You want a big, passionate Burnley crowd

Last updated : 20 February 2007 By Tony Scholes
Leicester boss Rob Kelly handed over to his assistant Mike Stowell to preview the game and he admitted it could be a difficult game for his side. "We need to keep the good run going. Our aim is to register as many clean sheets and to score as many goals as we can. That would be perfect," he said.

"It will be tough on Tuesday. Burnley are on a sticky run and Turf Moor is always a difficult ground to go to. Steve Cotterill will have his side well organised and we expect a strong test. There's also a good chance that we could be coming up against some former Leicester lads, including Danny Coyne, Ade Akinbiyi and Joey Gudjonsson.

"I am sure they will be doing their best to stop our run of late and if I know Joey then he will cover every blade of grass and he'll be shooting from everywhere. I've told our goalkeeper to be well aware and I'm sure he will be. We certainly don't want to be letting him scored from the halfway line against us. Ade too has got a tendency to do well against his former clubs.

"Burnley are a good side, and they have got good players. But we've got good players as well so it will be a good battle. We are confident, as we should be. The lads are buzzing and the place has a fresh feel about it at the moment and that is helping. It's all good.

"Burnley are on a bad run at the moment, but they will win eventually. We will be concentrating on continuing our good run. We go there full of confidence, especially after the way we performed on Saturday."

Steve Cotterill is happy to be back at Turf Moor after losing out at Wolves on Saturday, and hopes that will bring a change in fortune for the Clarets who are looking for a first win since November. "It wouldn't matter if we were going into this game after six or seven straight wins. It is no different at all. We look on any game the same.

"Leicester have just been taken over and I would imagine they are on a bit of a high after a couple of good results, but having said that we are due a result as well. At the moment we are getting punished for absolutely everything.

Seven of our last ten games have been away from home and when you are on a bad run, you don't always want to play away from home. You want to be at home with a big, passionate Burnley crowd behind you because sooner or later you will get that win."

The Clarets are struggling to score goals just now and Steve spoke about the new strike force of Ade Akinbiyi and Andy Gray. "They are not there yet, that's the bottom line. But the quicker we get them there the better and that will only come through playing games.

"It is just a sufferance period for Andy but the only way I can get him through this is to play him and at the moment he is desperate to play because he wants to get up and mobile very quickly."