Burton Albion have certainly experienced a tough start to the League One campaign, and manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink departed in September with the club sat at the foot of the division having picked up just a single point from their opening seven matches.
Dino Maamria then stepped up to lead the Brewers, and they enjoyed an initial improvement, collecting 11 points from his first eight league games at the helm, including three victories, to move within touching distance of climbing out of the bottom four.
Since their latest triumph over Cheltenham Town in October, the Brewers have been unable to add another notch to their wins column in the league in three attempts,
though, firstly suffering defeats at the hands of Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday before bouncing back with a 2-0 beating of Needham Market in the FA Cup first round.
Maamria’s side then returned to league action with a home contest against Charlton Athletic last weekend, and in an eventful clash, they came back from two goals down to lead 3-2 through
Adedeji Oshilaja, Tom Hamer and Victor Adeboyejo, only for Jesurun Rak-Sakyito draw their visitors back level in the 75th minute and force a share of the points.
While the Brewers cannot be too disheartened by that performance and result, they do still sit 23rd with just 13 points on the board, and they will be desperate to return to winning ways at the weekend but face a particularly tough test.
In their first full season under the management of Steven Schumacher, Plymouth Argyle have enjoyed an eye-catching start to the campaign, establishing themselves at the top of the division having already put 13 wins and 42 points on the board in 18 outings.
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That has largely been down to their formidable record going forward, with no other side in League One matching their tally of 37 goals scored in that time, and they boasted a particularly healthy lead with 11 victories from the opening 14 third-tier matches.
Schumacher’s side then had to settle for a 2-2 draw away at Bristol Rovers but quickly bounced back, firstly beating Shrewsbury Town 2-1 thanks to a Niall Ennis goal and Morganq Whittaker’s
83rd-minute winner, before making it back-to-back triumphs with a 4-2 beating of Exeter City as Whittaker was again on the scoresheet with Ryan Hardie netting a brace and Bali Mumba also finding the net.
