MK Dons welcome Morecambe to Stadium mk this Saturday. The hosts need a win to get themselves into the Play-off spots whereas Morecambe need the three points to get closer to the top half of the table.
MK Dons currently sit seventh in League Two after 25 games. The Dons have 12 wins, six draws and seven losses, leaving them on 42 points, one point from the Play-offs with two games in hand.
In their last five games in all competitions, MK Dons have four wins and one loss.
Max Dean’s goal gave MK Dons the 1 - 0 lead at halftime but JJ McKiernan equalised minutes into the second half. However, a goal from Joe Tomlinson and another goal from Dean gave MK Dons the 3 - 1 win over Morecambe. MK Dons left it late against Colchester, with Ellis Harrison finally getting the goal in the 89th minute for the 1 - 0 win after 28 shots.
Tomlinson opened the scoring for MK Dons in the second minute and Alex Gilbey doubled the lead in the 82nd minute. Laurence Maguire was then shown a red card with just five minutes to go as MK Dons played out a 2 - 0 win over Crawley Town. However, next time out MK Dons were handed a shock loss at the hands of Doncaster. Luke Molyneux, Joe Ironside and Tommy Rowe all scored in the 3 - 0 win over MK Dons, despite The Dons having 71% of the possession.
The last time out for MK Dons was against Tranmere. Gilbey put MK Dons into the lead in the ninth minute but Kieron Morris equalised just three minutes later. Harrison left it late again, scoring in the 96th minute to grab the 2 - 1 win for MK Dons.
Morecambe, on the other hand, currently sit 16th in League Two. In 25 games, Morecambe have nine wins, seven draws and nine losses which leaves them on 34 points, only five points from tenth-place Wimbledon.
In their last five games in all competitions, Morecambe have three draws and two losses.
James Connolly gave Morecambe the early lead and McKiernan doubled The Shrimps’ lead before halftime. However, Clarke Oduor and Bradley Halliday both scored in the second half to grab a 2 - 2 draw for Bradford City. The next time out was even more miserable with a first half hat-trick from Macaulay Langstaff and goals from Daniel Crowley and Jodi Jones gave Notts County the 5 - 0 win over a Morecambe side who could only manage 24% of the possession.
Jack Muldoon gave Harrogate Town the lead just minutes before halftime, but Jordan Slew equalised early in the second half. George Thomson then regained the lead for Harrogate with seven minutes to go but a goal from Jacob Bedeau in the 92nd minute grabbed a 2 - 2 draw for The Shrimps. In the Third Round of the FA Cup, Morecambe took on Championship Swansea. Charlie Patino and Jerry Yates both scored in the 2 - 0 win for Swansea, with Morecambe without a shot on target.
The most recent outing for Morecambe was against Mansfield Town. Baily Cargill gave Mansfield the lead in the second half but Charlie Brown grabbed a goal to end the game at 1 - 1.
MK Dons and Morecambe have met ten times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 2007. MK Dons have dominated the fixture with eight wins in comparison to Morecambe’s one win, the other game ending in a draw.
