FLEETWOOD. Morecambe bested Fleetwood Town to win 2-1. A goal from C. Stockton was decisive in the 90min. It was Fleetwood Town to strike first with an early goal of at the ‘. Then it was a goal in the 11′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, C. Stockton gave the win to Morecambe in the 90’ minute with a goal. Fleetwood Town was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (66%).​

A. Pilkington received a red card (90′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Fleetwood Town lost the match.

The match was played at the Highbury Stadium stadium in Fleetwood on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren Drysdale with the collaboration of Anthony Moore and Simon Clayton. The 4th official was Billy Smallwood. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fleetwood Town had a strong ball possession 66% while Morecambe was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fleetwood Town was was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Morecambe managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Fleetwood Town shot 17 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Morecambe shot 16 times, 7 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card (A. Pilkington). Regarding the opposition, Morecambe received 2 yellow cards (C. Stockton and S. McLoughlin).

(Fleetwood Town) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Fleetwood Town will stay with 14 points to hold in the 22nd place. On the other side, Morecambe will have 18 points to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Fleetwood Town will play away with Oxford United on the 23rd of November with a 10-1 head to head record in favor of Fleetwood Town (2 draws).

Morecambe will host Charlton Athletic on the 23rd of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Fleetwood Town – Formation

Fleetwood Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Simon Grayson decided to play with the following team: A. Cairns, T. Clarke, D. Andrew, C. Johnson, H. Holgate, C. Morton, D. Batty, J. Matete, G. Garner, S. Morris and P. Lane.

The home team had on the bench: B. Crellin, M. Clark, C. Johnston, R. Edmondson, J. Garner, A. Pilkington and H. Biggins.

Substitutions

Fleetwood Town made 4 changes: G. Garner for J. Garner (68′), T. Clarke for A. Pilkington (79′), J. Matete for H. Biggins (79′) and T. Clarke for H. Biggins (79′).

Morecambe – Formation

Morecambe started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Stephen Robinson played with: J. Andrésson, A. O’Connor, R. McLaughlin, G. Leigh, R. Delaney, A. McCalmont, C. Jones, A. Gnahoua, C. Stockton, S. McLoughlin and Jonah Ayunga (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: R. Cooney, Adam Phillips (6.3), T. Diagouraga, C. Duffus, L. Gibson, André Mendes and S. Wootton.

Substitutions

Morecambe made only 1 change substituting S. McLoughlin for T. Diagouraga (76′)​.

Best player: Jonah Ayunga​

The player that probably impressed the most for Morecambe was Jonah Ayunga even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (6.7) with 8 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Accrington Stanley – Sheffield Wednesday – 2-3
• Charlton Athletic – Plymouth Argyle – 2-0
• Cheltenham Town – Shrewsbury Town – 2-1
• Crewe Alexandra – Gillingham – 2-0
• Doncaster Rovers – Lincoln City – 0-0
• Fleetwood Town – Morecambe – 1-2
• Milton Keynes Dons – Burton Albion – 1-0
• Portsmouth – AFC Wimbledon – 2-1
• Rotherham United – Cambridge United – 3-1
• Sunderland – Ipswich Town – 2-0
• Wycombe Wanderers – Bolton Wanderers – 1-0