Clarets set to take on leaders

Owen Coyle - scored twice in the game at Morecambe

Morecambe increased their lead at the top of the league on Monday to five points with a 2-1 win over Chester with Damien Allen and Neil Sorvel scoring in the first half. They also have a game in hand against second place Preston.

They will be hoping they don't suffer the same fate as they did against us at Morecambe three weeks ago. On that occasion they led 1-0 into the second half before Burnley scored seven times with goals from manager Owen Coyle(2), Alex MacDonald, Alan Mahon(3) and Michael Duff. At least they know the manager won't be playing against them this time.

Morecambe are expected to field a similar line up to the one that played on Monday which was: Shwan Jalal, Andy Langford, Jamie Davies, Simon Grand, David Artell, Neil Sorvel, Paul Lloyd, Fraser McLachlan, Gary Taylor, Damien Allen, Jamie Burns. Subs: Jarvis, Kelly, Wisdom, Banks.

There's no team news from Burnley but it is likely that they will try to avoid too many of the players playing in both of the games.