Sheffield Wednesday (A) | Foster's Preview

For the second time in four days, Argyle are preparing to meet a side against whom they locked horns in the race for promotion from Sky Bet League One last season.

Sheffield Wednesday came third in the table, behind Argyle and Ipswich Town, and were promoted via an astonishing play-off campaign.

Manager Darren Moore left in the summer, and replacement Xisco Munoz failed to win a game in his short time in charge. Danny Rohl, the current incumbent, took over in October, shortly before the Owls travelled to Home Park.

Argyle won that game 3-0, but Wednesday won next time out to win their first game of the season. Heading into Tuesday night’s encounter at Hillsborough, Rohl’s side are 23rd in the table, but have won four of their last five games as they try to claw themselves out of the drop zone.

Their partial recovery has coincided with the acquisition of Ike Ugbo, on loan from Troyes, in January. The forward has scored six goals in eight games, including the winner at Rotherham United last weekend.

“I think, if you look at the manager; since he came in, the team would be 11th in the division,” said Argyle Head Coach Ian Foster.

“They have won four of the last five, so we're not going to Sheffield Wednesday thinking: ‘oh, we can take a breather now, because we're not playing a team who are in the play-offs’.  We certainly won't have that mentality. We know how difficult the game will be.

“Every game in this division is difficult. Who'd have guessed that teams in the bottom six would have gone and got some of the results they did? That's just the nature of the league. It's really, really competitive.

“[Wednesday have] got good players, particularly in central areas. [They are] a slightly different team this year from the team that won promotion through the play-offs.

“They are technically excellent. If you allow them time and space, they've got the ability to punish you. They've got a striker bang in form. It's important that we are aware of his strengths and but aware of the strengths of the players who supply him as well. Sometimes you’ve got to stop danger at its source.

“We know the challenge but, like with every game, we think that if we can perform to our highest level, we're capable of getting points.

“We do our due diligence. We know what we're capable of.  We believe we can go up there and cause Sheffield Wednesday problems. Let's hope we can do that.

“I trust the players.  I know how hard they work. They maximize their efforts in every game that they go into.  Sometimes that's enough to get points and sometimes it isn't. Hopefully we do enough to come away from Hillsborough with points on the road.”