EVESHAM United will face three crucial games without suspended skipper Matt Sysum.

The promotion-chasing Robins visit sixth-placed North Leigh tomorrow (3pm) before taking on Shortwood and Cinderford, two other teams in the Evo-Stik Southern League Division One South and West top 10.

But the second-placed side won’t be able to call on Sysum after he was handed a three-match ban for picking up 15 bookings this season.

Manager Paul Collicutt said: “We have got three teams in the next three games that are all in with a shout of making the play-offs.

“We have got to go without the captain but I think every single one will be a difficult game. It’s a big ask but with the run we are on the players are full of confidence and they are looking forward to the game.”

Evesham are looking for a fourth consecutive victory in a sequence that has seen them lose just once in their last 21 matches.

Oxfordshire-based North Leigh come into the match on the back of a 3-2 win at Yate Town, which featured a hat-trick from former Oxford United striker Jamie Cook.

Collicutt said: “North Leigh had a very good win at Yate and have got one of the best players in the league in Jamie Cook. He is someone we have got to keep an eye on.

“They are the second highest scorers in the league so they are difficult to play on their home patch.”

Evesham will be without defender Lewis Binns (ankle) and midfielders Ollie Knowles (back) and the unavailable Elliot Kennedy.

However, centre-half Will Wellon is back in the frame after returning to training following a hamstring injury.