Accrington Stanley 5-1 Morecambe

Lee Molyneux scored twice as Accrington eased their League Two relegation fears with victory over Morecambe.

Molyneux's first of the night, followed by Kal Naismith's penalty, put Stanley two up inside 11 minutes.

The hosts then struck twice inside six second-half minutes, Dean Winnard's close-range tap-in came before defender Tom Aldred's header.

Padraig Amond bundled in a consolation goal from a corner with six minutes left, but Molyneux had the final say.

The Crewe Alexandra loan man - who hit a hat-trick in the home win against then leaders Chesterfield earlier this month - stroked home from 15 yards in injury time.

And, as well as supplying the cross for Aldred's header, the lively Molyneux hit the bar with a long-range effort.

While Morecambe are now seven points adrift of the play-off places, Stanley are just three points further back, now six clear of trouble.

Accrington manager James Beattie told BBC Radio Lancashire:

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Post-match: Accrington boss Beattie

"I'm delighted with the performance. The lads were tremendous.

"We did the simple things well and got off to a great start in the game.

"That's something I've been talking to the lads about - about game management and getting a foothold in the game.

"I was a little bit annoyed that we started to dwell on the ball in midfield and get caught, so I had a word about that at half-time.

"We needed to go back to basics, the lads did that and we managed to get a couple more goals."

Morecambe manager Jim Bentley told BBC Radio Lancashire:

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Post-match: Morecambe boss Bentley

"It was a poor night and sorry to the fans who travelled over.

"I feel it more than anyone and it's embarrassing.

"It does your head in because you think you've turned the corner and then you think 'if you can beat Accrington, you're two points off the play-offs'.

"But I must be kidding myself and I must be believing in them too much. We've been pulled right back into it now, so we've got a battle on."

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Line-ups

Accrington

• 26Bettinelli
• 23Buxton
• 19WilsonSubstituted forHuntat 71'minutes
• 4Joyce
• 5Aldred
• 6Winnard
• 10HatfieldSubstituted forMingoiaat 79'minutes
• 2MurphySubstituted forWindassat 79'minutes
• 17Gray
• 11Naismith
• 13Molyneux

Substitutes

• 9Webber
• 15Mingoia
• 16Hunt
• 20Windass
• 24Odejayi
• 25Atkinson
• 44Bowerman

Morecambe

• 1Roche
• 8Wright
• 3ThrelfallBooked at 25mins
• 4Kenyon
• 5Hughes
• 15McCready
• 19McGeeSubstituted forSampsonat 45'minutes
• 10Williams
• 7Redshaw
• 12DevittSubstituted forMarshallat 67'minutes
• 11EllisonBooked at 7minsSubstituted forAmondat 79'minutes

Substitutes

• 6Diagne
• 9Sampson
• 14Marshall
• 20Mwasile
• 23Doyle
• 25Arestidou
• 27Amond

Referee:

Nigel Miller

Attendance:

1,525

Match Stats

Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamMorecambe

Possession

Home56%

Away44%

Shots

Home14

Away4

Shots on Target

Home9

Away3

Corners

Home9

Away3

Fouls

Home5

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Accrington Stanley 5, Morecambe 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 5, Morecambe 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Tom Aldred.

Goal!

Posted at 90'+3'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 5, Morecambe 1. Lee Molyneux (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 89'

James Gray (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Mark Hughes (Morecambe).

Posted at 88'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Posted at 87'

Attempt blocked. Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Goal!

Posted at 84'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 4, Morecambe 1. Padraig Amond (Morecambe) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Williams with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Marcus Bettinelli.

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Marcus Marshall (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Chris McCready.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Piero Mingoia replaces Will Hatfield.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Morecambe. Padraig Amond replaces Kevin Ellison.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Josh Windass replaces Peter Murphy.

Posted at 78'

Lee Molyneux (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Andrew Wright (Morecambe).

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Nicky Hunt replaces Laurence Wilson because of an injury.

Substitution

Posted at 67'

Substitution, Morecambe. Marcus Marshall replaces Jamie Devitt.

Goal!

Posted at 65'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 4, Morecambe 0. Tom Aldred (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Molyneux with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Barry Roche.

Posted at 65'

Attempt saved. Will Hatfield (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 63'

Attempt missed. James Gray (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left misses to the right.

Posted at 62'

Tom Aldred (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Jack Sampson (Morecambe).

Goal!

Posted at 59'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 3, Morecambe 0. Dean Winnard (Accrington Stanley) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.

Posted at 59'

Peter Murphy (Accrington Stanley) hits the bar with a header from the left side of the six yard box.

Posted at 58'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Chris McCready.

Posted at 56'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Ryan Williams.

Posted at 54'

Attempt missed. Peter Murphy (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 51'

Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Tom Aldred.

Posted at 51'

Attempt saved. Jack Redshaw (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 49'

Foul by Tom Aldred (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 49'

Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 47'

Delay in match Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury.

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Accrington Stanley 2, Morecambe 0.

Substitution

Posted at 45'

Substitution, Morecambe. Jack Sampson replaces Joe McGee.

Half Time

Posted at 45'+4'

First Half ends, Accrington Stanley 2, Morecambe 0.

Posted at 45'+3'

Foul by Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley).

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