Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 January 2023

Result

Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town

League One · Saturday 7 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Morecambe · Cheltenham Town · League One predictions

Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Morecambe beat Cheltenham Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 January 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jensen Weir opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Jensen Weir (20') and Kieran Phillips (47'). Cheltenham Town scored through Alfie May (39').

Discipline: Morecambe received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Morecambe were 22nd on 21 points from 24 and Cheltenham Town 18th on 28 points from 23. Morecambe went on to finish that season 22nd with 44 points, and Cheltenham Town 16th with 54.

Morecambe lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Phillips of Morecambe (8.1), ahead of Liam Sercombe (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Morecambe wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cheltenham Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Jensen WeirMorecambe · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Alfie MayCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 47'Goal · Kieran PhillipsMorecambe · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Caleb TaylorCheltenham Town
  • 87'Yellow card · Ryan CooneyMorecambe
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Adam MayorMorecambe

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Morecambe 0, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 1.

Team news

Morecambe line-up (3-5-2)

Connor Ripley, Farrend Rawson, Jacob Bedeau, Ryan Delaney, Ryan Cooney, Jensen Weir, Liam Gibson, Liam Shaw, Adam Mayor, Caleb Watts, Kieran Phillips

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Caleb Taylor, Tom Bradbury, Ryan Jackson, Elliot Bonds, Liam Sercombe, Will Ferry, Ryan Broom, Dan Nlundulu, Alfie May