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Morecambe face a trip to Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. On each previous occasion, the match has ended in defeat for the Shrimps.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Robins carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 06 Nov | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | FAC |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 20 Feb | Cheltenham T. | 2 - 0 | Morecambe | LGE2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 21 Nov | Morecambe | 1 - 0 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 02 Dec | Morecambe | 2 - 3 | Cheltenham T. | FAC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 13 Feb | Morecambe | 0 - 2 | Cheltenham T. | CONF |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 05 Sep | Cheltenham T. | 4 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 21 Mar | Morecambe | 1 - 0 | Cheltenham T. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Cheltenham Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.
Morecambe have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Shrimps have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Cheltenham T.'s 22 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Morecambe are currently lying in 19th place in Npower League Two having mustered a points tally of 17 from their 16 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cheltenham T. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Robins, as the Shrimps have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cheltenham T. | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Morecambe | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |