Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 January 2023
Result
Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town
League One · Saturday 7 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town: match report
Morecambe beat Cheltenham Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 January 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jensen Weir opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Jensen Weir (20') and Kieran Phillips (47'). Cheltenham Town scored through Alfie May (39').
Discipline: Morecambe received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Morecambe were 22nd on 21 points from 24 and Cheltenham Town 18th on 28 points from 23. Morecambe went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Cheltenham Town 16th with 54.
Morecambe lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Phillips of Morecambe (8.1), ahead of Liam Sercombe (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Morecambe wins, 2 draws and 5 for Cheltenham Town.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Cheltenham Town's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Jensen Weir
- 39'Goal · Alfie May
- 47'Goal · Kieran Phillips
- 80'Yellow card · Caleb Taylor
- 87'Yellow card · Ryan Cooney
- 90+3'Yellow card · Adam Mayor
Head-to-head
Team news
Morecambe line-up (3-5-2)
Connor Ripley, Farrend Rawson, Jacob Bedeau, Ryan Delaney, Ryan Cooney, Jensen Weir, Liam Gibson, Liam Shaw, Adam Mayor, Caleb Watts, Kieran Phillips
Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Caleb Taylor, Tom Bradbury, Ryan Jackson, Elliot Bonds, Liam Sercombe, Will Ferry, Ryan Broom, Dan Nlundulu, Alfie May