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EFL preview: A defining week in the Championship survival scrap

Portsmouth’s excellent 1-0 victory over leaders Leeds United on Sunday, to make it four wins from five, might just have put them on the brink of excluding themselves from the relegation battle conversation.

They are now 10 points clear of the bottom three in 17th, and the objective of staying safe in their first season back in the Championship for 12 years is so nearly complete.

As for their visitors, Plymouth Argyle, the picture is looking somewhat bleaker with every passing week.

Two league wins in a row over West Bromwich Albion and Millwall had put Miron Muslic’s side within one point of safety, but a run of five games without victory since then has seen them slip back to the foot of the table and six points adrift of safety.

The Pilgrims have not won away from home all season (D5 L13) and a trip to Fratton Park – where Portsmouth have lost once in their past 12 (W9 D2 L1) – does not look the most inviting.

It is getting into do-or-die territory for Plymouth if they are to avoid a return to League One two years after winning promotion.


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