IT may be down the list of priorities for some clubs but Neil Lennon has a lot of affection for the League Cup.

The Wanderers boss won the competition twice during his time with Leicester City – his only domestic honours as a player in England.

And he says the Whites will be taking it very seriously when they take on Burton Albion at the Macron Stadium tonight.

Lennon told The Bolton News: "I want to progress. We will go into every competition the same way.

"I was fortunate to win this competition a couple of times so I know how important it is to players and to clubs.

"There are only three competitions we play in so I don’t want to be missing out on one early on.

"We are at home which is great and we have to maximise the home advantage."

Playing League One Burton will see Wanderers favourites to progress but Lennon is taking nothing for granted and has praised opposite number Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink ahead of the tie.

He added: "They had a good win at the weekend against Scunthorpe who would maybe be one of the fancied teams for promotion so it’s a good start for Jimmy.

"We watched them the previous weekend against Derby and they are a good side.

"Jimmy has carried on the good work done there by Gary Rowett and that’s not an easy thing to do.

"The transition from Gary to Jimmy has been pretty seamless so I think he has done a terrific job.

"Jimmy is a big personality and for him to go and take a job on like that speaks volumes for what he wants to get out of football management.

"It is quite easy for players with that persona to not put the application in but Jimmy has done that."