Bulls coach Brian Noble was hoping Bradford didn't have another 'Nightmare at Knowsley Road' in their table-topping Super League clash.

The Bulls have lost seven of their last nine Super League matches there, and Noble says: "We must avoid a mad ten or 15 minutes, which has cost us a lot of points in the past.

"St Helens will score points, and we know they are going to have their say, but we just have to be tougher through any nightmare patch we might have.

Noble added: "We haven't won there since the first match of the 2000 season after we had been beaten in the Grand Final by them the previous year.

"So we need to concentrate for 80 minutes - that is the secret against a team that are great offensively, but we must muscle up defensively too. Saints have a very good home record, but we have talked about 'any field, anywhere' - it is just a piece of grass after all, and we always concentrate on playing well on these occasions.

"We don't fear anybody, but it will be important we play the game at our tempo rather than theirs."

And the Great Britain assistant coach sees no reason why tonight's showdown, being screened live on Sky, shouldn't be a classic.

"It should pan out that way shouldn't it?" he said. "We have all the ingredients for a special occasion - two very good teams that like to play football and lots of speed and power in both sides.

"Both are also world-class footballing sides packed with talent and a big crowd will generate a great atmosphere. It has everything to make it a classic."

The Bulls only have prop Paul Anderson (broken arm) out of the reckoning, and Noble said: "It is refreshing that most people are healthy and that there is competition in the squad.

"There have been a couple of headaches over selection and people will have to play well to stay in the team."

Saints are expecting their second 15,000 plus crowd of the season.

The main stand has been sold out and Saints are expecting over 3,000 travelling Bulls fans.