MANAGER Carl Heeley accepts scoring goals is an area Worcester City need to address.

The Skrill North outfit, third from bottom in the table, are currently averaging a goal per game in the league and have scored 19 across all competitions.

Strikers Daniel Nti and Ethan Moore are the joint-top scorers with four each, while Danny Glover has three.

In comparison, only two teams in the bottom half of the division — Leamington and Harrogate — have conceded fewer than the 17 goals shipped in the league by City.

That rises to 21 following the FA Cup matches against Lincoln City but Worcester have kept a total of eight clean sheets this term.

Heeley knows they need to find the net more regularly but admits there is no easy remedy.

He said: “Just that bit of quality in the final third will make a big difference to us and at times that’s been lacking but it’s not for the want of trying.

“Scoring goals is what wins you games and that costs a lot of money. We’ve got to take a chance with these younger lads, work with them and develop them because we can’t afford to go out and spend money to get 30-goals-a-season strikers.”

He added: “We’ll keep plugging away, we’re not despondent. It’s a tough task but when you’ve got a group of willing lads who give everything it’s a lot easier to spend the time working with them.”