On the 1st of January, Burton Albion and Morecambe will play a match in Morecambe in a clash of these two evenly matched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Morecambe sits at 24th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Port Vale. Gavin Massey struck first for Port Vale in the 40th minute on a feed from Ben Garrity, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Morecambe couldn’t manage to score, and Port Vale took the shutout win. Morecambe looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while burton Albion is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Lincoln City. Sam Hughes struck first for Burton Albion in the 5th minute, then Jonny Smith added another in the 14th minute In the end, Lincoln City couldn’t muster any offence and Burton Albion ran away with the shutout win. Burton Albion is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Burton Albion and Morecambe last played eachother at the Pirelli Stadium on Oct 15th. Burton Albion and Morecambe battled to a 1-1 draw. Davis Keillor-Dunn struck first for Burton Albion in the 30th minute, then Ryan Delaney tied it up for Morecambe in the 77th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Morecambe.
Burton Albion’s top weapon lately has been Victor Adeboyejo, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Morecambe hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Liam Shaw and Jensen Weir, and they each have 1 goal.