Morecambe must rebuild for Saturday's return to action

​The Shrimps head to a York City team which is unbeaten in its last seven league outings, taking 17 points from 21.

Tuesday’s 4-1 win over Rochdale lifted them into fifth, with only three points separating leaders Carlisle United and sixth-placed Scunthorpe United.

Morecambe’s focus is on the other end of the table, where they sit 23rd with only one point between the bottom five.

Ashvir Singh Johal’s players have lost one of their last four, having squandered a two-goal lead in drawing 2-2 against Sutton United at the Mazuma Mobile Stadium last weekend.

Azeez, who opened the scoring in that match, told the club’s media team afterwards: “It’s frustrating because we had chances to win the game.

“Five minutes, for them, is what it took to equalise so it’s a very frustrating game but we have another one next Saturday, so it’s time to rebuild and hopefully get three points.

“They were always going to be chasing because they are two goals down, so we needed to manage it better, be more game savvy and do things that wouldn’t put us on the back foot.”

Asked how the Shrimps would use that game as preparation for this weekend’s encounter, Azeez added: “Take the positives and the negatives and turn them all into positives.

“We have to try and think about what we did, watch the game back: what we did well, continue that, and what we didn’t do so well, just try and rectify it for the next game.

“Just try and be more clinical in both boxes because that’s what matters in football.”

This weekend’s game, along with all matches in the National League, will kick off at 3.03pm as part of the league’s ‘3UP Day of Action’ aimed at securing an extra promotion place into the EFL.

It also kicks off another three-game week for Johal’s squad with Brackley Town their visitors on Tuesday, followed by the home match with Yeovil Town on Saturday, November 22.