BURY are playing without fear after three straight wins, says captain Nathan Cameron.

The 23-year-old centre-back scored the only goal of Saturday’s victory at home to Port Vale, which followed wins at promotion hopefuls Walsall and Sheffield United.

Tony Mowbray’s Coventry, who are fourth in the table, travel to Gigg Lane this weekend but Bury are only three points behind them in sixth.

“We don’t really fear anyone,” said 23-year-old Cameron, who started in the Coventry academy aged nine before moving to Bury in 2012.

“There are a lot of good teams in this league but I think if we play well most of the time we win and I don’t think a lot of teams can say that.

“We have got some good players and going forward we always look like we can score goals.

“It’s just defensively, if we can keep clean sheets I am sure we will be in and around it.”

Bury and Coventry are joint top scorers in League One on 15 goals, but the Shakers have conceded 12, four more than the Sky Blues.

They have tightened up defensively in recent weeks, though, keeping clean sheets against Walsall and Port Vale and only conceding one at Bramall Lane.

Cameron is justifiably proud of Bury’s recent run but is not getting carried away.

“It is nice to be up there early on, but it is about what we do at the end of the season and where we are come May,” he added.

“We are happy to be in the top six, but it doesn’t really mean anything at the minute.”

The Bury skipper is also playing down the importance of the game to him on a personal level.

He made his first-team breakthrough at Coventry and looked well set in the senior squad before being let go to Gigg Lane.

But after being handed the captain's armband by Flitcroft, Cameron no longer feels he has anything to prove.

"I came all the way through the academy and was there up to three years ago so obviously that will always be with me and they are a team I will always look for," he said.

"But it is professional when you come to playing football.

"A lot of players I played with when I was there have left so it is quite a different team.

"I try to do my job and get wins on the pitch so I am not really thinking about them, who is there or the occasion. I just want to get the win."