Morecambe manager D. Adams looking for three points in Southend United showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Morecambe supporters in this Globe Arena clash with Southend United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.

Insights:
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals (23) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Morecambe and Southend United.

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Morecambe form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Morecambe are 10-4-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Morecambe lost their last game at Cambridge United (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Cheltenham Town.

The penalty miss from Cole Stockton in the defeat against Cambridge United was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Morecambe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.

Morecambe are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Port Vale awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Morecambe in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Southend United form and stats

There's been little loot from Southend United's travels as they have only collected 19 points from 19 away games in the League Two. Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in League Two, only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws.

Southend failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Carlisle United (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Harrogate Town at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Southend are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, six draws and five defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crawley Town in just four days.

The attacking power of Southend when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 19 league matches away. As opposed to that, Southend have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Morecambe and Southend United have met before this season: Southend United - Morecambe 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Morecambe won eight games, one match ended with a draw and Southend United has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Gomes
C. Gomes
12 goals
MorecambeA. Wildig
A. Wildig
7 goals
MorecambeC. Stockton
C. Stockton
7 goals

Morecambe missing players

Southend United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Morecambe Southend United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 18 5 Played P 6 19 39
18 10 3 Won W 2 4 8
8 4 2 Drew D 1 7 11
12 4 0 Lost L 3 8 20
53 27 9 Scored S 4 10 23
51 21 3 Conceded C 7 25 52
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 79% 82%
79% 72% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 59%
61% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 26% 31%
29% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 15%
5% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 3%
66% 61% 60% BTTS BTTS 17% 26% 28%
21% 28% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 37% 33%
13% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 58% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.6 1.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.3 12.3 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.7 8.6
1.8 2.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.4
78% 69% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 25%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Morecambe have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southend United have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals (23) in League Two
  • Southend United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in League Two
  • Southend United have the the worst goal difference (-29) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 39 21 7 11 59 36 20 11 5 4 26 15 19 10 2 7 33 21 23 70
2 Cheltenham Town 38 20 8 10 52 34 19 10 4 5 30 19 19 10 4 5 22 15 18 68
3 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 48 43 20 9 5 6 23 20 18 9 5 4 25 23 5 64
4 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 9 11 51 46 19 10 2 7 28 21 19 8 7 4 23 25 5 63
5 Forest Green Rovers 38 17 11 10 50 42 18 8 6 4 26 20 20 9 5 6 24 22 8 62
6 Morecambe 38 18 8 12 53 51 18 10 4 4 27 21 20 8 4 8 26 30 2 62
7 Newport County 37 16 9 12 47 39 17 9 4 4 19 16 20 7 5 8 28 23 8 57
8 Exeter City 37 15 11 11 60 43 18 10 3 5 34 17 19 5 8 6 26 26 17 56
9 Leyton Orient 38 16 8 14 44 40 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 8 2 9 18 22 4 56
10 Carlisle United 37 16 6 15 51 44 19 11 2 6 35 24 18 5 4 9 16 20 7 54
11 Bradford City 37 15 9 13 44 42 18 8 6 4 21 15 19 7 3 9 23 27 2 54
12 Salford City 37 13 13 11 42 31 19 8 11 0 29 13 18 5 2 11 13 18 11 52
13 Stevenage 39 12 16 11 34 33 19 8 6 5 22 14 20 4 10 6 12 19 1 52
14 Crawley Town 38 14 10 14 48 49 19 9 5 5 27 19 19 5 5 9 21 30 -1 52
15 Harrogate Town 38 14 7 17 40 42 18 6 4 8 15 17 20 8 3 9 25 25 -2 49
16 Port Vale 39 13 8 18 50 52 20 7 5 8 24 21 19 6 3 10 26 31 -2 47
17 Scunthorpe United 37 13 7 17 38 45 20 7 5 8 22 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -7 46
18 Oldham Athletic 39 12 9 18 55 65 20 5 2 13 25 35 19 7 7 5 30 30 -10 45
19 Mansfield Town 39 9 17 13 45 51 20 4 9 7 25 29 19 5 8 6 20 22 -6 44
20 Walsall 38 8 18 12 39 46 19 5 6 8 17 22 19 3 12 4 22 24 -7 42
21 Barrow 37 11 8 18 44 47 19 6 7 6 27 25 18 5 1 12 17 22 -3 41
22 Colchester United 39 8 16 15 36 53 19 7 6 6 26 24 20 1 10 9 10 29 -17 40
23 Southend United 39 8 11 20 23 52 20 4 4 12 13 27 19 4 7 8 10 25 -29 35
24 Grimsby Town 38 7 12 19 29 56 19 3 7 9 13 25 19 4 5 10 16 31 -27 33

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 Cambridge United 39 21 7 11 59 36 20 11 5 4 26 15 19 10 2 7 33 21 23 70
2 Cheltenham Town 38 20 8 10 52 34 19 10 4 5 30 19 19 10 4 5 22 15 18 68
3 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 48 43 20 9 5 6 23 20 18 9 5 4 25 23 5 64
4 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 9 11 51 46 19 10 2 7 28 21 19 8 7 4 23 25 5 63
5 Forest Green Rovers 38 17 11 10 50 42 18 8 6 4 26 20 20 9 5 6 24 22 8 62
6 Morecambe 38 18 8 12 53 51 18 10 4 4 27 21 20 8 4 8 26 30 2 62
7 Newport County 37 16 9 12 47 39 17 9 4 4 19 16 20 7 5 8 28 23 8 57
8 Exeter City 37 15 11 11 60 43 18 10 3 5 34 17 19 5 8 6 26 26 17 56
9 Leyton Orient 38 16 8 14 44 40 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 8 2 9 18 22 4 56
10 Carlisle United 37 16 6 15 51 44 19 11 2 6 35 24 18 5 4 9 16 20 7 54
11 Bradford City 37 15 9 13 44 42 18 8 6 4 21 15 19 7 3 9 23 27 2 54
12 Salford City 37 13 13 11 42 31 19 8 11 0 29 13 18 5 2 11 13 18 11 52
13 Stevenage 39 12 16 11 34 33 19 8 6 5 22 14 20 4 10 6 12 19 1 52
14 Crawley Town 38 14 10 14 48 49 19 9 5 5 27 19 19 5 5 9 21 30 -1 52
15 Harrogate Town 38 14 7 17 40 42 18 6 4 8 15 17 20 8 3 9 25 25 -2 49
16 Port Vale 39 13 8 18 50 52 20 7 5 8 24 21 19 6 3 10 26 31 -2 47
17 Scunthorpe United 37 13 7 17 38 45 20 7 5 8 22 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -7 46
18 Oldham Athletic 39 12 9 18 55 65 20 5 2 13 25 35 19 7 7 5 30 30 -10 45
19 Mansfield Town 39 9 17 13 45 51 20 4 9 7 25 29 19 5 8 6 20 22 -6 44
20 Walsall 38 8 18 12 39 46 19 5 6 8 17 22 19 3 12 4 22 24 -7 42
21 Barrow 37 11 8 18 44 47 19 6 7 6 27 25 18 5 1 12 17 22 -3 41
22 Colchester United 39 8 16 15 36 53 19 7 6 6 26 24 20 1 10 9 10 29 -17 40
23 Southend United 39 8 11 20 23 52 20 4 4 12 13 27 19 4 7 8 10 25 -29 35
24 Grimsby Town 38 7 12 19 29 56 19 3 7 9 13 25 19 4 5 10 16 31 -27 33

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.