MORECAMBE. Morecambe bested Barrow to win 2-1. A goal from B. Whitfield was decisive in the 89min. It was Morecambe to strike first with an early goal of David Tutonda at the 3′. Then Gwion Edwards scored again for Morecambe in the 11′ minute. Eventually, Ben Whitfield reduced the distance for Barrow (89′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Barrow lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Mazuma Stadium stadium in Morecambe on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 4,878 spectators. The referee was Marc Edwards who had the assistance of Richard Woodward and . The 4th official was Paul Newhouse. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.85 degrees Celsius or 44.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Barrow had a superior ball possession 56% while Morecambe was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Barrow had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Morecambe managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Morecambe shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Barrow shot 17 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Morecambe received 2 yellow cards (David Tutonda and Chris Stokes). Regarding the opposition, Barrow received 2 yellow cards (George Ray and Dean Campbell).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Morecambe has 60 points like Gillingham to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Barrow will stays with 67 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Morecambe will host Doncaster Rovers on the 6th of April with a 2-2 head to head stats.
Barrow will host Swindon Town on the 6th of April with a 2-2 head to head stats.
Morecambe – Formation
Morecambe
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Morecambe started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ged Brannan decided to play with the following team: Archie Mair , Joel Senior , Chris Stokes , Jacob Bedeau , David Tutonda , Jake Taylor , Nelson Khumbeni , Charlie Brown , Joe Adams , Jordan Slew and Gwion Edwards .
The home team had on the bench: Yann Songo’o , JJ McKiernan, Julian Larsson, Cammy Smith, Adam Smith, Oscar Threlkeld and Jordy Hiwula .
Substitutions
Morecambe made 2 changes: Charlie Brown for Jordy Hiwula (86′) and Joe Adams for Yann Songo’o (82′).
Player of the match: Gwion Edwards
The player that probably impressed the most for Morecambe was Gwion Edwards.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 15 duels out of 24. He performed 2 crosses.
Barrow – Formation
Barrow
Barrow started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Peter Wild played with: Paul Farman , George Ray , James Chester , Rory Feely , Luca Stephenson , Kian Spence , Dean Campbell , Robbie Gotts , Ben Whitfield , Dom Telford and Cole Stockton .
They had on the bench: David Worrall , Jamie Proctor , Elliot Newby , Josh Lillis, Sam Foley and Emile Acquah .
Substitutions
Barrow made 5 changes: James Chester for Emile Acquah (73′), Dom Telford for Elliot Newby (46′), Luca Stephenson for Sam Foley (60′), Robbie Gotts for David Worrall (73′) and Cole Stockton for Jamie Proctor (80′).
Player of the match: Dean Campbell
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Barrow was Dean Campbell.
His rating is with 76 passes (96% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Walsall – Salford City – 2-1
- Tranmere Rovers – Colchester United – 1-1
- Sutton United – Swindon Town – 3-1
- Stockport County – AFC Wimbledon – 1-0
- Notts County – Milton Keynes Dons – 3-3
- Newport County – Crawley Town – 0-4
- Morecambe – Barrow – 2-1
- Harrogate Town – Gillingham – 5-1
- Grimsby Town – Bradford City – 1-1
- Crewe Alexandra – Forest Green Rovers – 0-3
