Mansfield Town boss Nigel Clough expects a tougher game at Barrow than his side had last month.
The two clash in the first round proper of the FA Cup following the Stags narrow win in a League Two fixture.
For starters Mansfield have only managed one point from the last three League games while Barrow have taken seven.
Clough, speaking ahead of the trip to South Cumbria, said: “There’s no doubt that this will be a different game to the one we had against them last month.
“They are on a good run, which can easily happen in this league and I think they will be a very different sort of Barrow team.
“After a good start to the season they had a bit of a dip when we played them and it just shows how fragile it all is at this level, which has been the same with us.
“I used to take Burton to Barrow in the Northern Premier League and it was never anything other than tough with the atmosphere and the crowd, and of course it’s a long way to go.
“I suppose in a lot of ways it couldn’t have been a much tougher first round draw. Previously the draw has taken us to League One sides Sunderland and Doncaster and it was a bit easier for us as the pressure was all on them.
“That will be different at Barrow on Saturday with us both being in the same league. It is important financially for every club, especially in the current climate, to get through a round or two.
“At Burton in non-League the aim was to get through to the first round proper in the hope that you could pull a big League One side.
“It’s a bit different as a League club because then the target is round three when the big boys come in.”
