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The League Two clash at Wham Stadium on Friday will see home team Accrington Stanley facing opposition in the form of Morecambe.
All Accrington Stanley v Morecambe match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
Accrington Stanley
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Accrington Stanley will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-1 League Two losing effort in their last game against Sutton United.
The only scorer from Accrington Stanley was Jake Bickerstaff (85'). Harry Smith (16'), Omar Sowunmi (68') and Sashiel Adom-Malaki (74') scored for Sutton United.
Fixtures with Accrington Stanley have tended to be exciting encounters lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, a total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 6 of those coming from Accrington Stanley.
Analysis of their past results shows that Accrington Stanley:
- have not beaten Morecambe in their last 2 matches in the league.
- are without a home win in the past 3 league games.
Morecambe
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Gillingham in League Two competition, Morecambe will be aiming to make amends here.
For Morecambe, the goalscorers were Jordan Slew (11') and Charlie Brown (64'). Oliver Hawkins (18'), Timothée Dieng (73') and Connor Mahoney (86') scored for Gillingham.
In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Morecambe, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average number of goals per match in that spell is 4.5, with the number of goals averaged by Morecambe standing at 1.83. That sort of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this match, of course.
A look at their previous results shows us that Morecambe:
- have left without a victory over Accrington Stanley in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 06/03/2018 shows that Accrington Stanley have won 2 of them and Morecambe 1, with the number of drawn results being 3.
A combined sum of 19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 10 of them for Stanley and 9 for The Shrimps. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.
The previous league match featuring these sides was League Two match day 11 on 03/10/2023 when it finished Morecambe 1-1 Accrington Stanley.
The referee was Keith Stroud.
🗞️ Team News: Accrington Stanley
The Accrington Stanley manager John Doolan doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.
📰 Team News: Morecambe
Thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Morecambe manager Ged Brannan does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.
🧠 Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Morecambe will have a tough ask to get anything against this Accrington Stanley side who will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore tipping a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Accrington Stanley when all is said and done.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 14:08 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Accrington Stanley
Formed: 1968
Stadium: Wham Stadium (5,450)
Captain: Séamus Conneely
Chairman: Andy Holt
Manager: John Doolan
Competitions: League Two position 16
🔑 Key Man: Jack Nolan
Regularly taking up the Left Wing position, Jack Nolan was born in England. After having made a senior debut playing for Accrington Stanley in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Forward has bagged 14 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 38 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 73 | LWLWD |
2 |
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38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 71 | DWDDW |
3 |
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39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 70 | WWDLW |
4 |
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40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 67 | WWLWL |
5 |
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39 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 65 | LLWLD |
6 |
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38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64 | WWDDW |
7 |
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38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 59 | LWWDW |
8 |
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40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 59 | LDLDW |
9 |
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40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 58 | DWWLD |
10 |
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38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 56 | WWLDD |
11 |
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39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 55 | LLWWL |
12 |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | WLLLL |
13 |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | DLDDW |
14 |
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39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 51 | LLDWL |
15 |
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40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 50 | WDWWL |
16 |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 50 | LLWDL |
17 |
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39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 50 | WLLLL |
18 |
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38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 49 | LDWWW |
19 |
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40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 47 | LLDWW |
20 |
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39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 44 | WDLLL |
21 |
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38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | -16 | 39 | DDWDL |
22 |
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37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 34 | DDLDD |
23 |
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40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -26 | 33 | LDLWW |
24 |
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39 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -27 | 33 | LWWLL |
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Newport County |
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Crewe Alexandra |
Accrington Stanley |
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Sutton United |
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Accrington Stanley |
Stockport County |
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Crewe Alexandra |
Morecambe |
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Doncaster Rovers |
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Barrow |
Accrington Stanley |
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Gillingham |
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Notts County |
Accrington Stanley |
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Bradford City |
Accrington Stanley |
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Crawley Town |
Accrington Stanley |
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AFC Wimbledon |
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Grimsby Town |
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Gillingham |
Salford City |
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Morecambe |
Newport County |
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Crewe Alexandra |
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Walsall |
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AFC Wimbledon |
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Tranmere Rovers |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 29 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Jack Nolan | 14 |
Tommy Leigh | 8 |
Joe Pritchard | 6 |
Shaun Whalley | 6 |
Josh Andrews | 5 |
Michael Mellon | 13 |
Jordan Slew | 8 |
JJ McKiernan | 7 |
Charlie Brown | 4 |
Gerard Garner | 4 |
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Tranmere Rovers |
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