SWINDON. Swindon Town and Morecambe played an incredible match before drawing 3-3.
The match was played at the County Ground stadium in Swindon on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 8,859 spectators.​ The referee was Craig Hicks with the assistance of Daniel Cook and Dean Treleaven. The 4th official was Samuel Fudge. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.64 degrees Celsius or 42.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​
Match Statistics​
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 13 Total 17
- 5 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 5
- 100 Attack 104
- 22 Dangerous attack 49
- 72 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 2 Total 4
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Swindon Town was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Morecambe that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Morecambe was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Morecambe to win the match​.
Swindon Town shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Morecambe shot 17 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Swindon Town received 1 yellow card (Conor McCarthy). Regarding the opposition, Morecambe didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Swindon Town has 54 points to sit in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Morecambe will has 58 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
Swindon Town – Formation
Swindon Town started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Gavin Gunning decided to play with the following team: Jack Bycroft , H. Hunt , Conor McCarthy , Frazer Blake-Tracy , Nnamdi Ofoborh , J. McGregor , Jake Cain , Sean McGurk , William Kokolo , Paul Glatzel and Charlie Austin .
The home team had on the bench: Zack Elbouzedi , Dawson Devoy , Udoka Godwin-Malife , Aaron Drinan , R. Aguiar, J. Brown and R. Evans .
Substitutions
Swindon Town made 4 changes: J. McGregor for Zack Elbouzedi (62′), H. Hunt for Udoka Godwin-Malife (62′), Sean McGurk for Dawson Devoy (63′) and Paul Glatzel for Aaron Drinan (71′).
Player of the match: Charlie Austin​
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swindon Town was Charlie Austin.
His rating is with 2 goals, 20 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5.
Morecambe – Formation
Morecambe started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Ged Brannan played with: Adam Smith , Kayden Harrack , Donald Love , Adam Fairclough , Gwion Edwards , Oscar Threlkeld , Nelson Khumbeni , David Tutonda , Cammy Smith , Charlie Brown and Joe Adams .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Farrend Rawson , Yann Songo’o , Julian Larsson , Joel Senior, Jacob Davenport , Cameron Rooney and Archie Mair.
Substitutions
Morecambe made 5 changes: Nelson Khumbeni for Yann Songo’o (67′), Adam Fairclough for Julian Larsson (58′), David Tutonda for Farrend Rawson (81′), Oscar Threlkeld for Jacob Davenport (80′) and Joe Adams for Cameron Rooney (80′).
Player of the match: Cammy Smith​
The player that probably impressed the most for Morecambe was Cammy Smith.
His rating is with 1 goal, 47 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.​
- Wrexham – Stockport County – 2-1
- Swindon Town – Morecambe – 3-3
- Salford City – Harrogate Town – 2-2
- Milton Keynes Dons – Sutton United – 4-4
- Gillingham – Doncaster Rovers – 2-2
- Forest Green Rovers – Notts County – 1-0
- Crawley Town – Grimsby Town – 2-0
- Colchester United – Crewe Alexandra – 1-1
- Bradford City – Newport County – 4-1
- Barrow – Mansfield Town – 1-1
- Accrington Stanley – Tranmere Rovers – 4-1
- AFC Wimbledon – Walsall – 5-1