Morecambe recovers a 0-1 deficit to beat Forest Green Rovers 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

NAILSWORTH. Morecambe was able to reverse the scoreline against Forest Green Rovers to win 2-1.

September 18, 2022

NAILSWORTH. Morecambe was capable to reverse the score against Forest Green Rovers to win 2-1. It was Forest Green Rovers to strike first with a goal of C. Wickham at the 30′. Then it was a goal in the 44′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Rawson gave the win to Morecambe in the 90′ minute. Forest Green Rovers was vastly better in terms of ball possession (65%).

The match was played at the The New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Yates assisted by Justin Amey and Andy Hendley. The 4th official was Alan Cresswell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.9 degrees Celsius or 64.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.

Match Statistics

Forest Green Rovers

1 - 2

Morecambe

! 65 Ball Possession 35

Shots

9 Total 17
4 On Target 8
5 Off Target 9
0 Shots blocked 0

97 Attack 73
45 Dangerous attack 29
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 7

Fouls

9 Total 14
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Forest Green Rovers had a superior ball possession 65% while Morecambe was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Forest Green Rovers was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Morecambe managed to find the solution to win this contest.

Forest Green Rovers shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Morecambe shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards (C. O’Keeffe and C. Wickham). On the opposite side, Morecambe received 1 yellow card (R. Cooney).

Match Timeline

27'

30'

39'

44'

52'

62'

63'

66'

Reece Brown- sub ->M. Peart-Harris

74'

80'

83'

90'

Farrend Rawson(goal)J. Weir

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

101

After playing this contest, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 8 points like Cheltenham Town and Bristol Rovers to hold in the 22nd place. Talking about the opposition, Morecambe will have 7 points to hold in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Forest Green Rovers will play away against Cambridge United on the 6th of May with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Forest Green Rovers (10 draws).

Morecambe will play away agasint Exeter City on the 6th of May with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Exeter City (10 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers

Luke McGee 1.England

7.4

Jordan Moore-Taylor 15.England

7.2

Corey O'Keeffe 2.Republic of Ireland

7.2

27'

Oliver Casey 5.England

6.1

Dominic Bernard 3.England

6.6

Christian Marques 23.Portugal

7.0

David Davis 26.England

6.8

62'

Regan Hendry 8.Scotland

6.6

80'

Myles Peart-Harris 25.England

6.8

74'

Connor Wickham 21.England

7.9

63'

30'

Bryan Fiabema 18.Norway

6.8

Substitutes

Lewis Thomas 24.Wales

Jacob Jones 16.Wales

Reece Brown 29.England

6.8

74'

Kyle McAllister 17.Scotland

Ben Stevenson 7.England

80'

Armani Little 10.England

6.1

62'

Harvey Bunker 27.England

Forest Green Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Ian Burchnall decided to play with the following team: L. McGee (7.4), O. Casey (6.1), J. Moore-Taylor (7.2), Christian Marques (7.0), C. O’Keeffe (7.2), R. Hendry (6.6), D. Davis (6.8), D. Bernard (6.6), M. Peart-Harris (6.8), B. Fiabema (6.8) and C. Wickham (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: R. Brown (6.8), K. McAllister, B. Stevenson, L. Thomas, J. Jones, A. Little (6.1) and H. Bunker.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 3 changes: D. Davis for A. Little (62′), M. Peart-Harris for R. Brown (74′) and R. Hendry for B. Stevenson (80′).

Best player: C. Wickham

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Forest Green Rovers was C. Wickham.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Morecambe – Formation

Morecambe

Connor Ripley 1.England

6.7

R. Delaney 6.Republic of Ireland

6.9

Farrend Rawson 5.England

7.3

90'

Donald Love 2.Scotland

6.8

Liam Gibson 4.England

7.0

39'

Jacob Bedeau 16.Grenada

6.5

Jensen Weir 15.England

6.8

Liam Shaw 20.England

6.2

83'

Jake Taylor 7.England

7.2

66'

Cole Stockton 9.England

7.0

83'

Kieran Phillips 23.England

7.5

44'

Substitutes

Adam Smith 12.England

Anthony O'Connor 22.Republic of Ireland

Dylan Connolly 11.Republic of Ireland

83'

Ryan Cooney 21.England

7.3

39'

52'

O. Fane 8.France

83'

Arthur Gnahoua 14.England

6.2

66'

Jonathan Obika 19.England

Morecambe started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Derek Adams played with: C. Ripley (6.7), F. Rawson (7.3), J. Bedeau (6.5), R. Delaney (6.9), D. Love (6.8), J. Weir (6.8), L. Shaw (6.2), J. Taylor (7.2), L. Gibson (7.0), C. Stockton (7.0) and K. Phillips (7.5).

They had on the bench: D. Connolly, A. Smith, A. O’Connor, R. Cooney (7.3), A. Gnahoua (6.2), O. Fane and J. Obika.

Substitutions

Morecambe made 4 changes: L. Gibson for R. Cooney (39′), J. Taylor for A. Gnahoua (66′), L. Shaw for O. Fane (83′) and C. Stockton for D. Connolly (83′).

Best player: K. Phillips

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Morecambe was K. Phillips.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 11 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.