Another top six test awaits Rovers tomorrow as they entertain second-placed West Brom – with Tony Mowbray knowing a win will be vital for both sides.

While Mowbray is putting talk of the play-offs on the back-burner, having fallen eight points off the pace before Tuesday’s win at Cardiff, he knows only a 100 per cent record from their remaining four matches will give them any hopes of breaking in to the top six.

The Baggies have a need for points of their own, looking to secure a return to the Premier League after a two-year absence, having missed out in the play-offs last term.

With the challenge of third-placed Brentford to hold off, as well as overhauling Leeds United at the top of the table, Mowbray knows victory will be in the forefront of opposite number Slaven Bilic’s mind.

And looking forward to testing his side against another of the promotion contenders, he said: “That’s the pressure right at the top, I’ve been at West Brom right at the very top trying to get over the line and win a league.

“Every game is huge pressure, massive potential pitfall, they will be smelling and feeling Brentford behind them.

“For us it’s a great game to test their credentials, ask them some questions, see whether our strikers hurt them. Can Armstrong penetrate them and exploit spaces as they try and win the game, can Samuel, who’s showing great desire to get in the box with his speed?

“It’s a good game, but I’m mindful of their quality and their clever footballers, and if you push on too much they can pick you off with your quality at the top end.

“Anyone can beat anyone in this league, you have to take your chances when they come and put the ball in the net. The difference was at Cardiff that we took our chances.

“That’s what we hope to do this weekend. The rest is irrelevant.”

Rovers ended their run of three successive defeats at Cardiff City, and in doing so moved back within five points of the top six.

Mowbray isn’t entertaining talk of a resurgent play-off bid, having admitted that discussions of the play-offs had sidetracked his thinking during a busy period of games.

Instead he’s just focused on his side backing up their south Wales success against the Baggies, and believes taking their fortunes in front of goal were the key difference that allowed them to end their winless run.

“To lose to Wigan and Barnsley, away games against teams that are fighting for points, you always seem to get to a stage where teams down the bottom who haven’t been able to win for three quarters of the season, that’s why they’re down at the bottom because they haven’t been winning football matches, all of a sudden they can win every game,” he added.

“In both of those games we had chances to win, yet we missed the chances. We should have been 3-0 up at half-time against Barnsley but lost 2-0. At Wigan, we should have been infront, they scored, and we had to go chasing again.

“Anyone can beat anyone in this league, you have to take your chances when they come and put the ball in the net. The difference was at Cardiff that we took our chances.

“That’s what we hope to do this weekend. The rest is irrelevant.”