Tranmere Rovers hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 17th position in the League Two table. Visiting Morecambe holds 12th place with 13 pts.
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.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Tranmere Rovers at their home stadium (Prenton Park) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager M. Jackson led his Tranmere to a defeat in the League Two match away at Crawley Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Prenton Park. Before that, Tranmere had a home game versus Southend United which ended with a victory 2-0.
As you see from the result above, Tranmere suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
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 Tranmere Rovers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost one.
There will be little rest for Tranmere after this match as they are travelling to Harrogate Town for a League Two game in only three days.
The Tranmere Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Tranmere have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Morecambe form and stats
3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morecambe, who have the most conceded goals (11) away in League Two, in their League Two matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Morecambe have lost on their last two travels.
Two away games in a row for Morecambe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Carlisle United in the League Two. A 1-2 loss hosting Forest Green Rovers before that.
Morecambe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and seven defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Exeter City in just three days.
Morecambe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Morecambe have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Tranmere won four, Morecambe won one and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Phillips 4 goals |   J. Vaughan 3 goals |  A. Wildig 2 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 32 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 51 | 82 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 35% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 80% | 69% |
- All of Morecambe's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Morecambe has the most conceded goals (11) away in League Two
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Barrow | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 2 |