Morecambe 3-1 Grimsby Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 26 December 2020
Result
Morecambe 3-1 Grimsby Town
League Two · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Morecambe 3-1 Grimsby Town: match report
Morecambe beat Grimsby Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mattie Pollock opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Morecambe's goals came from Carlos Mendes (57'), Carlos Mendes (71') and Adam Phillips (90+3'). Grimsby Town scored through Mattie Pollock (21').
Discipline: Morecambe received 2 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 7th on 31 points from 19 and Grimsby Town 21st on 19 points from 19. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Grimsby Town 24th with 43.
Morecambe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Gomes of Morecambe (8.7), ahead of Adam Phillips (7.3).
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Grimsby Town's L-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Mattie Pollock
- 45'Yellow card · Cole Stockton
- 56'Yellow card · Yann Songo'o
- 57'Goal · Carlos Mendes
- 71'Goal · Carlos Mendes
- 90+3'Goal · Adam Phillips
Team news
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Halstead, Ryan Cooney, Sam Lavelle, Harry Davis, Stephen Hendrie, Aaron Wildig, Yann Songo'o, Jordan Slew, Adam Phillips, Carlos Gomes, Cole Stockton
Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)
James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Luke Waterfall, Mattie Pollock, Danny Preston, Filipe Morais, Harry Clifton, Elliott Hewitt, Kyle Bennett, Matt Green, Ira Jackson Jr.