Martin Murray finds George Groves "patronising" and insists his opponent lacks the experience needed to do him damage when they meet on Saturday.

The British super-middleweights meet in a WBA world title eliminator at the O2 Arena in London, with both looking to revive careers that have seen them fail to win seven world title fights between them.

Murray, from St Helens, lost two and drew one world middleweight title attempts before losing another at super-middleweight last year. Groves, meanwhile, has been beaten three times in shots at super-middleweight champions.

Murray, five years senior to his 28-year-old opponent, believes he has more experience than Londoner Groves, following a controversial draw with Felix Sturm in Germany (2011), a points loss to Sergio Martinez in Argentina (2013), an 11th round stoppage defeat to Gennady Golovkin, and a split points defeat to Arthur Abraham (both last year) in Germany.

Groves was twice stopped by fellow Briton Carl Froch for the IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles and then suffered a split points defeat to WBC champion Badou Jack in September.

Groves has registered two stoppage wins since losing to Jack -- against Andrea Di Luisa and David Brophy -- but Murray believes he has the edge after a year operating as a super-middleweight.

"It's a dangerous fight but these are the sorts of fights that I've worked my whole career for," Murray told ESPN. "I've fought better opponents than him and am more experienced. He's only fought one world class fighter in Carl Froch.

"Badou Jack isn't really established as a world class fighter yet and James DeGale wasn't world class when George fought him, but he is now of course.

"Fair enough the first time he put Carl Froch over and it was a controversial stoppage, but I think he would have got stopped anyway. He's got found out twice when he fought a top opponent where as I only got beat once in my opinion in four fights against world class opponents, and that was against Golovkin.

"I drew with Sturm and don't believe I lost the other two fights.

"I find him quite patronising. He's got his cockiness back after two wins since losing to Jack that will make it a better fight with me. He thinks he will do to me what he did to his last opponents but you will soon see the confidence spill out of him."

Murray believes Groves' stamina and punch resistance are questionable. Groves was twice stopped by Carl Froch in 2013 and 2014 and was floored in the first round by Jack before losing a split points decision.

"I'm expecting a hard fight. George goes out all guns blazing early on but in the second half of the fight, if you are still there, he fades," said Murray. "If he gets in with someone who is still there after six rounds, he struggles, like he did against Christopher Rebrasse (2014). If Rebrasse had anything about him he would have taken him out."