Morecambe 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 24 October 2020
Result
Morecambe 1-2 Forest Green Rovers
League Two · Saturday 24 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Morecambe 1-2 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Morecambe lost to Forest Green Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 24 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
AJ Leitch-Smith opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Morecambe's goal came from AJ Leitch-Smith (19'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Jake Young (79') and Jamille Matt (83').
Discipline: Morecambe received 4 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 7th on 13 points from 7 and Forest Green Rovers 9th on 12 points from 7. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 76.
Morecambe lined up in a 3-5-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamille Matt of Forest Green Rovers (8.6), ahead of Odin Bailey (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Morecambe wins, 0 draws and 1 for Forest Green Rovers.
Key events
- 19'Goal · AJ Leitch-Smith
- 21'Yellow card · Sam Lavelle
- 64'Yellow card · S. Hendrie
- 74'Yellow card · Udoka Godwin-Malife
- 74'Yellow card · A. Wildig
- 79'Goal · Jake Young
- 83'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 87'Yellow card · N. Knight-Percival
- 87'Yellow card · Jamille Matt
Head-to-head
Team news
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Morecambe line-up (3-5-2)
Jake Turner, Kelvin Mellor, Sam Lavelle, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Stephen Hendrie, Yann Songo'o, Toumani Diagouraga, John O'Sullivan, Adam Phillips, Aaron Wildig, AJ Leitch-Smith
Forest Green Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Luke McGee, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Chris Stokes, Liam Kitching, Jayden Richardson, Carl Winchester, Ebou Adams, Josh March, Odin Bailey, Aaron Collins, Jamille Matt