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Venue: Ricoh Arena
When: Saturday, March 12
Kick Off: 3pm
Competition: Championship
COVENTRY City go into Saturday's clash against Plymouth Argyle looking for their first run of four consecutive victories since their first season in the Coca-Cola Championship nearly nine years ago.
Chris Coleman's Sky Blues head into the game on the back of three straight wins which has lifted them to within three points of the play-off places, the most recent coming in the shape of a 1-0 victory over bottom side Peterborough United at London Road last Saturday.
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OVERVIEW
PLYMOUTH Argyle are currently firmly stuck in the middle of a relegation battle, sitting second from bottom in the league table and seven points adrift from safety.
Paul Mariner's side's 2-0 defeat away to Queens Park Rangers in midweek was also their fifth loss on the road in their last six games.
HEAD TO HEAD
PLYMOUTH actually have the edge over the Sky Blues over all-time clashes between the two sides winning 20 of the 46 ties between the two clubs since 1926.
It is currently advantage Sky Blues though who narrowed the gap after beating the Pilgrims 1-0 at Home Park earlier this season.
Last five fixtures
Plymouth Argyle 0 Coventry City 1, Coca-Cola Championship, 19/12/2009
Plymouth Argyle 4 Coventry City 0, Coca-Cola Championship, 11/04/2009
Coventry City 0 Plymouth Argyle 1, Coca-Cola Championship, 15/11/2008
Coventry City 3 Plymouth Argyle 1, Coca-Cola Championship, 29/03/2008
Plymouth Argyle 1 Coventry City 0, Coca-Cola Championship, 20/10/2007
CONNECTIONS
COVENTRY City defender Elliott Ward used to ply his trade at Home Park while on loan from then-parent club West Ham United.
Former Sky Blues defender David McNamee is currently turning out for the Green Army after swapping the Ricoh Arena for Home Park in the summer of 2008.
LAST GAME
QPR 2 Plymouth Argyle 0
RANGERS midfielder Adel Taraabt inspired Neil Warnock's side to victory over struggling Plymouth after netting the game's opener from the penalty spot before supplying the free-kick that allowed Damion Stewart to net a second.
The 20-year-old went close in the first half, hitting the side netting, before converting from the spot ten minutes before the break after Kari Arnason pulled down Tamas Priskin in the Argyle area.
Taraabt then whipped in a free-kick delivery for Stewart to head home a second from close range four minutes into the second half.
INJURIES AND BANS
Coventry City will be without Ben Turner who has been ruled out for the rest of the season alongside long-term absentee Isaac Osbourne.
Defender Leon Barnett is also unavailable while serving the final game of a two-game ban.
Centre-half Richard Wood, however, is back in contention after recovering from a hip injury as is wideman David Bell who has resumed full training following a knee injury.
Young Plymouth Argyle winger Yannick Bolasie could be line for starting spot after featuring regularly for Mariner in the Pilgrims' recent fixtures.
Regular left sided midfielder Chris Clark will be subject to a late fitness test after limping out of Plymouth's 1-1 draw with Preston and not featuring in their midweek defeat to QPR.
Defender Reda Johnson is expected to sit out a third consecutive game with a groin injury and midfielder Craig Noone is also a doubt.
DANGER MAN
Jamie Mackie
AS a former midfielder Mackie has the engine to run all afternoon so if you couple that with a stat of having the highest shots ratio in the league you have someone who will need to be marshalled very carefully.
With eight goals to his name so far this season he also tops the club scoring charts.
A player with plenty of tricks in his locker, Mackie has been ever present for Plymouth this season with his goals helping keep them off the bottom of the Championship table.
A player capable of rising to the occasion, his skill enables him to conjur something out of nothing, something the Sky Blues should be aware of when he is in possession.
BETTING
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