YORK City top scorer Wes Fletcher expects to be back to full speed after two more outings.

Fletcher has already scored three goals this term, following his match-winning brace at Stevenage on Saturday, but has admitted he still needs time to regain the "sharpness" that he was displaying before his 2013/14 season was curtailed by medial knee ligament damage in March.

That injury saw the 23-year-old forward play no part in the Minstermen's pre-season friendlies and his outing at Broadhall Way represented his first league start since mid-February.

But, in a statement that should act as a warning to all SkyBet League Two defences, the former Burnley striker believes he will be firing all on cylinders within a fortnight.

He said: "It's good to be back scoring and I was very happy to get 90 minutes under my belt at Stevenage. I was struggling a bit with my fitness but, the more 90 minutes I play, I will be fitter and fitter.

"I think I'll need a couple more games to get the match sharpness I had before I got injured last season. It will take a bit more time, but I feel good.

"I didn't think I would get through 90 minutes before Saturday's game but I've shown that I can do now."

Two of Fletcher's goals this term - including his most recent at Broadhall Way - have been penalties, taking his City success rate from 12 yards to six in seven attempts.

He also revealed that taking spot kicks in front of the Minstermen's loyal supporters, as he did at the weekend, is of great assistance to him.

"The penalties always seem to fall in front of the York fans," he added. "They were all behind the goal willing me to score and that does help."

Fletcher also refutes the claim made by Stevenage manager Graham Westley that Andy Bond won the ball in the 31st-minute challenge on the City centre forward that led to the latter's sending off.

"He just caught me on the knee," Fletcher recalled of the incident. "I don't know how badly he caught me, but I wasn't diving or anything like that."

Bond's dismissal represented the second occasion an opponent has been shown a straight red card for a challenge on Fletcher this year, following on from the reckless Ben Chorley foul at Portsmouth that left the City striker sidelined for five months.

But the Ormskirk-born attacker is not cowed by such treatment, saying: "The tackle at Portsmouth was a bad one but you'll always get little bits of stuff. That's part of the game."

Fletcher has been teamed up with Michael Coulson in City's front line for the last two matches, with both on the scoresheet at Stevenage.

City's second goal in that game, scored by Fletcher, was teed up by Coulson when he might have had a shot himself.

Coulson was City's leading provider of goal assists last term and Fletcher knows he can benefit from his fellow centre forward's selfless streak, reasoning: "If you are going to form a partnership, you need to be unselfish at times.

"If somebody is in a better position, you pass it along, as he did at Stevenage. He's a good player who holds the ball up well.

"He's also good on the ball, can find that killer pass and has an eye for goal."

Fletcher went on to stress that City passed a test of their mental resolve to take maximum points for the first time this season at Stevenage after allowing the ten-man hosts to wipe out a 2-0 advantage.

He said: "We got a bit complacent and sloppy in the second half. We'd had five draws and the boys were a little bit nervous trying to get that win, but we showed good strength of character to get through in the end."