Only a few games have been played in the League Two so far, with Crawley Town placed 13th and Morecambe sitting in the 1st position.
Crawley have less rest than Morecambe in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Arsenal U21, was also a home game here at The People's Pension Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Crawley Town form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Crawley Town's two home games in the League Two so far this season, having collected 4 points here at The People's Pension Stadium.
The Crawley fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at The People's Pension Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Arsenal U21. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cheltenham Town (0-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crawley as they are travelling to their away game against Exeter City in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Crawley Town has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Morecambe form and stats
Morecambe, who have the most points (9) away in League Two, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Morecambe, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Oldham Athletic (placed 24th) in the League Two last time out. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Port Vale.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mansfield Town in just three days.
The Morecambe manager D. Adams has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Morecambe in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crawley won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Morecambe has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  A. Phillips 3 goals |   A. Nadesan 2 goals | T. Nichols 2 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Crawley Town | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 47 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 78% | 80% |
- All of Morecambe's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Crawley Town have not yet lost a game at home.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe has the most points (9) away in League Two
- Morecambe has the most points from losing position (6) in League Two
- Morecambe has the most scored goals (7) away in League Two
- Morecambe has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in League Two
- Morecambe have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Morecambe have won all their away games so far.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morecambe is in the best form (4-0-1)
| Crawley Town | Last season | Morecambe | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 19 | ||
| 51 | 30 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Conceded | C | 37 | 60 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 81% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 76% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 49% | ||
| 30% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 57% | ||
| 27% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 515 | 304 | Total Shots | T S | 195 | 403 | ||
| 153 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 114 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Morecambe | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Barrow | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Southend United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |