The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Walsall are in the 13th position while the guesting Morecambe worry at 23rd.
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.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have collected 16 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-4-6. Walsall has recorded two wins in a row here at The Banks's Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager D. Clarke led his Walsall to a defeat in the League Two match away at Carlisle United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Banks's Stadium. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Crawley Town.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Walsall's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Crewe Alexandra in only four days. This game is also played here at The Banks's Stadium.
Walsall have scored 12 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. 17 goals have been conceded.
Morecambe form and stats
Morecambe, who have the most conceded goals (51) in League Two, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-2-10 (14 played). Bitter travels for Morecambe as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Crawley Town match.
There were no winners in Morecambe's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Cambridge United (placed 16th). Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Northampton Town's place.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Morecambe when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
The schedule is very tough for Morecambe now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Cheltenham Town is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Morecambe manager D. Adams has some worries about the defense as 30 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Morecambe - Walsall 0-1 entered in the official records. Walsall-Morecambe H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Walsall 1 win, Morecambe 1 win, 0 draws. 0 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 6 goals |  E. Adebayo 5 goals |  W. McDonald 4 goals |
Walsall missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Walsall | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 29 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 39 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 30 | 51 |
| 90% | 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 66% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 72% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 52% |
| 17% | 7% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 31% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 52% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 55% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 28% | 29% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 34% |
| 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 7.7 | 6.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 343 | 195 | 88 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 142 | 323 |
| 127 | 69 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 40 | 86 |
| 23% | 17% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 22% | 29% |
- Morecambe has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Morecambe has the fewest points (8) away
- Morecambe has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- Morecambe has the most conceded goals (30) away
- Morecambe has the most conceded goals (51)
- Morecambe has the the worst goal difference (-21) away
- Morecambe has the the worst goal difference (-26)
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 56 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 54 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 9 | Forest Green Rovers | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Newport County | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Salford City | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 33 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -10 | 31 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 30 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 29 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 29 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |