Read up on this intriguing game in the League Two. Morecambe is in the 11th place from playing five fixtures. They host Salford City who are placed 10th from five matches.
- Morecambe have not yet lost a game at home.
- All of Salford City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Carabao Cup.
Morecambe form and stats
Morecambe have collected seven points from their first three League Two games here at Mazuma Stadium, a promising start.
Morecambe are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Harrogate Town. Midfielder Songo'o was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.15 (out of ten) in that game. Songo'o hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bradford City in a game that was won 3-0.A decent goal production from Morecambe in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Morecambe have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Salford City form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the League Two away games so far for Salford City with six points collected from three matches.
Salford delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Leeds United in their previous game; a Carabao Cup fixture.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Accrington Stanley.The schedule is very tough for Salford City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A EFL Trophy game at Bolton Wanderers is waiting in only three days.
As for defending, Salford City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Morecambe one win, one draw and Salford City two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Hendry 3 goals |   M. Mellon 2 goals |  M. Smith 2 goals |
Morecambe missing players
Salford City missing players
| Morecambe | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 53% |
| 15.4 | 11.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14.3 | 15 |
| 3.8 | 2.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4 |
- All of Salford City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Morecambe have not yet lost a game at home.
- Salford City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Morecambe | Last season | Salford City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 24 | 48 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 12 | 23 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 45 | 74 | ||
| 78 | 31 | Conceded | C | 33 | 56 | ||
| 93% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | ||
| 52% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 46% | ||
| 30% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 29% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 21% | ||
| 54% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 54% | ||
| 17% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 27% | ||
| 35% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 23% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 6.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| 16.8 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Gillingham | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Notts County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | AFC Wimbledon | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Barrow | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Walsall | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
