Morecambe 5-0 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Morecambe 5-0 Burton Albion

League One · Sunday 1 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Morecambe 5-0 Burton Albion: match report

Morecambe won against Burton Albion 5-0 in the League One on Sunday 1 January 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kieran Phillips opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Morecambe's goals came from Kieran Phillips (32'), Jensen Weir (45+1'), Caleb Watts (51'), Kieran Phillips (55') and Caleb Watts (83'). Burton Albion did not score.

Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Morecambe were 24th on 18 points from 23 and Burton Albion 20th on 22 points from 24. Morecambe went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Burton Albion 15th with 56.

Morecambe lined up in a 3-5-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Phillips of Morecambe (8.6), ahead of Jensen Weir (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Morecambe wins, 2 draws and 5 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Kieran PhillipsMorecambe · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Jensen WeirMorecambe · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Caleb WattsMorecambe · 3-0
  • 55'Goal · Kieran PhillipsMorecambe · 4-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Caleb WattsMorecambe
  • 75'Yellow card · T. TaylorBurton Albion
  • 83'Goal · Caleb WattsMorecambe · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Morecambe 3, draws 2, Burton Albion 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • L. MoultBurton Albion · injury (Ankle Injury)

Morecambe line-up (3-5-2)

Connor Ripley, Farrend Rawson, Jacob Bedeau, Ryan Delaney, Ryan Cooney, Jensen Weir, Liam Gibson, Liam Shaw, Adam Mayor, Cole Stockton, Kieran Phillips

Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Garratt, Adrian Mariappa, John Brayford, Corrie Ndaba, Tom Hamer, Terry Taylor, Deji Oshilaja, Tyler Onyango, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Bobby Kamwa, Victor Adeboyejo