Speaking to Sky Blue Player, the City manager said: "I've come across Nigel Pearson a couple of times as an opponent and I think he'ss got his teams well organised and they're a former Premiership team, they have some excellent players and it's one of those games where it could come back and bite you if you don't prepare properly for it.
"We'll certainly go there with the intention of making sure that we stop their strengths and try to exploit one or two of their weaknesses."