Last Friday night's draw at UCD marked the first of four games that will see Cork City travel the length and breadth of the country over the next number of weeks.
The closure of Turner's Cross for pitch repairs has meant Tim Clancy's outfit must once again depart their home comforts for away fixtures against Longford Town, Finn Harps and Kerry.
Longford - under the stewardship of first-team coach, Wayne Groves following the departure of Stephen Henderson - provide the opposition on Saturday evening.
Will their Turner's Cross absence have a negative bearing on the momentum they've built on the back of their 100 percent home record this campaign? Clancy is optimistic it won't.
"Listen, I hope not. If you look at the games we have played away from home, and I know we've only one one of the five, we've drawn the other ones," Clancy told the Irish Examiner. "We drew away to Finn Harps which isn't easy, we drew away to UCD which isn't easy, away to Treaty, who had won three out of three at the time as well.
"They are good results. I think the really pleasing thing with the UCD game was that we didn't look like conceding at any stage. We could've possibly done a little more in the final third, but we looked very solid again and the impact from the bench was good.
"We're hoping to go into Saturday night's game and collect three points and then prepare for the following week."
Their trip to the midlands is followed by the long-haul journey to Donegal side Finn Harps, but City boss Clancy believes his side are well equipped to deal with the back-to-back journeys.
That belief is backed up by the return to full fitness of several key players - only Malik Dijksteel and young Matthew Kiernan remain out of contention. The
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