Aston Villa boss Unai Emery believes they are set to face a tough challenge on Wednesday night.
The Spaniard spoke to reporters with the intention of previewing Villa's game against Manchester City.
With their excellent home record on the line, Villa will have to hope City do not snap their three-game league winless streak in midweek.
On the fans, Emery stated: The fans are very important. We were speaking about how usually every team is more consistent in taking more points at home than away.
One reason is because playing with your supporters you are feeling stronger. For us, it's clear we are being very comfortable at home. We are connecting with our fans and they are transmitting their energy to us.
It's the same for other teams and I've never known one team taking more points away than at home over a long time. It's very difficult. The reason is the fans.
Tomorrow it will be a special day at Villa Park and we are very excited to meet them again in Villa Park. We are trying to enjoy it with them."
He added on their progress: We are very motivated and we can speak about how we are before the match against City: fourth in the table and tomorrow is match 15.
We have to enjoy, we have to focus and we have to prepare the match in the best way possible because we are going to face a very great opportunity.
It's a great opportunity to show how we can face the best team in the league, who won this title last year. We are going to see how we can show our performance, how we can show our moment and try to be consistent like we are doing at home.
Tomorrow is another test and an awesome test of how we can show our potential."