Yet another intriguing match in the League Two. Morecambe is in the 14th spot from participating in three fixtures. They greet Bradford City who are placed 12th from three fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Morecambe form and stats
Only two League Two home games for Morecambe so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Morecambe are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Rawson).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Morecambe, who played 0-0 against Notts County. That match was also played at this venue (Mazuma Stadium). The forward Mellon outshone all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Mellon hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mansfield Town (0-3).Morecambe has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Bradford City form and stats
The League Two season is young and Bradford City have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Bradford City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Stockport County (placed 22nd). Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Pattison and that is solid stuff! The attacker Pattison got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Pattison scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Colchester United.{1 goals} so far away for Bradford City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Morecambe-Bradford City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Morecambe two wins, Bradford City five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Pattison 2 goals | ![]() A. Major 1 goals | ![]() F. Rawson 1 goals |
Morecambe missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Morecambe | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 10.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 13.7 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 15.7 | 10 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 15.7 |
| 2.7 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Morecambe | Last season | Bradford City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 24 | 48 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 16 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 29 | 63 | ||
| 78 | 31 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 93% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 65% | ||
| 52% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 30% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 25% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 10% | ||
| 54% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 17% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 35% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 29% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 6.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 46% | ||
| 16.8 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gillingham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Barrow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Crawley Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Wrexham | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Salford City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Notts County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Newport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 | Walsall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 22 | Stockport County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 35 | 101 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 101 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 66 | 98 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 81 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 44 | 96 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 33 | 86 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 62 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 81 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 46 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 75 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 21 | 77 |
| 7 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 76 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 61 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 70 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 70 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 62 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 62 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 61 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 59 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 51 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 58 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 64 | 68 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 41 | -4 | 56 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 57 | 79 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 46 | -22 | 56 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 61 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 34 | -16 | 54 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 58 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 37 | -15 | 53 |
| 18 | Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 41 | -23 | 49 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 47 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 41 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 42 | -27 | 46 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | -22 | 45 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 78 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 47 | -31 | 44 |
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 77 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 38 | -37 | 44 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 89 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 47 | -58 | 27 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 91 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 39 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 85 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 83 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 28 | 79 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 76 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 61 | 43 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 76 |
| 7 | Salford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 75 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 72 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 75 |
| 9 | Barrow | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 34 | -6 | 62 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 61 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 31 | -7 | 61 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 28 | -3 | 58 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -12 | 58 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 37 | -12 | 58 |
| 15 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 26 | -3 | 57 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 46 | 49 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -3 | 55 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 49 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 55 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -19 | 55 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 68 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 36 | -9 | 52 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 51 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | -7 | 49 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 30 | -12 | 48 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 41 | -23 | 46 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 52 | 78 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | -26 | 43 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 32 | -24 | 38 |
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