HEREFORD United manager Graham Turner says his team need to start winning games at Edgar Street, beginning with Sunday's showdown against arch-rivals Shrewsbury Town.

The Bulls have only taken one point from their last two homes games, drawing 0-0 with Notts County on New Year's Day and losing 3-0 to Morecambe the Saturday before Christmas.

Along with Darlington, Hereford have won the least games at home out of the teams currently occupying the Coca-Cola League Two play-off places with five victories from 12 matches.

Yet the team, who have won eight times on the road, remain second in the table and face a home FA Cup third round replay against Tranmere Rovers on Wednesday.

Turner said: "Our results could have been better at home and the aim is to put that right as soon as possible. We have got some good games coming up, including this one.

"It's important we maintain a challenge at the top of the table and to do that we have got to win games."

The match is the first time the teams have met since the penultimate game of last season when Hereford lost 1-0 at Edgar Street.

That was the last of five meetings between the sides during the 2006/07 campaign.

The Shrews won both League Two clashes and were victorious in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.

However, the Bulls triumphed in an FA Cup first round encounter after winning the replay 2-0 at Edgar Street. The versatile Richard Rose came on as a late substitute against Tranmere last weekend after an ankle injury and should be involved on Sunday. Defender Karl Broadhurst could also play following illness.

But Hereford will be without Toumani Diagouraga as the on-loan Watford midfielder is suspended for one match after picking up five bookings.

There are also injury doubts over midfielders Clint Easton (calf) and Luke Webb (ankle) but striker Steve Guinan is out with a calf problem.

Shrewsbury are not in the best of form at present having lost their last three games, failing to score in two of them.

Prior to that, though, Gary Peters' side won three games on the spin, netting nine times in the process.