It's set to be a tough test for Gary Ablett's young squad, as County make a trip across the Pennines to face high-flying Huddersfield Town

Both sides look somewhat different to the last time they met at the Galpharm in the league, on the opening day of the 2008/09 season, when Stan Ternent was in the manager's chair for the Terriers and Jim Gannon was County's managerial incumbent.

Two of the country's brightest new managerial talents will lead their respective sides out on Saturday, with Lee Clark having turned things around at Huddersfield having replaced Ternent just 3 months into the league season. The former Newcastle midfielder has transformed the Yorkshire side into an impressive force who are many people's favourites for automatic promotion come May, and they are currently sitting pretty in 6th place after 8 games.

County visited the Galpharm in August in the Carling Cup and went down 3-1 follwing a brace from Jordan Rhodes on his home debut, though there has been some encouraging developments on the playing side at least for County since then.

In team news, Huddersfield will recall prolific forward Theo Robinson, who has been struggling with an ankle problem, and Anthony Kay to the squad, though both may be bench-bound as Clark must decide whether to stick with Michael Collins in the middle and Robbie Simpson alongside Rhodes up front.

For County, an unchanged starting eleven is most likely, with Greg Tansey keen to follow up last week's blockbusting winner against Orient with another strong midfield performance.

The match could, however, see split loyalties in the Pilkington household, as County's Danny is likely to again be named on the bench, but will hope to make it onto the field at some stage to take on his older brother, Huddersfield's former County wideman Anthony.

The match has made the headlines for the right reasons, with Huddersfield's Supporters Club backing County's support of Leukaemia Research by holding a collection outside the ground prior to kick-off, having been made aware of the cause following the tragic recent death of Carl Baker's brother Michael.

Lee Clark told BBC Leeds:

"I think Stockport will be a harder team to beat on the weekend than when we beat them in the Carling Cup because they will have learnt a lot from that.

"No two games are the same and they've brought in some very good loan signings since we played them last time.

"I think both the players and the supporters are going to have to show a fair amount of patience on Saturday as we know teams will come here and try to close us down and stop us playing.

"Whether you win the game in the first minute or the last, we just have to win it, so patience is the key to that."