National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Morecambe or Barrow that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Morecambe and Barrow.
Morecambe form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Mazuma Stadium as Morecambe have scored 9 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Morecambe are returning here after visiting Colchester United and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Mckiernan scored the goal(s). Mckiernan was absolutely essential when Morecambe beat Colchester United 3-1, scoring three goals. Mckiernan (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.11/10. Mckiernan scored three goals and hit one key pass.
In the match before that, Morecambe hosted Accrington Stanley and drew the League Two game 1-1.A decent goal production from Morecambe in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Morecambe have conceded only 4 goals.
Barrow form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Barrow playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Barrow delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Notts County in their previous game. Midfield player Campbell was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Campbell scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Grimsby Town's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Milton Keynes Dons.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Morecambe victories, zero draws and one Barrow win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mellon 5 goals | J. McKiernan 4 goals |  E. Acauah 4 goals |
Morecambe missing players
Barrow missing players
| Morecambe | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 43% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 12.6 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Blackpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Barrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
