venue where they were on a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions before back-to-back defeats Sheffield Wednesday and Derby.
Norwich have won just four of their 19 away matches in the league, collecting 18 points in total.
The Canaries have managed to score just 16 times on the road, only Plymouth (8), Oxford (13), Stoke (14), Swansea (15) and Luton (15) have netted fewer.
Norwich won the reverse fixture 6-1 in November, with Borja Sainz bagging a hat-trick.
Prediction
Time is running out for both of these sides to achieve their goals, with Plymouth bidding to retain their second-tier status and Norwich hoping to be upgraded to the Premier League.
The Canaries boosted their hopes last time out with a 1-0 win over West Brom at Carrow Road, snapping a four-game streak without a win, but they now head out on their travels and they have won just one of their last six away from home.
Plymouth are fighting hard to avoid dropping down to League One and they have shown spirit in recent weeks, beating Portsmouth 2-1 and drawing with Watford either side of a 3-2 loss to the Rams.
Miron Muslic insists his side still believe they can stay up and there have been enough positives from the last three outings to suggest they can get the better of an inconsistent Norwich outfit.
This may not be a pretty game to watch, as the pair desperately battle it out for three points, but home advantage could prove crucial in this contest and the Pilgrims are taken to get the win.
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