Plymouth Argyle face a crucial Championship clash with releg

Plymouth Argyle face a crucial Championship clash with relegation rivals Luton Town on Wednesday night, but they will likely have to go without in-form striker Ryan Hardie.

Wednesday night's action at Kenilworth Road pits the bottom of the table Hatters up against second-bottom Argyle, and the hosts would leapfrog their opponents with a victory.

Meanwhile, victory for Miron Muslic's men would see them climb out of the Championship relegation zone at the expense of Hull City, who drew 1-1 with Norwich City on Saturday.

Argyle suffered a 2-0 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on the weekend, but the most worrying sight for the Plymouth faithful came just 19 minutes into that clash, when Hardie was removed from the action due to injury.

It appears that Hardie will not be making it back for the relegation six-pointer clash with Luton on Wednesday, in what is set to be a major blow for the Pilgrims.

Argyle manager Muslic told the press at Monday lunchtime: "He (Hardie) was not able today to walk, so the time is absolutely against us for Wednesday, but we will also not try to over pace his recovery and to push, because I think Ryan is just in very good form and we will need him.

"There are still a lot of games to play, but we are running a little bit out of time for Wednesday.

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Ideal result for us would be 0-0.

Big 6 pointer this game and then another when we take on Plymouth ...

Ideal result for us would be 0-0.

4-4 thriller using maximum effort, a red card each and a few injuries would be ideal for me.

Ideal result for us would be 0-0.

4-4 thriller using maximum effort, a red card each and a few injuries would be ideal for me.

We got a 1-1 and just 2 yellow cards