Cheltenham Town 2-1 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 1 February 2020
Result
Cheltenham Town 2-1 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 1 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Cheltenham Town 2-1 Morecambe: match report
Cheltenham Town beat Morecambe 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 1 February 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Conor Thomas opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Conor Thomas (32', penalty) and Alfie May (35'). Morecambe scored through AJ Leitch-Smith (84').
Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 4 yellow cards; Morecambe received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 8th on 45 points from 28 and Morecambe 23rd on 26 points from 30. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Morecambe 23rd with 32.
Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Morecambe in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Doyle-Hayes of Cheltenham Town (8.1), ahead of Alfie May (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 4 draws and 2 for Morecambe.
Key events
- 32'Penalty goal · Conor Thomas
- 35'Goal · Alfie May
- 44'Yellow card · Charlie Raglan
- 64'Yellow card · Luke Varney
- 71'Yellow card · Alex Kenyon
- 71'Yellow card · A. Kenyon
- 84'Goal · AJ Leitch-Smith
- 87'Yellow card · A. Wildig
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ryan Broom
- 90+6'Yellow card · Jake Doyle-Hayes
- 90+6'Yellow card · Christian Mbulu
Head-to-head
Team news
Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)
Owen Evans, Charlie Raglan, Ben Tozer, Jacob Greaves, Sean Long, Max Sheaf, Conor Thomas, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Chris Hussey, Alfie May, Luke Varney
Morecambe line-up (4-3-3)
Christoffer Mafoumbi, Christian Mbulu, Steven Old, Sam Lavelle, Jordan Cranston, Adam Phillips, Aaron Wildig, Toumani Diagouraga, Carlos Gomes, Cole Stockton, Jordan Slew