Morgan Feeney looks set to return to action this weekend after sitting out Carlisle United’s latest friendly.

The defender was kept out of Tuesday’s game against Livingston on medical advice.

That followed the head injury he suffered early in last Saturday’s friendly against Bolton Wanderers.

But the former Everton and Sunderland man is likely to return in this weekend’s final friendly at Morecambe.

Blues boss Paul Simpson said United were advised not to play Feeney in the 1-0 defeat to Livingston in Largs.

“Morgs took that whack on his head early against Bolton and the doctor advised us that today was too early for him to play,” Simpson told the club website.

“He’s done a lot of work over the last couple of days, but with no contact at all.

“He did a little bit more this morning [Tuesday] and we’re expecting that he should be able to join training by the end of the week and be available for Saturday.”

Simpson, meanwhile, said United are still hoping Omari Patrick will be fit for the first game of the season.

The attacker has been sidelined in recent weeks.

“The good news with Omari is that he’s been back on the grass,” the manager added.

“He’s done some work before this game, so we’ll keep building him up and hope that he’ll be available come the first game of the season.”

Simpson said Brennan Dickenson has suffered a dead leg but would hopefully be fit to face Morecambe.

He added that Jamie Devitt twisted his ankle during the Livingston game but was still able to complete the 90 minutes.

United are yet to confirm a contract decision on the midfielder as he hopes to earn a new deal.

Simpson, meanwhile, has reflected on the Blues' first defeat of pre-season against Livingston.

He said Carlisle started well but lost their impetus after a drinks break.

"We got a little bit sloppy and we gave them a bit of a lift," he added.

“We allowed the game to go away from ourselves and that did give [Livingston] the lift they needed."

United were undone by a ball over the top as Bruce Anderson got the only goal for the Scottish Premiership side.

“We were punished, and everyone is telling me that it was offside, but I don’t really know," Simpson said. "The linesman has probably made a mistake, but it’s not about that.

“We could feel it coming. When you’re on the sidelines you could see that we were playing in wrong areas and looking for extra passes when the grass was dry.

“We’ve got to learn from it and make sure we keep doing the right things.

“Early in the game we had a real look forward and play forward approach, and that’s what we want to see."