Maidstone defender Kevin Lokko is out to silence Tranmere fans for the second year running.

Lokko was part of the Welling team who pulled off a shock 2-1 victory at Prenton Park last season.

Rovers are easily the biggest club in the National League and have won all four matches so far. Lokko is well aware of the task in hand on Saturday but expects United to thrive in front of thousands of home fans.

He said: “As soon as you walk in the stadium you can tell it’s a massive club – they were in the Championship not too long ago.

“The fans get behind their players, they’re good, experienced players who’ve played at a decent level. But the best feeling in football, especially in this league, is when you go to teams like that and turn them over – and we’re motivated to do that.

“You want to play in front of big crowds at big clubs and show what you’ve got.

“The crowd do anything they can to put you off but we’ve got to take that and use it as fuel to shut them up and perform in a way that will make them quiet.

“When they go quiet, you know you’re playing well, you know the team’s doing well. We all enjoy that hostility when we go away from home.

“We set the standard against Chester. We went there and completely played them off the pitch. We silenced their crowd, who were quite rowdy, we kept the ball and looked like the home team.”