Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Fleetwood Town 14th with 60 points, Morecambe 24th with 36, 24 apart. The last five rounds placed Fleetwood Town no better than 19th for form, against 14th in the standings. Per game in the league, Morecambe were scoring 0.87 and conceding 1.57, Fleetwood Town 1.3 and 1.3, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Morecambe arrived off four straight defeats. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Morecambe, 9/15 for Fleetwood Town.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 2 for Morecambe, 3 for Fleetwood Town and 4 drawn, at 2.22 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won.
Mazuma Stadium in Morecambe, capacity 6,476, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Morecambe: Andrew Dallas (52'), Marcus Dackers (86'), Andrew Dallas (59'), Callum Cooke (13') · Fleetwood Town: James Bolton (41'), Matthew Virtue-Thick (75')