Morecambe 1-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 3 October 2023

Result

Morecambe 1-1 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Tuesday 3 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Morecambe · Accrington Stanley · League Two predictions

Morecambe 1-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Morecambe drew with Accrington Stanley 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 3 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

James Connolly opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Morecambe's goal came from James Connolly (64'). Accrington Stanley scored through Tommy Leigh (70', penalty).

Discipline: Morecambe received 3 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Morecambe were 12th on 14 points from 9 and Accrington Stanley 15th on 13 points from 10. Morecambe went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Accrington Stanley 17th with 57.

Morecambe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jon McCracken of Accrington Stanley (8.1), level with Tommy Leigh (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Yellow card · Josh AndrewsAccrington Stanley
  • 61'Yellow card · Tom BloxhamMorecambe
  • 62'Yellow card · John ColemanAccrington Stanley
  • 63'Yellow card · Brad HillsAccrington Stanley
  • 64'Goal · James ConnollyMorecambe · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Shaun WhalleyAccrington Stanley
  • 70'Penalty goal · Tommy LeighAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Joel SeniorMorecambe
  • 87'Yellow card · Jacob BedeauMorecambe

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Stuart Moore, Joel Senior, James Connolly, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Jake Taylor, Eli King, Tom Bloxham, JJ McKiernan, Jordan Slew, Michael Mellon

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jon McCracken, Kelvin Mellor, Brad Hills, Joseph Gubbins, Rosaire Longelo, Ben Woods, Tommy Leigh, Jack Nolan, Josh Andrews, Joe Pritchard, Matt Lowe