Morecambe 2-1 Salford City: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 23 February 2021
Result
Morecambe 2-1 Salford City
League Two · Tuesday 23 February 2021, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Morecambe 2-1 Salford City: match report
Morecambe won against Salford City 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 23 February 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Brandon Thomas-Asante opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Carlos Mendes (90+4') and A. Wildig (90+6'). Salford City scored through Brandon Thomas-Asante (45+1').
Discipline: Morecambe received 3 yellow cards; Salford City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 4th on 46 points from 29 and Salford City 5th on 45 points from 28. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Salford City 8th with 71.
Morecambe lined up in a 3-4-3 and Salford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Wildig of Morecambe (8.4), ahead of Liam Gibson (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Morecambe wins, 1 draw and 1 for Salford City.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read W-L-D-D-L and Salford City's D-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 49'Yellow card · Yann Songo'o
- 56'Yellow card · S. Hendrie
- 90'Yellow card · Sam Lavelle
- 90+2'Yellow card · Oscar Threlkeld
- 90+2'Yellow card · Oscar Threlkeld
- 90+4'Goal · Carlos Mendes
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 90+6'Goal · A. Wildig
- 90+8'Yellow card · Vaclav Hladky
Head-to-head
Team news
Morecambe line-up (3-4-3)
Kyle Letheren, Sam Lavelle, Yann Songo'o, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Kelvin Mellor, Aaron Wildig, Toumani Diagouraga, Liam Gibson, John O'Sullivan, Cole Stockton, Carlos Gomes
Salford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Václav Hladký, Di'Shon Bernard, Ashley Eastham, Jordan Turnbull, Ashley Hunter, Jason Lowe, Paul Coutts, Ibou Touray, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Robbie Gotts, Ian Henderson