Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 October 2017
Result
Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Forest Green Rovers 2-0 Morecambe: match report
Forest Green Rovers won against Morecambe 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 28 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Keanu Marsh-Brown opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goals came from Keanu Marsh-Brown (30') and S. Laird (64'). Morecambe did not score.
Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards; Morecambe received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 23rd on 12 points from 15 and Morecambe 22nd on 14 points from 15. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Morecambe 22nd with 46.
Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Morecambe in a 3-4-1-2.
Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Morecambe's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Keanu Marsh-Brown
- 45+3'Yellow card · L. Conlan
- 64'Goal · S. Laird
- 85'Yellow card · Adam McGurk
Team news
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Jack Fitzwater, Alex Iacovitti, Drissa Traoré, Reece Brown, Isaiah Osbourne, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Christian Doidge
Morecambe line-up (3-4-1-2)
Barry Roche, Aaron McGowan, Steven Old, Luke Conlan, Max Müller, Alex Kenyon, Andrew Fleming, Aaron Wildig, Michael Rose, Vadaine Oliver, Adam McGurk