Morecambe welcome MK Dons to the Globe Arena this Saturday in a big weekend in the League Two mid table. Both sides are meandering in the middle of the park in League Two and need a win to either get in the Play-off conversation or reenter the top half of the table.
Morecambe currently sit eighth in League Two after 20 games. The Shrimps have nine wins, four draws and seven losses, leaving them on 31 points, only five points from Notts County in the final Play-off place.
In their last five games in all competitions, Morecambe have two wins, one draw and two losses.
A Joel Senior own goal opened the scoring for Wrexham and goals from Jacob Mendy and James Jones along with a hat-trick from Paul Mullin gave Wrexham the 6 - 0 win. Morecambe went ahead through Michael Mellon in the 12th minute, but Will Evans equalised before halftime for Newport County. In the second half Seb Palmer-Houlden put Newport ahead to give them the 2 - 1 win.
In the Second round of the FA Cup, Morecambe travelled to Wycombe. Eli King and Tom Bloxham both scored to give Morecambe the dominant 2 - 0 win that saw Morecambe have 80% of the possession. Next time out for Morecambe saw them host Stockport. Mellon opened the scoring in the 70th minute, but Kyle Wootton equalised with minutes to go to grab a 1 - 1 draw for Stockport.
The last time out for Morecambe was a big win over Doncaster Rovers. King, Jacob Bedeau and David Tutonda, along with a brace from Mellon gave Morecambe the 5 - 0 win over Doncaster, despite having less of the possession.
MK Dons, on the other hand, sit three spots below Morecambe in 11th. In 20 games, The Dons have eight wins, six draws and six losses which leaves them on 30 points, just one point behind their opponents this weekend.
In their last five games in all competitions, MK Dons have three wins, one draw and one loss.
In the Football League Trophy Group stage, MK Dons hosted Northampton Town. Manny Monthe opened the scoring for Northampton, but goals from Charlie Waller and Darragh Burns put MK Dons ahead in the second half. A penalty from Tyreece Simpson drew Northampton level, but Dawson Devoy immediately put MK Dons back ahead for the 3 - 2 win. Back in League Two, MK Dons travelled to Salford City. Max Dean put MK Dons ahead in the tenth minute, but goals from Kelly N’Mai and Ryan Watson gave Salford the 2 - 1 lead at halftime. However, in the second half, Joe Tomlinson grabbed a brace and was joined on the scoresheet by Ellis Harrison for the 4 - 2 win.
Rekeil Pyke gave Grimsby the lead at halftime, but a goal from Jack Payne in the second half grabbed a 1 - 1 draw for MK Dons. In the Second round of the Football League Trophy, MK Dons faced Brighton’s U21 team. Samy Chouchane, Joe Knight, Ruairi McConville and Sahil Bashir all scored in the 4 - 0 win for Brighton over a ten-man MK Dons, who had Devoy sent off.
The most recent outing for MK Dons was against Forest Green Rovers. Dean and Payne both scored in the first half to give MK Dons the 2 - 0 win.
Morecambe and MK Dons have met just nine times in their histories, with the first meeting coming as recently as 2007. MK Dons have the far better record in the fixture with seven wins in comparison to Morecambe’s one win, with the other meeting ending in a share of the points.