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Morecambe prepare to entertain Accrington Stanley at Christie Park on Tuesday evening, aiming to maintain a near-perfect record against their opponents. The Shrimps have claimed victory from 5 of the previous 6 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Christie Park was just last season, in August 2004, with Accrington S. inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Shrimps in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | Accrington S. | 2 - 1 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 17 Aug | Morecambe | 1-2 | Accrington S. | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Thu 01 Jan | Morecambe | 1 - 0 | Accrington S. | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Accrington S. | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 04 Feb | Morecambe | 3 - 0 | Accrington S. | NPL |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 31 Dec | Accrington S. | 0 - 4 | Morecambe | NPL |
| 1993/1994 | Thu 05 May | Morecambe | 5 - 0 | Accrington S. | NPL |
Recent respective form guides
Morecambe are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Shrimps have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 4.
The Stanley have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Stanley's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Morecambe's total of 19 points from their 10 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide Conference. Accrington S. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 22 points from 10 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Morecambe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Morecambe are starting to turn Christie Park into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Morecambe | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Accrington S. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |