New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum refuses to underestimate Scotland ahead of their Cricket World Cup clash on Tuesday.
The tournament co-hosts, who crushed Sri Lanka by 98 runs on Saturday, enter the meeting in Dunedin as hot favourites.
With that in mind, New Zealand are expected to make several changes to their 11 for the encounter at University Oval.
McCullum, who refused to say too much about the team other than that everyone in the squad is fit, talked up the importance of treating the clash like every other.
"They may not be perceived as one of the big teams, but I stress again that the points are still the same – whether you beat a Sri Lankan team or whether you beat a Scottish team, you still get the same amount of points in this World Cup," he told a media conference on Monday.
"We've said all the way along we're very respectful of every opposition we come up against and we're not good enough to take any team for granted.
"We know what works for us and we know how we can go about trying to get that performance.
"That's very much where our thoughts are at the moment, making sure we turn up tomorrow, bring our best game to the ground, we will be challenged at certain times and we've got to make sure we're nice and calm during those stages as well.
"If we do that, if things go well, and if someone doesn't come out and play a blinder against us, then we should be able to put ourselves in a strong position. There's no guarantees in this game either."
McCullum said his side were wary of Scotland, and insists favouritism means nothing.
"We're definitely respectful of the opposition we're coming up against," he said.
"For us, our focus leading into the World Cup and since we've got underway is very much on us executing our game plan. We know that it works for us.
"If we can continue to execute the key things that work for us, we're going to be hard to beat regardless of the team we play against.
"We probably go into this game as favourites but I've said time and time again that games aren't won on paper.
"Whether your favourites or underdogs is irrelevant once the game starts. We've got to make sure we turn up tomorrow, play a good game of cricket and hopefully the result will take care of itself."