Morecambe could do with a win to ease the threat of relegation that is just nagging at the back of their mind. They are only the four points from safety at the moment (over Chesterfield) after failing to win any of their last five games. Chesterfield are second from bottom and if they win this one that puts them to within a point of the Shrimps and would leave things wide, wide open in the relegation scrap in League Two.
Football League Two – Morecambe v Chesterfield – Globe Arena, Morecambe – Saturday 10th February 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Morecambe FC
ChesterfieldMorecambe Form
The Shrimps are without a win in five now (D3 L2) and are just stuttering along. It’s not as if they have done much winning at any point of the season though and just once this season have they actually managed to win back to back games. So they are far from being a banker. They go into the weekend just the four points above the drop zone so the three points on offer for them in this one against Chesterfield who are second from bottom, would be huge in terms of the Shrimps climbing their way to safety. Morecambe are the joint lowest scorers in the division but they have actually managed to get on the scoresheet in each of their last five home games. They have conceded in their last four though at the Globe Arena so both teams to score may be worth a little flutter even though on the surface this does look as if it will be a tight, low scoring game. Morecambe only have taken a clean sheet in 20% of their home games.
Chesterfield Form
Three points out of this would give Chesterfield great hope of staying alive in the league. There will be huge pressure on them in this one. They have lost their last two league games though, one-goal margin defeats against Stevenage and Crawley which were tough games. In their last away game though in the league, the Spireites managed to get themselves a win on the board over Yeovil. That leaves them with only a W2 D3 L10 record away from home mind you, and they had lost four away games on the bounce before that success over the Glovers. The Spireites have averaged under a goal per game this season out on the road and have taken only one clean sheet away from home. Just one. They are on an eight-match sequence away from home without a clean sheet to their name. Of the fourteen away goals, they have managed this season, ten of them have been in the second half of matches. 70% of their away goals conceded though have also been after the break in matches.
Head to Head News
Morecambe have won their last two home games against Chesterfield and they took a 2-0 win over the Spireites earlier this season. It means that Chesterfield have managed to win just one of their last seven games against Morecambe in league two contests and the Spireites are winless in three out on the road at the Globe Arena.
Morecambe v Chesterfield – Betting Odds and Predictions
It feels like a must-win game for the visitors. However, everything can happen in football and since this is a tight game, a draw is not that crazy.
Top Betting Tip Morecambe v Chesterfield
This is going to be a tense afternoon for sure at the Globe Arena. It is certainly a game that Morecambe are not going to want to lose and although they are by no means reliable at all, not even on home soil, they are good enough to avoid defeat in this game. Look for a low-scoring tense duel, but for the Shrimps to edge it by a one-goal margin.