Wanderers have just 90 minutes to save their Premier League lives.

It has boiled down to a case of win or bust for Owen Coyle’s side, who travel to Stoke City tomorrow knowing anything but victory will spell the end of their 11-year run in the top flight.

Around 3,000 supporters will travel in hope to the Britannia Stadium, praying that Manchester City also keep their end of the bargain and beat QPR to claim the title. If the Blues fail, the result at the Potteries becomes completely irrelevant.

Owen Coyle put on a brave face ahead of the biggest game of his managerial career, insisting his players were fully capable of taking the last chance at their disposal.

And he was equally resolute in his belief that Roberto Mancini’s City will do Wanderers a favour 40 miles up the M6 at the Etihad Stadium, even if he will be ignoring the result until after referee Chris Foy blows the full-time whistle at the Britannia.

“It has all become very simple, it boils down to winning one game of football,” he said.

“I firmly believe if we do, it will be enough, because with Manchester City having a chance to win the title in front of their own fans, there won’t be many people betting against them.

“Everything else comes on the back of what happens on Sunday. There’s no point pre-empting or worrying. We have the quality to get a result but we've got to take our chance.

“Other games in the season you might have an opportunity to recover and regather, or a cup game you might have a chance for a replay – but there’s no second chances here.”

Coyle’s fierce belief that his side will survive has not wavered, however desperate Wanderers’ situation has looked for much of this season.

And while the league table hardly paints an optimistic picture, the Scot remains insistent that his team are not playing “bottom three football.”

“There are only six teams in the league that have won more away games,” he said.

“We’re in the bottom three because of what has happened over the course of the season, but it's not like we’re going into this having not won in 10. We’ve taken 15 points in that time and should probably have had more.

“We’ve had our backs to the wall all season, and there was a series of games that were tagged ‘must-win’ and we came through it.

“We were bottom of the league with nine points from 16 games when we played Blackburn just before Christmas and we won that one. Everton, Wolves and Aston Villa away were the same, and then the home games against QPR and Blackburn. Everyone wrote us off but we showed what we have got.”

The all-or-nothing approach would seem to be a trait of Coyle's Wanderers, who have already broken a century-old record of 28 games without a draw this season.

And while their lack of resolve at times has certainly been a concern to supporters, the manager believes it may work in his team's favour that they have to lay it all on the line at Stoke.

“This season shows you that we're more equipped to win games than draw them,” he said.

“We are open because we want to win games, and within the match, entertain as well.

“I totally accept there are a few games where draws would have proved invaluable now – but we go for wins and in a bizarre way it's probably better knowing that's what we have got to do on Sunday.

“That will be enough, in my view, to keep us in the Premier League – and given the trials and tribulations this season, it would be a tremendous achievement.”