Leicestershire

Leicester City manager Russell Martin says Peterborough United will be a more mysterious prospect under new boss Robbie Savage on Saturday – but what the Foxes boss does expect from the Posh is "a lot of energy".

Savage's first League One game in charge of Peterborough will be at Leicester, a club where he spent five years and made 200-plus appearances more than two decades ago.

The 51-year-old has been in the Posh job for just seven days, having left non-league side Forest Green Rovers to replace Luke Williams.

Williams, who was sacked by the third-tier strugglers before the international break, is someone Martin knows well, having employed him as an assistant manager at MK Dons and Swansea City when he was in charge of those sides earlier in his career.

Under Williams, Martin says he "felt like they weren't far away" from turning their poor start to the season around.

Preparing for Peterborough's visit under Savage, Martin adds, has been "more difficult".

"It's a young team and they have a new manager in Robbie, who is going to give them a lot of energy," Martin told BBC Radio Leicester.

"The first few games under a new manager... you see different things emerge. It's really difficult to judge them on what's gone on previously.

"The focus is on us and it's about us and what we are going to do. We have to be aware of them and also aware of the context of the game with a new manager."

Leicester City boss Russell Martin was both "frustrated" and encouraged by Tuesday's 2-1 EFL Trophy defeat at Stevenage which leaves them second in their group.

Martin made a number of changes to the side that thumped Fulham's Under-21 side 6-1 in the opening group game in the competition last month.

Harry Souttar, who captained Australia in two friendly fixtures against Brazil during the international break, was ushered straight into the Foxes starting side for a cup tie in which 18-year-old midfielder Riley Carr made his senior debut for the club and Tommy Neal earned his first start for Leicester.

Goals from Wanya Marcal and Oliver Sanderson either side of the break put Stevenage in control before Emil Riis pulled a goal back for Martin's side.

"It's frustrating, but also the way we played was really positive," Martin told BBC Radio Leicester.

"For a team that hasn't played much together, a couple of debuts for Tommy Neal and Riley who did great, and some guys back - Christian [McFarlane] and Souttar - from international duty who haven't been here and it's some really important minutes for a lot of players on the pitch.

"But I wanted to win, we wanted to win. We will be frustrated about that but if we sort that out in both boxes, we are so close to being a really brilliant team because it was so dominant.

"We created so many chances and we should be more clinical, and we have to defend the set plays like they did, because they defended set piece with their lives and that's the difference."