Don’t be fooled by the odds of 200/1hanging uncomfortably around the neck of Italian PRO14 giant-killers Zebre.
Teams making that mistake will find themselves walking into a trap at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma.
Just ask former Ulster coach Les Kiss, whose side came unstuck 27-23 against the Italians at the intimate 5,000-seater stadium last season.
In the end it was one of the defeats that probably cost Kiss his job at the Irish team.
When the PRIO14 fixtures came out two weeks ago, some Southern Kings fans may have welcomed what appeared to be gentle start to the season.
With the Port Elizabeth franchise rated as massive 500/1 outsiders by the bookies, this will be a clash between PRO14’s lowest-ranked sides on September 1.
This reputation of being habitual basement dwellers is one both teams want to shake off.
This desperation should make the battle as tasty as the famous ham and cheese that has made Parma famous.
Though they finished bottom of the Conference A standings, Zebre did achieve seven victories, which made it their most successful PRO14 campaign.
You can be sure that the Italians, under their ambitions Irish coach Michael Bradley, will be aiming for many more wins behind their name.
This opening day assignment will pose a massive challenge for the Kings, whose preseason has been dogged by recruitment problems.
But playing against 200/1 outsiders will surely give rise to hope that a win could be snatched.
Much tougher games lie ahead of the Kings, and this encounter does offer them a sniff at a rare victory.
Only one win from 21 games last season underlines how precious a victory would be for the Kings.
Kings coach Deon Davids knows what it is like to work with limited resources.
This week he had only 27 players to work with in preseason training.
Of that skeleton squad, 10 are busy with rehabilitation programmes and some have various niggles.
Apparently reinforcements on are their way, and from Davids’s perspective they can’t arrive soon enough.
The hangover from last season’s dismal run of results needs to be remedied if the PRO14 brand is to gain any traction among its weary supporters.
When the Italians visited Port Elizabeth last season, the men in eye-catching zebrastriped socks raced to a 43-17 win.
In that game the Kings were on the back foot from the start after the Italians scored two tries in the opening six minutes.
Expect it to be fast and furious from the kickoff in Parma in 20 days’ time as both teams bid to hit the ground running.
We may even see Deon Davids break-dancing if his team pull off an upset win!