Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco believes that his side are more than capable of defeating the New England Patriots in their AFC divisional-round clash at Gillette Stadium.

The Ravens won on their last visit to Foxborough in the AFC championship game on their way to winning Super Bowl XLVII, and Flacco has insisted that he and his teammates are confident going into the match despite the Patriots holding the number one seed in the conference.

He told reporters: "I think it's kind of funny that people would be intimidated at any point in any game against anybody. It's just not in our nature. We've played in a lot of big football games and this is no [different]. It's not like it's not in our mind to go up there and win this football game.

"So we're very confident, and we believe we have a good team. We believe we have a team that can win this game, and I think that allows you to go up there and play free and play with that mindset and not really let those other thoughts creep into your head."

John Harbaugh's men face off against New England on Saturday.