Just 72 hours after facing Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup fifth round, Plymouth Argyle resume their battle for Championship survival against Hull City at the MKM Stadium.
Despite taking the lead through Maksym Talovierov, a brace from Nico O'Reilly and a late Kevin De Bruyne effort ensured that Pep Guardiola's side progress.
During the course of their cup run, the Pilgrims faced three Premier League sides and took the lead against all three of them and managed to beat two of them (Brentford & Liverpool both 1-0).
However, while they have obtained notable scalps in the cup, it hasn't proven to be a distraction from the bread and butter of the league. Shortly after seeing off Liverpool, the Pilgrims then went and beat Millwall 5-1 at Home Park.
Argyle are 23rd in the Championship table and currently trail 21st placed Hull by three points - the Pilgrims have 30 whilst the Tigers are on 33 - so a win would not only move them level on points, it was also drag Stoke City and Cardiff City, 19th and 20th respectively and both on 36, into the mix.
After that Argyle have another 11 fixtures which will ultimately decide their fate.
