Morecambe - Forest Green Rovers: Small difference between teams in League Two clash

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

The visiting Forest Green Rovers side should be favourites in this visit to Morecambe, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 (26) in League Two, have only managed 0 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Globe Arena. With seven home games in a row without a win, the Morecambe fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Grimsby Town game long ago, can be stopped today.

Morecambe are returning here after visiting Colchester United in a League Two game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Bradford City with the scoreline 1-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Morecambe as they are travelling to their away game against Stevenage in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Morecambe has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Forest Green Rovers's last game was the home draw against Mansfield Town (2-2). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Exeter City's place.

It looked so good for Forest Green Rovers vs Mansfield Town, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crewe Alexandra in just four days.

Forest Green Rovers find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Forest Green Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 4 Morecambe victories, 2 draws and 2 Forest Green Rovers wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeL. Alessandra
L. Alessandra
5 goals / 2 assists
Forest Green RoversJ. Mills
J. Mills
5 goals / 2 assists
Forest Green RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
3 goals / 1 assists

Morecambe missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Morecambe Forest Green Rovers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 3 7 14
2 0 0 Won W 1 3 7
4 3 1 Drew D 2 2 4
8 4 2 Lost L 0 2 3
14 7 3 Scored S 5 8 16
26 12 5 Conceded C 1 4 9
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 86%
71% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 43% 43%
64% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 29%
50% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 21%
7% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 29%
21% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 57% 57%
29% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 29%
 
4.3 4.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.3 4 4.2
6.6 6.7 7.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6.1 5.3
1.4 1.3 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.3
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 2 4
Key stats This season:
  • Morecambe have yet to win a game at home.

Morecambe
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 LT Morecambe 2 - 2 Northampton Town
01-10-19 EFL Morecambe 2 - 2 Wolves U21
05-10-19 LT Port Vale 3 - 1 Morecambe
12-10-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 2 Bradford City
19-10-19 LT Colchester United 0 - 1 Morecambe
22-10-19 LT Morecambe 20:45 Forest Green Rovers
26-10-19 LT Stevenage 16:00 Morecambe
02-11-19 LT Morecambe 16:00 Leyton Orient
12-11-19 EFL Morecambe 20:45 Carlisle United
16-11-19 LT Crawley Town 16:00 Morecambe
Forest Green Rovers
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
28-09-19 LT Salford City 0 - 4 Forest Green Rovers
05-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 3 - 1 Crawley Town
08-10-19 EFL Forest Green Rovers 0 - 0 Coventry City
12-10-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 0 Forest Green Rovers
19-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 2 - 2 Mansfield Town
22-10-19 LT Morecambe 20:45 Forest Green Rovers
26-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
02-11-19 LT Cheltenham Town 16:00 Forest Green Rovers
12-11-19 EFL Walsall 20:00 Forest Green Rovers
16-11-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 16:00 Plymouth Argyle

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 14 9 2 3 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 29
2 Bradford City 14 8 3 3 21 13 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 27
3 Newport County 13 7 5 1 14 7 7 5 2 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 26
4 Exeter City 14 7 5 2 18 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 3 3 1 9 9 3 26
5 Cheltenham Town 13 7 4 2 23 12 6 4 2 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 11 25
6 Forest Green Rovers 14 7 4 3 16 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 25
7 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 2 21
8 Plymouth Argyle 14 5 5 4 20 16 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 20
9 Macclesfield Town 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 1 20
10 Cambridge United 14 5 4 5 20 14 7 2 2 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 19
11 Colchester United 14 5 4 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 7 3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 23 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 12 10 1 19
13 Crawley Town 14 5 4 5 22 22 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 3 3 11 14 0 19
14 Grimsby Town 14 5 3 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 3 1 3 11 8 0 18
15 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 0 18
16 Port Vale 14 4 6 4 19 21 7 4 3 0 11 6 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 18
17 Mansfield Town 14 4 5 5 21 19 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 2 3 2 9 8 2 17
18 Salford City 14 4 5 5 16 22 7 3 2 2 6 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -6 17
19 Walsall 14 4 3 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 3 1 3 6 9 -9 15
20 Carlisle United 14 4 2 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 2 5 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -10 11
22 Scunthorpe United 14 2 4 8 17 23 7 2 3 2 11 8 7 0 1 6 6 15 -6 10
23 Morecambe 14 2 4 8 14 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 7 2 1 4 7 14 -12 10
24 Stevenage 14 1 6 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 7 10 7 0 4 3 4 10 -9 9

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