Plymouth Argyle hit by sickness bug ahead of make or break Northampton Town fixture

Cleverley will have to make at least one change for the trip to Sixfields with goalkeeper Luca Ashby-Hammond coming into the team after Conor Hazard picked up a suspension for his red card in the 2-1 win against Port Vale.

But that might not be the only alteration as Plymouth look to sneak into the play-offs by beating Northampton on Saturday, with Cleverley revealing: "I’m slightly concerned with a sickness bug that’s going around the squad, which has affected a few players. We are hoping it doesn't go any further and into tomorrow, and Saturday obviously.

"We said last week we are as healthy as we have been, I have got 22, 23 senior players at the minute to train with. Three of them have been affected so that got us down to 20, it's still a good-sized group to train with. It's important we try and contain that now and get them as healthy as they can be for Saturday. They might travel by themselves tomorrow, all things we have seen before in football."

Cleverley is taking nothing for granted against a Cobblers team who have lost their last 11 games, adding: "I saw a hard-working team play against Barnsley on Tuesday. Their work ethic was fantastic and they have a couple of very bright prospects in their team, so it’s going to be a challenge.

"They’ve obviously not been on a great run and confidence is fairly low but they made Barnsley work hard for their 1-0 win in the week and we have to go there on Saturday with a fighting, gritty mentality to match them. We need to be hugely dedicated and intense and there will be no complacency.”