Luton boss Jack Wilshere says Saturday's away game at League One leaders Cardiff City will be a good "marker" to assess the team's progress since his appointment in October.
The Hatters have won 11 of Wilshere's 24 games in charge, losing seven, and are seventh in the table, but away results have not matched those at Kenilworth Road.
"It's a game that excites me," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"We've struggled away from home with teams that are direct and put balls in the box - I'm not saying they [Cardiff] won't put balls in our box but they'll try and do it in a different way, which we have to be ready for.
"It's a good challenge for us, a good marker to see how far we've come since I've come in and for us to test ourselves against the top of the league."
He continued: "Our challenge is to go there and try to make them defend for long periods and try and limit the time we have to defend."
Wilshere believes the transfer-window arrival of striker Devante Cole from Port Vale will give the Luton attack an added dimension.
He added: "I like our balance of striker, I like what Nahki (Wells) has brought to us, Ali (Al-Hamadi) is on his way back and Devante has just come into the team and is starting to work out how we play.
"We know what Devante brings and we need to help him understand the moments to run in behind, but he definitely gives us something different."