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Morecambe vs Crawley Town Live Stream, Predictions
The League Two tie at Mazuma Stadium on Tuesday sees home side Morecambe welcome guests Crawley Town.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Morecambe v Crawley Town are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 Form Guide
Morecambe
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Morecambe, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-3 League Two triumph over Crewe Alexandra.
For Morecambe, goals were scored by Joe Adams (69') and Jordan Slew (74'). Elliott Nevitt (18'), Shilow Tracey (49') and Mickey Demetriou (83' Own goal) scored for Crewe Alexandra.
It has been all too rare in recent times that Morecambe have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Morecambe have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals in the process. In any event, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might persist in this upcoming match.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Morecambe:
- have not been beaten in the league by Crawley Town in their last 2 games.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
Crawley Town
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Crawley Town head into the game after a 0-1 League Two win to beat Accrington Stanley in their last game.
The only name on the scoresheet from Crawley Town was Harry Ransom (68').
For 5 of the previous six games involving Crawley Town, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell is a paltry 1.67, with the average goals for The Red Devils being 1.
Analysis of their past results shows that Crawley Town:
- haven't beaten Morecambe in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
👥 Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 15/09/2018 tells us that Morecambe have won 3 of these and Crawley Town 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 from The Shrimps and 9 created by The Red Devils. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
The last league contest featuring these sides was League Two match day 31 on 03/02/2024 when it finished Crawley Town 1-2 Morecambe.
The match was refereed by Dean Whitestone.
ℹ️ Team News: Morecambe
The Morecambe manager Ged Brannan will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group to pick from.
🗞️ Team News: Crawley Town
Due to a completely injury-free group to choose from, the Crawley Town manager Scott Lindsay does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.
⚡ Prediction
In our view, Crawley Town will have a tough ask to get anything against this Morecambe outfit who we think might well just have the edge.
We’re therefore tipping a narrow 1-0 winning margin for Morecambe when all is said and done.
Should be a close one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 19:02 05/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Morecambe
Formed: 1920
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium (6,476)
Captain: Donald Love
Chairman: Graham Howse & Rod Taylor
Manager: Ged Brannan
Competitions: League Two position 11
⭐ Key Man: Jordan Slew
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Jordan Slew was born in Sheffield, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Sheffield United in the 2010 - 2011 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 6 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date from a total of 32 appearances.
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34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 66 | WWLWW |
2 |
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34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 63 | WLLDD |
3 |
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35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 63 | WDLDW |
4 |
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35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 61 | WWDWL |
5 |
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35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 58 | LWDWL |
6 |
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35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 54 | WWWWW |
7 |
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35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 54 | DLDWW |
8 |
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33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 53 | DWLLL |
9 |
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34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 51 | WDLDW |
10 |
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35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 50 | LDLLW |
11 |
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33 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 49 | LDWWW |
12 |
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35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 49 | LWLWL |
13 |
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35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 49 | LDLLD |
14 |
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34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 47 | LWLLL |
15 |
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33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 46 | LDWWW |
16 |
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35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 46 | WDLLL |
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36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 44 | DLDWD |
18 |
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36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 43 | LWLLW |
19 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 40 | DWLDL |
20 |
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34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 39 | WDWWL |
21 |
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33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -15 | 33 | DLLDW |
22 |
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34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 32 | DLDDD |
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35 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -28 | 27 | WLWDL |
24 |
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36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -28 | 26 | LLDWL |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Michael Mellon | 13 |
Jordan Slew | 8 |
JJ McKiernan | 7 |
Charlie Brown | 4 |
Gerard Garner | 4 |
Danilo Orsi | 16 |
Klaidi Lolos | 8 |
Adam Campbell | 6 |
Ronan Darcy | 4 |
Will Wright | 4 |
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