AFTER Coventry last faced Plymouth at Home Park back in October in a fixture they lost 1-0, few anticipated the change the result would herald in each team's fortunes.
Beforehand, Plymouth had looked more like relegation material rather than play-off hopefuls, while the opposite was true of the Sky Blues.
How things have changed.
As the threshold for Championship safety is around 51 points, City will feel they require another two victories at least to rescue a potentially disastrous season and, with just one defeat in five outings, they could go a long way to confirming their Championship status at the Ricoh Stadium tomorrow.
However, having secured a play-off berth, Plymouth will do everything possible to retain it.
Home advantage ensures the Sky Blues will kick off as Canbet's 7/5 favourites whereas sixth-paced Plymouth are offered at 2/1 by Betdaq; bet365 post 23/10 against the draw.
Given what's at stake, bookies report a tendency for punters to support narrow margins of victory, with Blue Square's 10/3 for Coventry to enjoy success by a single goal and VCBet's 7/1, posted against a 1-0 City win, both proving popular.
However, few have discounted the draw and Betdirect's 11/10 for the opening period to finish level has attracted steady support.
Elsewhere, Coral offer 4/1 in favour of both halves ending in stalemate, while Betfred's 11/2 price marked against a 1-1 outcome has proved popular with punters.
In other markets, Coventry are 7/20 to win with Sportingbet when kicking off with a one-goal advantage and an attractive 9/2 with Betdaq to secure three valuable points following a level first period.