Match Report
Shrewsbury Town, 12th with 59 points, sat 15 points above Morecambe (22nd, 44). Morecambe had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 22nd overall. Per game in the league, Shrewsbury Town were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.33, Morecambe 1.02 and 1.7, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 12 meetings between the two: 6 for Shrewsbury Town, 4 for Morecambe and 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Montgomery Waters Meadow in Shrewsbury (capacity 9,875). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shrewsbury Town led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-1.