Northampton Town 4-1 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020
Result
Northampton Town 4-1 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Northampton Town 4-1 Morecambe: match report
Northampton Town beat Morecambe 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 18 January 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.
Paul Anderson opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Paul Anderson (28'), Ryan Watson (45+1'), Nicky Adams (55') and C. Lines (75'). Morecambe scored through Adam Phillips (64').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 8th on 42 points from 26 and Morecambe 23rd on 22 points from 27. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Morecambe 23rd with 32.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Morecambe in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Watson of Northampton Town (8.1), level with Paul Anderson (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 6 draws and 2 for Morecambe.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Morecambe's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Paul Anderson
- 45+1'Goal · Ryan Watson
- 55'Goal · Nicky Adams
- 64'Goal · Adam Phillips
- 75'Goal · C. Lines
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
David Cornell, Charlie Goode, Scott Wharton, Jordan Turnbull, Sam Hoskins, Chris Lines, Ryan Watson, Nicky Adams, Paul Anderson, Andy Williams, Vadaine Oliver
Morecambe line-up (4-3-3)
Mark Halstead, Ryan Cooney, Steven Old, Sam Lavelle, George Tanner, Adam Phillips, Alex Kenyon, Toumani Diagouraga, Carlos Gomes, Cole Stockton, Jordan Slew