Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Morecambe 2.
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Morecambe halted a run of four successive losses with a win over Accrington Stanley to claim the bragging rights in their Lancashire derby.
Nelson Khumbeni and Chris Stokes scored second-half goals for the Shrimps, who still have a chance of securing a play-off place, before Lewis Shipley grabbed what proved a consolation.
There was not a lot to remember from the first half in terms of goalmouth action.
Both goalkeepers had one save to make, with Morecambe's Archie Mair tipping over a Brad Hills effort after 22 minutes and Manchester United loan stopper Radek Vitek easily collecting a Khumbeni strike.
After the break, Stanley had a chance cleared off the line in a scramble and, from this, Morecambe broke through Gerard Garner down the right and he passed to Khumbeni in the area, who found the top corner of the net after 55 minutes.
It was the Bolton loanee's first goal for the Shrimps.
The second came seven minutes later when Charlie Brown's free-kick into a crowded area was turned home by Stokes from close range.
A Jack Nolan cross was headed home by Shipley after 89 minutes but, despite nine minutes of added time, the hosts could not grab an equaliser.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Accrington
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 21Vítek
- 4MellorSubstituted forShipleyat 75'minutesBooked at 89mins
- 5Hills
- 16GubbinsBooked at 60mins
- 38O'BrienBooked at 90mins
- 22Martin
- 18LeighBooked at 72minsSubstituted forWoodsat 75'minutes
- 17Nolan
- 10PritchardSubstituted forHendersonat 75'minutes
- 7Whalley
- 19BickerstaffSubstituted forWoodsat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Shipley
- 8Woods
- 28Conneely
- 30Henderson
- 39Woods
- 55Adedoyin
- 61McIntyre
Morecambe
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 30Mair
- 12Senior
- 15StokesSubstituted forSongo'oat 78'minutes
- 4Bedeau
- 3TutondaBooked at 90mins
- 18Taylor
- 20BrownSubstituted forLarssonat 87'minutes
- 19EdwardsSubstituted forAdamsat 87'minutes
- 38KhumbeniBooked at 47mins
- 14Slew
- 9Garner
Substitutes
- 6Songo'o
- 8Adams
- 10McKiernan
- 11Larsson
- 17Smith
- 21Smith
- 39Hiwula-Mayifuila
- Referee:
- Alex Chilowicz
- Attendance:
- 3,420
Match Stats
Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamMorecambe
- Possession
- Home57%
- Away43%
- Shots
- Home17
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away5
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home18
- Away17
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Morecambe 2.
Booking
Connor O'Brien (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Connor O'Brien (Accrington Stanley).
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Jordan Slew (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Lewis Shipley.
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Attempt missed. Alex Henderson (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shaun Whalley.
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Attempt missed. Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ben Woods following a corner.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Yann Songo'o.
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Attempt blocked. Brad Hills (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Woods.
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Alex Henderson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Julian Larsson (Morecambe).
Booking
David Tutonda (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by David Tutonda (Morecambe).
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Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jake Taylor (Morecambe).
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Attempt saved. Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor O'Brien.
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Attempt saved. Julian Larsson (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Ben Woods (Accrington Stanley).
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Probably Stanley's worst run of performances for 7-8 years. Andy Holt is getting stick from the fan base, but it's not his fault that there are 12-15 players on the books who are - dare I say it - National League North level.
We welcome The Bluebirds on Monday and eagerly anticipate the EFL Table come evening time.
Don't have too many chocolate eggs tomorrow Shrimps, and bring your singing heads for Barrow, COYS's !
The Best of this Season is still to come !