Bill Belichick has said that he is expecting a different game against the Houston Texans in the playoffs.

The New England Patriots recorded an easy win over the Texans during the regular season, and face the side again this weekend.

The Patriots' head coach told reporters: "I think when you play a team twice during the season, the games are totally different, they never go the same way.

"We'll be able to certainly look at some of the matchups individually. As far as plays and calls and things like that matching up, I'm sure they'll have some new wrinkles, I'm sure we'll have some too. It will be totally different.

"We're pretty familiar with them because we played them a month ago but we still have to go through the whole process again of just going back over it."

The Patriots had a bye from the wildcard round of the playoffs, while the Texans secured their place in the divisional round with a win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday.