Leicester City manager Russell Martin has demanded his players do not give the people what they want on Friday – an FA Cup upset to savour.

The 2021 competition winners and one-time Premier League champions travel to sixth-tier side Oxford City (19:45 GMT).

With 64 places separating the two sides in the English football pyramid and the Foxes' stature as a club that conquered the Premier League against 5,000-1 odds just a decade ago, Martin does not shy away from what the tie represents.

"Listen, we have been put on Friday night on TV for one reason - it's because everyone wants to see an upset, and that's what the FA Cup is about," he told BBC Radio Leicester.

"It's about the underdog having the opportunity to have a brilliant day, to really have something to remember.

"We have to avoid that. We have to really rise to the challenge, which is a different one, but we really have to show how much we've grown as a team."

Martin's Foxes have endured a slow start on their return to the third tier for just the second time in the club's 142-year history, winning five and losing four of their 13 League One games so far.

Defeats by Robbie Savage's Peterborough United, a 4-0 drubbing by Oxford United and 2-1 loss at Burton Albion has left the former Rangers, Southampton and Swansea City boss to deal with significant scrutiny a number of times in the early months of his tenure.

As the boss that was brought in to revive Leicester after back-to-back relegations from the Premier League and Championship, a 'cupset' now would only ramp up the pressure more.

For that reason, and Martin's own history as a player, he is not about to rotate his side of experiment against the National League North hosts.

"Definitely not - it's a game we want to win and we'll go as strong as we possibly can," he said.

Early in his career Martin was part of the Peterborough United side that took then Premier League club West Bromwich Albion to a replay in 2009.

A few years later he was Norwich City captain when the then top-flight side were knocked out by then non-league Luton Town.

"I've been with a lower league team and the underdog and gone to Premier League teams and loved it, but I've also been a player in a Premier League team and got beat by a Conference team at Norwich," he said.

"So I hope I can sort of understand both sides of it."