Geelong midfielder Cam Guthrie will likely miss his side's clash with North Melbourne on Sunday as he continues to battle with calf problems.

Guthrie was withdrawn from Geelong's round one side to faceย Fremantle on the Friday before the match with the same issue.

โ€œItโ€™s still early in our preparation, so itโ€™s hard to get clarity,โ€ Geelong coach Chris Scott said.

โ€œBut, one thing's for sure, we will be really conservative with him.

โ€œHeโ€™s had a couple of minor issues. Itโ€™s two in a month now.

โ€œWe would treat all our players cautiously in these circumstances, but heโ€™s been a very, very good player for us and we need to make sure when he comes back heโ€™s ready to perform at 100 per cent.

โ€œNow that involves conditioning as well given heโ€™s missed a fair portion of training.โ€