Morecambe vs Rotherham United: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

Rotherham United have travelled here for an interesting fight versus the hosts Morecambe. Get smart on the match with this full League One preview!

It's no vacation for neither Morecambe nor Rotherham United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Morecambe form and stats

Morecambe have only played one League One game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 23 matches. Morecambe has recorded two wins in a row here at Globe Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A nice win for Morecambe last time playing, versus Shrewsbury Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Cole Stockton and Adam Phillips scoring for the victors. Midfielder Adam Phillips was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Phillips scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Blackburn Rovers and winning 2-1.

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

Morecambe has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League One were 6 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Rotherham United are travelling again after losing away to Wigan Athletic in their previous match (0-1). The attacker Michael Smith got a match rating of 7.32 in that game. Smith hit two key passes. Rotherham were so close to getting something from the game against Wigan Athletic, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.

A 1-2 loss hosting Accrington Stanley before that.

A new game in only four days for Rotherham United, the League One home match versus Sheffield Wednesday. Busy days.

0 goals so far away for Rotherham United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Morecambe victories, three draws and three Rotherham United wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Stockton
C. Stockton
3 goals
MorecambeA. Phillips
A. Phillips
1 goals
Rotherham UnitedB. Wiles
B. Wiles
1 goals

Morecambe missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Morecambe Rotherham United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 2 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3.5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 8
8.5 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 6
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 13
2.5 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 5
80% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Morecambe Last season Rotherham United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 25   Played P   23 46
25 14   Won W   6 11
10 6   Drew D   5 9
14 5   Lost L   12 26
73 40   Scored S   18 44
60 28   Conceded C   25 60
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
78% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   52% 63%
55% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 43%
27% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 15%
8% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 7%
61% 60%   BTTS BTTS   35% 43%
24% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 20%
14% 12%   Failed to Score F T   48% 41%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5
5.5 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
6 3   Red cards R C   2 5
 
11.9 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11
1.9 2.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.9
77% 73%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Portsmouth 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Sunderland 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Burton Albion 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Morecambe 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Lincoln City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Oxford United 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Rotherham United 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
11 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
12 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Bolton Wanderers 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
15 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
16 Ipswich Town 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Cambridge United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Charlton Athletic 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Cheltenham Town 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
22 Fleetwood Town 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 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 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43
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 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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 Wycombe Wanderers 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Portsmouth 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Sunderland 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Burton Albion 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Morecambe 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Lincoln City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Oxford United 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Rotherham United 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
11 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
12 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Bolton Wanderers 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
15 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
16 Ipswich Town 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Cambridge United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
18 Charlton Athletic 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Cheltenham Town 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
22 Fleetwood Town 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0

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