Accrington Stanley 2-1 Morecambe: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 October 2024

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Morecambe

League Two · Saturday 5 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Accrington Stanley 2-1 Morecambe: match report

Accrington Stanley beat Morecambe 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 5 October 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Dara Costelloe opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Dara Costelloe (36') and Dara Costelloe (45+1'). Morecambe scored through Ben Tollitt (86').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards; Morecambe received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 24th on 3 points from 8 and Morecambe 23rd on 4 points from 9. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Morecambe 24th with 36.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 5-4-1 and Morecambe in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dara Costelloe of Accrington Stanley (8.2), ahead of Seamus Conneely (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Accrington Stanley wins, 3 draws and 3 for Morecambe.

Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Morecambe's D-D-D-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Dara CostelloeAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Dara CostelloeAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Farrend RawsonAccrington Stanley
  • 75'Yellow card · Dara CostelloeAccrington Stanley
  • 86'Goal · Ben TollittMorecambe · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Connor O'BrienAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 4, draws 3, Morecambe 3.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (5-4-1)

Billy Crellin, Connor O'Brien, Sonny Aljofree, Farrend Rawson, Zach Awe, Donald Love, Shaun Whalley, Seamus Conneely, Nelson Khumbeni, Dara Costelloe, Kelsey Mooney

Morecambe line-up (3-4-1-2)

Stuart Moore, Rhys Williams, Jamie Stott, David Tutonda, Luke Hendrie, Yann Songo'o, Callum Jones, Adam Lewis, Paul Lewis, Ben Tollitt, Marcus Dackers