Burton Albion v Walsall preview

But defender Jon Guthrie knows he – and his Saddlers team-mates – have to maintain those standards if they are to stay in League One.

Dean Keates’ side defied all the odds last weekend when they secured a 3-2 victory over the Bantams despite seeing Andy Cook sent off after just six minutes.

The win was achieved thanks to hard work and a real desire to defend, with Guthrie in particular making two outstanding goal-line blocks.

Now the 26-year-old is set to be part of the side that travels to take on Burton tomorrow.

But with the team currently sat 19th in League One, just four points above the drop zone, Guthrie says Walsall now need to reproduce their display against Bradford week after week.

“Bradford has to be the standard from now on – it has to galvanise us as a team,” the centre-back said.

“We have to build on it and use it as a platform.

“It has not been an easy few months. We have struggled for results and even when we were playing okay we were still losing games.

“But we showed against Bradford what we are capable of.

“It was a performance similar to the ones we went on at the start of the season when we went on that unbeaten run.

“We got that win, we stopped a poor run of results. But we know we have to build on it.