After Saturday's super show against Swansea in front of a 26,171 crowd, Leicester City hit the road to modest Moss Rose to take on Macclesfield Town in the first round of the Carling Cup tonight (7.45).

But City's Matt Oakley pledges the team's approach will be just the same as it was at the Walkers Stadium, doing all they can to win the game.

He said: "It is back to the nitty gritty on a little ground  but we will approach it like any other game. We want to keep winning and while there is a big game at Ipwich coming up on Saturday, we will stay focused on the cup tie.

"It is an important competition They have got nothing to lose and they might play a bit ugly but you always want to have a cup run."

The omens are certainly good after the Swansea game and so is the morale, for obvious reasons

Oakley said: "We had a great year last year, we wanted to keep up the momentum and obviously we did that although it wasn't looking that way at half-time on our first half performance.

"We were pleased with the result and the way we reacted in the after half time. The lads who came on at half time had a really positive impact and we rolled with that. We started getting into their final third, winning corners, getting shots on target and, hitting the bar, the result could have been more."

If the scores are level after 90 minutes, extra time will be played and if they are still level it will go to a penalty shoot-out.

The draw for the second round will be held at 10.30pm tonight.