Season ticket holders at The Park Avenue Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Scunthorpe United languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Morecambe will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Scunthorpe United have to build on here at The Park Avenue Stadium in the League Two. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Scunthorpe, their manager N. Cox and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mark Howard not having conceded a league goal in 181 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Scunthorpe, who won 1-0 against Port Vale (placed 8th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Oldham Athletic and winning 2-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Scunthorpe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost seven.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Scunthorpe, as the League Two home game vs Bolton Wanderers is only three days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Scunthorpe here at The Park Avenue Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Scunthorpe have allowed the opposition to score 10 goals here at The Park Avenue Stadium.
Morecambe form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the League Two.
Impressive finishing from R. Cooney (2), H. Davis and F. Price secured the home win 4-0 against Manchester United U21 in their previous game. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Stevenage in the League Two.
As you can tell from the results above, Morecambe was very dominant against Manchester United U21, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with R. Cooney (2), H. Davis and F. Price providing the goals.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Morecambe in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Morecambe, one draw and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Morecambe now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Salford City is waiting in only three days.
Morecambe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Morecambe have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Scunthorpe, two draws and zero wins for Morecambe. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Phillips 5 goals |  A. Wildig 2 goals |  C. Gomes 2 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | 34 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 64 | 125 |
| 25 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 82% | 71% |
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe have scored more than double the goals of Scunthorpe United.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Salford City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Barrow | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |