Swindon Town will do battle with visiting opponents Morecambe at The Energy Check County Ground in the League Two clash on Saturday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Swindon Town v Morecambe, scroll down - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Swindon Town
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Swindon Town will be wanting a better result here following a 2-0 League Two losing effort in their last game against Grimsby Town.
Liam Smith (75') and Donovan Wilson (85') scored for Grimsby Town.
It has been all too rare in recent games that Swindon Town havenโt conceded. It will be a concern for them that Swindon Town have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals in the process.
Coming into this fixture, Swindon Town are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
Morecambe
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Forest Green Rovers in League Two action, Morecambe and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
The only player to score from Morecambe was Charlie Brown (30'). Charlie McCann (38') and Kyle McAllister (44') scored for Forest Green Rovers.
The stats donโt lie, and Morecambe have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. At the back, Morecambe have been far from perfect. Having said that, we must now wait to see if the trend shall be replicated in this upcoming match or not.
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Head to head
A quick look at past results between these clubs going back to 19/08/2017 shows that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Morecambe. They have not been able to register any victories at all while Swindon Town have been superior, beating them in 67 per cent of those matches.
A sum of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 12 for The Robins and 4 being from The Shrimps. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.
The last league game featuring these clubs was League Two match day 9 on 23/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Morecambe 2-2 Swindon Town.
The match was refereed by Scott Tallis.
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Team News: Swindon Town
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Swindon Town boss Gavin Gunning to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Nnamdi Ofoborh (heart problems) is out of contention.
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Team News: Morecambe
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Morecambe boss Ged Brannan does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.
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Prediction
Morecambe have enough to break down this Swindon Town lineup, although it is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Weโre expecting a 2-1 win for Swindon Town at the end of the match. Hopefully this is a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
03:07 26/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Swindon Town
Formed: 1879
Stadium: The Energy Check County Ground (15,728)
Captain: Charlie Austin
Chairman: Clem Morfuni
Manager: Gavin Gunning
Competitions: League Two position 19
โญ Key Player: Charlie Austin
Generally taking up the Striker position, Charlie Austin was born in Hungerford, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Swindon Town in the 2009 - 2010 season, the gifted Forward has netted 10 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 45 appearances.