Albion manager Mark McGhee wants more tap-ins from Colin Kazim-Richards to boost the battle against relegation.

Kazim-Richards scored his sixth goal of the season in last Saturday's defeat at Crewe.

He nodded Albion ahead from close range early on, a complete contrast to each of his previous five goals.

The teenage forward struck with shots from outside the area against Reading and Cardiff, in solo fashion against Coventry and Sheffield United and dramatically with an injury time equaliser at Sheffield Wednesday.

McGhee said: "It was a bundle over the line from a yard, not typical of the type of goals Colin has scored.

"But he would have got as much satisfaction, and praise and credit, for scoring that as he got for scoring any of the other goals.

"If he recognises that then he will maybe realise there are goals to be had, so I hope it is a positive step forward for him."

Kazim-Richards' goal at Crewe was his first from the starting line-up. McGhee hopes he can build on it at Plymouth on Saturday, when he will be partnered again by Joe Gatting.

"He's better in training," McGhee said. "We are encouraging him to play more with his back to the opponent's goal.

"If we get him into double figures then, given the way we've used him and the way he has been and the time it has taken him to get up to this level, then I think we can be satisfied with that."

McGhee reluctantly refused to allow Gatting and Joel Lynch to play in last night's FA Youth Cup quarter-final at Newcastle.

They are needed for the Plymouth game and he was concerned about the effects of the amount of travelling involved if the young pair had also played at St James' Park.

Paul McShane completes a two-match suspension at Plymouth and Gary Hart sits the game out following his fifth booking at Crewe but Adam El-Abd has avoided the threat of a ban.

The cut-off point for five yellow cards was on Tuesday. El-Abd is on four cautions and if he collects another now he will only be warned about his future conduct.