Walsall 3-0 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 20 February 2024
Result
Walsall 3-0 Morecambe
League Two · Tuesday 20 February 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Walsall 3-0 Morecambe: match report
Walsall beat Morecambe 3-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 20 February 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ross Tierney opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Walsall's goals came from Ross Tierney (13'), Jamille Matt (26') and Emmanuel Adegboyega (65'). Morecambe did not score.
Discipline: Walsall received 4 yellow cards; Morecambe received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 16th on 42 points from 31 and Morecambe 10th on 47 points from 31. Walsall went on to finish that season 11th with 65 points, and Morecambe 15th with 61.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Morecambe in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Adegboyega of Walsall (8.4), level with Jamille Matt (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 0 draws and 1 for Morecambe.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Morecambe's D-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Ross Tierney
- 23'Yellow card · Brandon Comley
- 24'Yellow card · Ged Brannan
- 26'Goal · Jamille Matt
- 53'Yellow card · Christopher Stokes
- 58'Yellow card · Josh Gordon
- 62'Yellow card · Tom Knowles
- 65'Goal · Emmanuel Adegboyega
- 80'Yellow card · David Tutonda
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jack Earing
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Jackson Smith, Emmanuel Adegboyega, David Okagbue, Taylor Allen, Tom Knowles, Isaac Hutchinson, Brandon Comley, Ross Tierney, Liam Gordon, Jamille Matt, Josh Gordon
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Archie Mair, Joel Senior, Chris Stokes, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Nelson Khumbeni, Jake Taylor, Charlie Brown, Joe Adams, Julian Larsson, Jordan Slew