FM Preview: Fleetwood Town v Morecambe 26 Dec 2012

Last updated : 25 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Fleetwood Town v Morecambe fixture

Morecambe travel to take on Fleetwood Town at Highbury Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 3 of the 6 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.

The last time the two teams met at Fleetwood Town was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1993, where Morecambe annihilated the Shrimps 0-6 in a (Northern) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 08 Sep Morecambe 0 - 4 Fleetwood Tn. League Two
1993/1994 Wed 27 Oct Fleetwood Tn. 0-6 Morecambe (Northern) Premier
1993/1994 Tue 19 Oct Morecambe 8 - 0 Fleetwood Tn. (Northern) Premier
1992/1993 Mon 28 Dec Fleetwood Tn. 1 - 2 Morecambe (Northern) Premier
1992/1993 Tue 27 Oct Morecambe 4 - 2 Fleetwood Tn. (Northern) Premier
1991/1992 Tue 24 Mar Morecambe 1 - 2 Fleetwood Tn. (Northern) Premier
1991/1992 Wed 30 Oct Fleetwood Tn. 1 - 1 Morecambe (Northern) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Fleetwood Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the in those games, with 7 conceded.

The away form of Morecambe is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Shrimps have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Fleetwood Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower League Two, picking up 33 points from their 22 games so far.

Morecambe find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 27 points from their 22 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Fleetwood Town 6 1 2 3 8 9 5
Morecambe 6 1 2 3 8 11 5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the , as the Shrimps have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Fleetwood Town Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Morecambe Not won in previous 4 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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