Cambridge United host Huddersfield Town in League One at the Abbey Stadium on Saturday afternoon
Huddersfield Town boss Martin Drury is expecting tomorrow’s hosts Cambridge United to have a “spring in their step” off the back of their promotion-winning campaign last term.
The Terriers take on a U’s side that secured automatic promotion from League Two last season, with United sealing their return to League One at the first attempt.
Neil Harris’ side have since gone on to pick up four points from their opening two league games, beating Wigan Athletic 3-2 at home before drawing 1-1 at Bromley last weekend.
Ahead of his side’s trip to the Abbey Stadium, Drury said at his pre-match press conference on tomorrow’s encounter: “A tough game. They’re obviously newly promoted, they’ve got that bounce, that spring in their step you can see.
“Well organised, full of running, full of energy. They’ve got some real threats from an attacking point of view, they attack well, counter-attacks are really, really good.
“They’ve got wide players that travel with the ball, and are talented, they’ve got energy and legs, so we know it’ll be tough.
“We know going away from home, a different place to go. We’ve had a conversation with the players about how we really want to embrace that this season, and embrace those challenges, and this will be a really good one for us on Saturday that we’re looking forward to.”
The Terriers have their first midweek encounter of the campaign around the corner as they host Oxford United at Accu Stadium on Tuesday evening, and Drury added: “You have to be mindful that it’s two games in four days, and the nature of the opponents across those two games are different, and one’s home and one’s away.
“That’s why you have a group, that’s why you have a squad, and if we’re going to be successful, or we’re going to meet the objectives that we want to meet come the end of the season, then everyone’s going to be needed, and different players will be needed for different games.
“We definitely look Saturday, Tuesday across both games, and how we can make sure we’re equipped for both games.”
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