Sutton United v Walsall - Match preview

But Sadler insists that his players are under no illusions of the task at hand when they travel to South London.

Sadler said: “You’ll see time and time again throughout the season, teams that are lower down will beat teams that are higher up.

“It will happen repeatedly. The most consistent ones at the end of it will be the ones that will do well at the end of the season.

“We want to be on that side of the coin, but anyone can be any team at this level. We have to be as consistent as we possibly can, and we have to stamp our game plan on the game.

“And we are under no illusions whatsoever that it’ll be a tough game against a decent team.”

Danny Johnson has started just once in the last six league games, and was an unused substitute against Bradford and MK Dons.

Sadler opted to introduce Jamille Matt from the bench in both matches, and felt that his decision was justified.

But he reiterated that there is no issue with the Johnson, who was the club’s leading scorer last season, and has urged him to win back his place in the side.

“DJ is a good team-mate, so I’d expect, especially after the Bradford game, everyone working together to produce what was a fantastic performance in a different shape,” he reveals.

“We’ve got fantastic options for different scenarios. Danny was unfortunate in the two games that he played most recently.

“His start against Wimbledon, and then when he came on against Swindon, quite quickly we went down to 10 men in both of those games.

“Sometimes that happens. For Danny, the challenge for him now is to be desperate to get back into the team, and help the team when he gets his chance because it’s all about the team.

“If we are talking about the ones that have played. Freddie has done great, and obviously we played against Bradford, and we’ve had that change of shape into a 4-2-3-1, and Freddie did great in that game.

“So I see no reason to have adjusted that. We’ve got players for different occasions in my mind, and a few of the guys fall into that category.”

In terms of injury news, Priestley Farquharson (foot), Brandon Comley (ankle) and David Okagbue (ankle) will be unavailable on Saturday.

Taylor Allen will serve the final game of his three-match suspension, while Rollin Menayese (ankle) and Jack Earing (knee) remain out of action.