Morecambe 1-1 Northampton Town

Northampton picked up an important point in their fight for League Two survival as they battled to a draw with Morecambe at the Globe Arena.

The visitors were gifted the lead when Andy Wright sliced Emile Sinclair's cross into his own net.

The home side hit back in the second half and Matt Duke tipped away a dangerous Kevin Ellison free-kick.

Morecambe's pressure paid off when Padraig Amond finished a neat passing move to earn a point for the Shrimps.

The result means Northampton are three points from safety in 23rd place, whilst Morecambe slip to 14th.

Morecambe manager Jim Bentley told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"It would have been very cruel if we had lost the game. We knew we were playing a tough side who have picked up of late.

"We've been good in the second half this season and we scored a fantastic goal to get ourselves level."

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Line-ups

Morecambe

• 1Roche
• 8Wright
• 3Threlfall
• 17Fleming
• 5Hughes
• 34Edwards
• 4Kenyon
• 12Devitt
• 9SampsonSubstituted forRedshawat 62'minutes
• 27AmondSubstituted forDiagneat 90+2'minutes
• 11EllisonSubstituted forMarshallat 85'minutes

Substitutes

• 6Diagne
• 7Redshaw
• 10Williams
• 14Marshall
• 15McCready
• 19McGee
• 25Arestidou

Northampton

• 1Duke
• 12Tozer
• 29RobertsonBooked at 66mins
• 4CarterBooked at 79mins
• 23Diamond
• 27Kouo-Doumbe
• 11HackettSubstituted forDeeganat 15'minutes
• 34Ravenhill
• 18Connell
• 7Sinclair
• 8Morris

Substitutes

• 2McSweeney
• 10López Santamaria
• 13Snedker
• 17Deegan
• 20Moyo
• 24Toney
• 35Dickenson

Referee:

Chris Sarginson

Attendance:

1,761

Match Stats

Home TeamMorecambeAway TeamNorthampton

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home9

Away13

Shots on Target

Home5

Away4

Corners

Home1

Away5

Fouls

Home12

Away15

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Morecambe 1, Northampton Town 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Morecambe 1, Northampton Town 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Alan Connell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Andrew Fleming (Morecambe).

Posted at 90'+3'

Gary Deegan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+2'

Substitution, Morecambe. Tony Diagne replaces Padraig Amond.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.

Posted at 90'

Attempt blocked. Ian Morris (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'

Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Marcus Marshall (Morecambe).

Posted at 88'

Gary Deegan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Andrew Wright (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Emile Sinclair (Northampton Town).

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Morecambe. Marcus Marshall replaces Kevin Ellison.

Posted at 84'

Attempt saved. Alan Connell (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.

Posted at 82'

Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Richard Ravenhill (Northampton Town).

Booking

Posted at 79'

Darren Carter (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 79'

Jack Redshaw (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Darren Carter (Northampton Town).

Posted at 79'

Attempt saved. Emile Sinclair (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 79'

Attempt saved. Gary Deegan (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 76'

Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Ian Morris (Northampton Town).

Goal!

Posted at 75'

Goal! Morecambe 1, Northampton Town 1. Padraig Amond (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Redshaw.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Mark Hughes (Morecambe).

Posted at 72'

Emile Sinclair (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 70'

Andrew Wright (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Darren Carter (Northampton Town).

Posted at 66'

Attempt saved. Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) header from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Booking

Posted at 66'

Gregor Robertson (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 66'

Andrew Wright (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Gregor Robertson (Northampton Town).

Posted at 63'

Attempt missed. Emile Sinclair (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Morecambe. Jack Redshaw replaces Jack Sampson.

Posted at 61'

Delay in match Alex Kenyon (Morecambe) because of an injury.

Posted at 61'

Attempt blocked. Gary Deegan (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 60'

Mark Hughes (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Darren Carter (Northampton Town).

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