It's the EFL Trophy: Morecambe and Everton U21 face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 14.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mazuma Stadium (6476 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Morecambe & Everton U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!

The hosts Morecambe saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. Thankfully the previous game, versus AFC Wimbledon, was also a home game here at Mazuma Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Morecambe form and stats

Morecambe was eliminated in the group stage last season in the EFL Trophy.

Overall League One statistics at home this season for Morecambe are 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Morecambe fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Mazuma Stadium: A 3-4 defeat against AFC Wimbledon. The forward Cole Stockton won the honour of being "man of the match" for Morecambe with a rating of 8.05/10. Stockton scored two goals and hit one key pass. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Heartbreak for Morecambe in their last match as AFC Wimbledon's A. Assal scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that, Morecambe had a League One home game versus Sheffield Wednesday which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Morecambe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Morecambe as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Morecambe has won six of these, drawn three and lost three.

The manager S. Robinson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Doncaster Rovers in only four days.

Morecambe have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mazuma Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Morecambe have conceded 5 goals.

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Everton U21 form and stats

Everton was sent out of EFL Trophy in the 2nd round last season.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League U21 travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Everton in their previous game, as they lost their EFL Trophy-match, hosting Fleetwood Town, 0-4. Everton lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

A 2-2 draw at Crewe Alexandra (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties)'s stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Everton U21 in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Everton U21, two draws and zero defeats.

Everton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. 15 goals have been conceded by Everton in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Stockton
C. Stockton
6 goals
MorecambeS. McLoughlin
S. McLoughlin
1 goals

Morecambe missing players

Everton U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Morecambe Everton U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   16 25
12 6   Won W   4 9
5 4   Drew D   6 8
8 4   Lost L   6 8
44 22   Scored S   20 34
29 17   Conceded C   20 31
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 96%
72% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 80%
48% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 44%
28% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 32%
24% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 8%
56% 50%   BTTS BTTS   69% 60%
28% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 24%
20% 21%   Failed to Score F T   19% 20%
 
4.5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 3.4
7 7.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.1 7
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.1 11   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 9.3
2.6 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 4.9
63% 66%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 23%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hartlepool United 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
2 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Everton U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Sunderland 6 5 0 1 10 5 4 4 0 0 8 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 15
2 Wigan Athletic 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 13
3 Bolton Wanderers 7 3 3 1 14 10 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 9 6 4 12
4 AFC Wimbledon 7 3 3 1 15 12 3 1 2 0 7 5 4 2 1 1 8 7 3 12
5 Milton Keynes Dons 7 3 3 1 12 9 4 3 0 1 6 3 3 0 3 0 6 6 3 12
6 Accrington Stanley 7 4 0 3 7 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 1 0 3 3 6 0 12
7 Burton Albion 7 3 3 1 6 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 12
8 Plymouth Argyle 6 3 2 1 9 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 5 11
9 Wycombe Wanderers 6 3 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 11
10 Oxford United 7 3 2 2 9 8 4 3 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 11
11 Portsmouth 6 3 1 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 10
12 Sheffield Wednesday 6 3 1 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 10
13 Rotherham United 6 3 0 3 7 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 9
14 Cheltenham Town 7 2 3 2 10 11 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 -1 9
15 Cambridge United 6 2 2 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 8
16 Lincoln City 6 2 1 3 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 7 6 1 7
17 Fleetwood Town 6 2 1 3 9 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 7
18 Morecambe 6 2 1 3 9 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 7
19 Gillingham 6 1 3 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 2 2 3 5 -1 6
20 Charlton Athletic 6 1 1 4 5 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 4
21 Shrewsbury Town 7 1 1 5 3 10 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 4
22 Ipswich Town 6 0 3 3 10 15 4 0 3 1 8 11 2 0 0 2 2 4 -5 3
23 Crewe Alexandra 6 0 2 4 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 6 -6 2
24 Doncaster Rovers 6 0 1 5 2 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 1 7 -7 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 Manchester United U21 22 15 3 4 44 19 11 10 1 0 31 6 11 5 2 4 13 13 25 48
2 Sunderland U21 22 13 4 5 38 20 11 7 2 2 18 10 11 6 2 3 20 10 18 43
3 Everton U21 22 10 7 5 35 27 11 6 4 1 21 12 11 4 3 4 14 15 8 37
4 Manchester City U21 22 10 4 8 35 26 11 6 2 3 20 12 11 4 2 5 15 14 9 34
5 Chelsea U21 22 9 6 7 34 30 11 4 2 5 18 16 11 5 4 2 16 14 4 33
6 Southampton U21 22 8 6 8 39 40 11 3 5 3 14 15 11 5 1 5 25 25 -1 30
7 Liverpool U21 22 8 4 10 26 37 11 5 1 5 12 18 11 3 3 5 14 19 -11 28
8 Tottenham U21 22 7 6 9 44 43 11 3 2 6 26 27 11 4 4 3 18 16 1 27
9 Reading U21 22 7 6 9 34 40 11 5 2 4 16 20 11 2 4 5 18 20 -6 27
10 Leicester U21 22 6 3 13 25 48 11 4 3 4 12 17 11 2 0 9 13 31 -23 21
11 Middlesbrough U21 22 5 5 12 33 37 11 3 2 6 16 17 11 2 3 6 17 20 -4 20
12 Norwich City U21 22 5 4 13 30 50 11 3 3 5 21 22 11 2 1 8 9 28 -20 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hartlepool United 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
2 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Everton U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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