Today's visit of Werder Bremen may be billed as Leicester City's final warm-up game of pre-season, but defender Ritchie De Laet has vowed that the players will not be treating it as a friendly.
City are unbeaten in pre-season, with Bremen their final fixture before the Premier League kicks off a week today against Everton.
De Laet said it was important that City carried their winning momentum from last season's title success and pre-season into next week's curtain-raiser.
He also warned the German side that the City players know they are competing for starting places against Everton and will be holding nothing back this afternoon.
"There is no such thing as a friendly any more and you can't hold anything back," said the Belgian right-back.
"We are playing for our places as well. There is competition for every position so you have to play well in all these games. That doesn't make it friendly.
"We just want to keep that winning mentality as well and, although it is classed as a friendly, we want to win every game."
The last time City were at the King Power Stadium they were lifting the Championship trophy, and De Laet said they were looking forward to performing on home soil again.
"It is going to be great to see the fans again and I am sure they will be excited to see us in action again against a very good team," he said.
"They are a good team. They beat Chelsea 3-0 (last weekend) but you can't read too much into that. It is going to be a challenge but one we are all looking forward to."
De Laet is expected to be a key man for City this season and he has been pleased with how his preparations have gone.
"Pre-season has gone well for me," he said. "We have been away a couple of times and training has gone great.
"The games have gone well and now we have all had a 90 minutes, which was great.
"We feel ready for the season ahead and can't wait to get started."
