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Morecambe vs Newport County Prediction & Betting Tips - League Two
by Steve Ashfield | in Football Predictions
A place in League One is at stake as Morecambe take on Newport County in the League Two promotion play-off. Morecambe spent many years in non-league football before winning promotion to the EFL in 2007. Since then they have been in League Two with only one appearance in the play-offs, losing a semi-final in 2010. This season saw them finish fourth in League Two and missing out on promotion by just a point. Bolton took the final place but it'd have so different if Morecambe hadn't lost to them at home in April. Fourth place took them into a play-off semi-final against Tranmere Rovers. They won the away leg 2-1 and then drew at home 1-1, after taking an early lead. A form guide for the last 15 league games has Morecambe in second, earning four points more than their opponents in this final. The loss to Bolton is their only defeat in the last eight games played by Morecambe.
Newport County won both of their league games against Morecambe this season. They finished a place below Morecambe in the final League One table, five points adrift of them. The Welsh side won promotion to the EFL two years after Morecambe. They have been in League Two ever since and in the 2018/19 season lost in the play-off final to Tranmere 1-0 after extra time. Newport had to go to extra time to get to this play-off final. They beat Forest Green Rovers 2-0 in the home first leg but then in the return away leg found themselves 3-0 down after 53 minutes. Two goals were pulled back but a late Newport goal took the game into extra time. Newport scored in the 119th minute to lose 4-3 on the night but win 5-4 on aggregate. That ended a six game unbeaten run. This is a tough match to predict with nerves aplenty and so much at stake. Go for both teams to get on the scoresheet.
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Morecambe vs Newport County Form
Morecambe and Newport County Last Matches
1/2 (50%)
0/2 (0%)
1/2 (50%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
10 Jan 2021 - FA Cup
28 Nov 2020 - FA Cup
1/1 (100%)
0/1 (0%)
0/1 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
28 Nov 2020 - FA Cup
0/1 (0%)
0/1 (0%)
1/1 (100%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
10 Jan 2021 - FA Cup
2/6 (33%)
2/6 (33%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
10 Jan 2021 - FA Cup
28 Nov 2020 - FA Cup
30 Sep 2020 - Carabao Cup
10 Mar 2020 - League Two
16 Feb 2019 - FA Cup
6 Jan 2019 - FA Cup
2/5 (40%)
2/5 (40%)
1/5 (20%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
10 Jan 2021 - FA Cup
28 Nov 2020 - FA Cup
30 Sep 2020 - Carabao Cup
16 Feb 2019 - FA Cup
6 Jan 2019 - FA Cup
0/2 (0%)
0/2 (0%)
2/2 (100%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
10 Mar 2020 - League Two
7 Feb 2018 - FA Cup
Players list
K. Letheren
DefenderN Knight-Percival
S. Lavelle
K. Mellor
MidfielderT. Diagouraga
Y. Songo'o
R. Cooney
J. O'Sullivan
ForwardC. Stockton
B. Lyons
A. Kenyon
T. King
DefenderL. Shephard
M. Demetriou
P. Farquharson
R. Taylor
MidfielderJ. Sheehan
A. Hartigan
S. Bennett
J. Labadie
ForwardN Maynard
K Ellison
Substitutes
M. Halstead
DefenderH. Davis
K. Mellor
B. Pringle
B. Lyons
A. Kenyon
J. O'Sullivan
N. Townsend
DefenderP. Farquharson
J Ledley
A. Hartigan
R. Taylor
N Maynard
K Ellison
Most goals and assists
Morecambe
Newport County
C. Stockton
(15 Goals)
T. Abrahams
(8 Goals)
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P. Amond
(8 Goals)
Morecambe - Newport County Key Points
- The two league games played between these two sides both saw each team get on the scoresheet.
- Six of the last seven Newport away games have seen both teams score.
- Only twice in their last 17 games have Morecambe failed to score.
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Our Morecambe vs Newport County Prediction
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