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Morecambe face a trip to York City at Bootham Crecent at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Half the previous contests have ended with a drawn game, but unfortunately the other half have ended in a defeat for the Shrimps.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2005, the Minstermen carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Morecambe | 2 - 0 | York City | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 22 Jan | York City | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 05 Oct | Morecambe | 2 - 1 | York City | CONF |
| 1985/1986 | Tue 19 Nov | Morecambe | 0 - 2 | York City | FAC |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 16 Nov | York City | 0 - 0 | Morecambe | FAC |
| 1968/1969 | Sat 07 Dec | York City | 2 - 0 | Morecambe | FAC |
| 1966/1967 | Thu 08 Dec | York City | 1 - 0 | Morecambe | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
York City have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 10 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Morecambe however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Shrimps pummel 12 goals, and let in 5.
York City's 32 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Morecambe's total of 38 points from their 21 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide Conference.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| York City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Shrimps's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with York City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| York City | 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Morecambe | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |