Just like the first team, Saints under-21s have not had any competitive games for two weeks due to the international break, and have a busy period ahead.
They play Aldershot, Leicester City, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur in 11 days, with only the Real clash at St Mary's played at home.
All eyes will be on the glamour tie with the Spanish giants, which takes place on Wednesday, October 29 (7pm). Tickets are available to buy now.
"We had a friendly with Brighton to get a game in. That's important because there's a couple of boys coming back from injury," Eckert told the _Daily Echo_.
Saints have won 14 points from six Premier League 2 matches_(Image: Craig Hobbs / Southampton FC)_
"Then we go into a normal training week, and then I think it's many games back-to-back, there's a couple of games coming up at the end of October.
"I hope that we manage to get a little bit of promotion for the Madrid game, to have a nice ambience for the boys. I don't know what it's going to look like.
"In the end, our preparation will be the same. Our football game will be the same. There will just be different jerseys, different logo on the chest.
"But it would be nice if we have the stadium a little bit fuller than it was against Derby. If you play against Real Madrid, it's not a game like any other."
The young Saints are fourth in the Premier League 2 table, having won four and drawn the other two of their first six matches of the campaign.
Striker Nick Oyekunle has set his sights on going on better than last season's play-off finalists, and he wants to fire Saints to lifting the trophy.
Saints beat Derby County 4-1 at St Mary's in their last outing, having drawn 3-3 with current title holders Man City, on the road a week earlier.
Reflecting, Eckert said: "It doesn't sound too bad, does it? But first and foremost, it's about developing the players a little bit closer to the first team.
"If we win football games it's always nicer on the journey, so in the best case we manage to do both. If you come out with four goals in the end I think it's tough to complain about, so overall I'm quite happy."
Eckert's squad should be boosted by the return of a key player at each end of the pitch, with England youth striker Baylee Dipepa back in training.
Baylee Dipepa made his Port Vale debut at 16 years old before joining Saints_(Image: Craig Hobbs/Southampton FC)_
Former Arsenal centre-back Zach Awe, 21, is also in training following a lengthy injury last season, which has kept him off the pitch since January.
Irish midfielder Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh has also taken part in some training, but is further away from being included in the squad than the other two.
"We have another break in mid-November. I will see if we can put in a nice trip in to have some sun, when things are getting worse here," quipped Eckert.
"To be honest, it's been beautiful here in Southampton so far. I think recently it was the first day that has turned on us," the [Winchester](http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/winchester/?ref=au) resident added.
Eckert's team are deployed in the same system as Still's in order to breed familiarity, but the patterns of play in possession look a little different.
In the comfortable victory over Derby, despite horrific weather conditions, Saints played their way out of pressure at the back - Russell Martin-style.
"To be honest, I think the game we play in possession is more based on what the opponent gives us," former RB Salzburg coach Eckert explained.
"We knew that this was going to be a team that presses high up the pitch, so if we managed to break the first pressure that there will be spaces.
"I think that we managed to break the first line of pressure quite well in some moments. I wish that we would have been a little bit more efficient.
"We knew if we managed to break that first line that we would create some chances, and I think that is shown in the 90 minutes and the goals."