A TUESDAY night trip to the Black Country for a cup meeting against League Two opponents is not the sort of fixture that would naturally arrive with an air of glamour and expectation for Huddersfield Town.

For his part, head coach Michael Duff is taking Tuesday’s tie at Walsall’s Bescot Stadium deadly seriously and his players would do well to have that mindset as well.

Town, who boast a decent-sized squad, are likely to hand starts to some squad players, after previously making a number of changes for the round one stroll against Morecambe earlier this month.

On that night, a number of Town’s squad players gave Duff a timely nudge regarding their desire to get into his starting XI in the league.

Foot down: Michael Duff is treating the Carabao Cup with the utmost of importance at Huddersfield Town (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

One of them who impressed - and scored - that night in Callum Marshall got his reward in last Saturday’s League One game against Shrewsbury Town, with the West Ham loanee crowning his first league start with his maiden goal at league level for Town.

The challenge now is for others to step up and excel and potentially give Duff a selection quandary or two ahead of Saturday’s trip to Rotherham United where Town are seeking to register their fourth successive league win at the start of a campaign for the first time in exactly a century.

Duff, whose side have already won their first four games in all competitions this term, said: “People will play (at Walsall) and we won’t be resting anyone. We might change it to protect (some) people, but - four games in - I don’t think we will play a team where people need ‘resting’ now.

“Callum Marshall got himself in the team off the back of his performances in this competition against Mortecambe at home. We keep talking about it and I don’t want players having to get up for games.

"Put your kit on and cross the white line - whether that’s every day in training or a match-day - and just do what you do.

“Don’t worry about if there’s 500 people or 50,000 people there. "Anyone can get up for games, but the sign of a high-performance team is when you can do it when you don’t really ‘want’ to do it, if that makes sense.

"It just becomes a habit and that’s when everyone ‘gets’ it."

Tonight represents Town’s first trip to Walsall since April 2012, with the pair having never previously met in the League Cup.

Walsall v Huddersfield Town: No let up as Michael Duff demands momentum is maintained