In total; 21 league matches are played and Portsmouth are 14 points in front of Morecambe. What will happen?
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals (42) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Portsmouth nor Morecambe 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.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu not having conceded a league goal in 336 minutes.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Sheffield Wednesday in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. Defender Kieron Freeman got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Freeman won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Portsmouth lost 1-2 at home to Harrogate Town.Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Portsmouth have conceded 10 goals.
Morecambe form and stats
There's been little loot from Morecambe's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the League One. Morecambe only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Morecambe have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 198 minutes ago. O'Connor was the goal scorer.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Morecambe, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Sunderland (placed 3rd). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sunderland was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfield player Toumani Diagouraga was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.05/10. Diagouraga had 22 successful passes (of 23 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Buxton at their stadium, the result 1-0.Morecambe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Morecambe are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 15 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Portsmouth two wins, four draws and Morecambe two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Stockton 13 goals |  M. Harness 8 goals |  A. Phillips 5 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Portsmouth | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 42 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 65% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 70% | 55% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 11.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 36% | 42% |
| 10.6 | 9.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals (42) in League One
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in League One
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 38 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 27 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -13 | 19 |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 18 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -24 | 13 |