Struggling Morecambe will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Colchester United in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Morecambe form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Morecambe, who have the most conceded goals (44) in League Two, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Globe Arena. Morecambe has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager D. Adams and the players.
C. Mendes Gomes was the last player to score a league goal for Morecambe and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Morecambe haven't scored in 223 minutes.
Morecambe lost their last game at Bradford City (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cambridge United (0-1).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Morecambe as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Port Vale are visiting.
Morecambe has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Morecambe defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Colchester United form and stats
The visitors are W4-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. In general it has been a productive period now for Colchester United as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Colchester United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Stevenage (placed 23rd). A draw for Colchester United before that, at their own venue hosting Crawley Town (1-1).
Colchester United have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Colchester United - Morecambe 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Morecambe won 1 game, 5 matches ended with a draw and Colchester United has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 6Top Goalscorers
  L. Norris 6 goals |  T. Robinson 6 goals |   L. Alessandra 5 goals |
Morecambe missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Morecambe | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | 35 |
| 44 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | 88% |
| 68% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 64% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| 32% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 28% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | 4% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 54% | 56% |
| 16% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 32% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 31% | 24% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 7.2 | 6.2 | 7.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 271 | 144 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 166 | 341 |
| 73 | 36 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 57 | 118 |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | 30% |
- Morecambe has the most conceded goals (44)
- Morecambe has the the worst goal difference (-24)
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 41 |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Walsall | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Salford City | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 31 |
| 15 | Newport County | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 23 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 25 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 18 |