Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bolton Wanderers 5th with 81 points, Morecambe 22nd with 44, 37 apart. Morecambe had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 22nd overall. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Morecambe ran at 1.02 scored and 1.7 conceded, Bolton Wanderers at 1.35 and 0.78.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 0 for Morecambe, 2 for Bolton Wanderers and 3 drawn, at 1.6 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Mazuma Stadium in Morecambe (capacity 6,476). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.