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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Bristol Rovers to Win
The League One match at Mazuma Stadium on Saturday sees home side Morecambe take to the field against opponents Bristol Rovers.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Morecambe v Bristol Rovers match are shown here - as well as up-to-date odds.
Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Under 2.5
๐ Form Guide
Morecambe
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Morecambe will be hoping for a better result following the 4-0 League One defeat last time out to Ipswich Town.
Freddie Ladapo (1', 16') and Conor Chaplin (38', 45') scored for Ipswich Town.
Over their last 6 games, Derek Adams's Morecambe have hit the back of the net 10 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.
Coming into this clash, Morecambe have not beaten Bristol Rovers in their previous 4 league matches.
Bristol Rovers
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Since tasting defeat last time out to Accrington Stanley in League One competition, Bristol Rovers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
Tommy Leigh (51') and Ryan Astley (79') scored for Accrington Stanley.
The stats tell the story, and Bristol Rovers have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals in total. At the back, Bristol Rovers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.
๐ฅ Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 23/02/2013 shows us that Morecambe have won 1 of these games and Bristol Rovers 3, with the number of draws being 2.
A sum of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for The Shrimps and 11 belonging to The Pirates. The average goals per game has been 3.33.
The previous league match featuring the two was League One match day 7 on 03/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Bristol Rovers 2-2 Morecambe.
The referee was Dean Whitestone.
๐ฐ Team News: Morecambe
The Morecambe manager Derek Adams will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of coming into this game thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton has multiple availability issues to deal with. Grant Ward (Achilles tendon problems) and Nick Anderton (cancer) are not able to play.
๐ก Prediction
In our opinion, Morecambe will have to perform well to put one past this Bristol Rovers side who we think might get the vital goal that wins it.
Weโre therefore predicting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 victory for Bristol Rovers when the full-time whistle blows.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 02:14 24/01/2023
Correct Score Prediction
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0-1
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Morecambe
Formed: 1920
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium (6,476)
Captain: Donald Love
Chairman: Graham Howse & Rod Taylor
Manager: Derek Adams
Competitions: League One position 21
๐ Key Man: Liam Shaw
Normally deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Liam Shaw was born in England. After making a first senior appearance for Sheffield Wednesday in the 2019 - 2020 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has scored a sum of 2 league goals in the League One 2022 - 2023 campaign so far coming from a total of 18 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 61 | WWDDW |
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27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 58 | WWWWW |
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28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 54 | DDDLW |
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27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 50 | WWWWW |
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29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 50 | DWLWW |
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25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 43 | DWLLW |
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27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 41 | WLWLW |
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25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 38 | LDWLW |
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27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 38 | LLWWW |
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25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 | DLLWW |
| 11 |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 37 | LLWWL |
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27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 35 | WLWWL |
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27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 35 | DWWDL |
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26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 35 | WLWLL |
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27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | LWWWL |
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25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | -6 | 30 | LDDLD |
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27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 29 | LWLLL |
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26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 28 | WLLLL |
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27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 25 | LLDWL |
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25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -17 | 25 | DLLWL |
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26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 24 | LWWWL |
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26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -23 | 24 | WLLLL |
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26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -22 | 22 | LWWLL |
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28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -30 | 21 | LLDLL |
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| Goals scored | 1.2 |
| Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| Time first goal scored | 32 |
| Time first goal conceded | 51 |
| Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.5 |
| Biggest victory | 5-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
| Goals scored | 1.5 |
| Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| Time first goal scored | 36 |
| Time first goal conceded | 36 |
| Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.6 |
| Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Jensen Weir | 8 |
| Kieran Phillips | 7 |
| Adam Mayor | 2 |
| Liam Shaw | 2 |
| Cole Stockton | 2 |
| Aaron Collins | 14 |
| Josh Coburn | 9 |
| Antony Evans | 4 |
| Ryan Loft | 4 |
| John Marquis | 4 |
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