Morecambe 2-1 Salford City: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 23 February 2021

Result

Morecambe 2-1 Salford City

League Two · Tuesday 23 February 2021, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Morecambe · Salford City · League Two predictions

Morecambe 2-1 Salford City: match report

Morecambe won against Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 23 February 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Brandon Thomas-Asante opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Carlos Mendes (90+4') and A. Wildig (90+6'). Salford City scored through Brandon Thomas-Asante (45+1').

Discipline: Morecambe received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Morecambe were 4th on 46 points from 29 and Salford City 5th on 45 points from 28. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Salford City 8th with 71.

Morecambe lined up in a 3-4-3 and Salford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Wildig of Morecambe (8.4), ahead of Liam Gibson (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Morecambe wins, 1 draw and 1 for Salford City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Goal · Brandon Thomas-AsanteSalford City · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Yann Songo'oMorecambe
  • 56'Yellow card · S. HendrieMorecambe
  • 90'Yellow card · Sam LavelleMorecambe
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oscar ThrelkeldSalford City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oscar ThrelkeldSalford City
  • 90+4'Goal · Carlos MendesMorecambe · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullSalford City
  • 90+6'Goal · A. WildigMorecambe · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Vaclav HladkySalford City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Morecambe 0, draws 1, Salford City 1.

Team news

Morecambe line-up (3-4-3)

Kyle Letheren, Sam Lavelle, Yann Songo'o, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Kelvin Mellor, Aaron Wildig, Toumani Diagouraga, Liam Gibson, John O'Sullivan, Cole Stockton, Carlos Gomes

Salford City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Václav Hladký, Di'Shon Bernard, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Ashley Hunter, Jason Lowe, Paul Coutts, Ibou Touray, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Robbie Gotts, Ian Henderson