Northampton Town 3-1 Morecambe

James Collins fired Northampton Town's opening goal as they made it five league wins in a row

Northampton Town earned a comfortable victory against Morecambe to move two points clear at the top of League Two.

James Collins scored on his home debut from a Joel Byrom free-kick, before John-Joe O'Toole doubled the lead when he deflected Ricky Holmes' shot into the back of the net.

Rod McDonald headed a third for the Cobblers and Alex Kenyon had a shot over the bar for the Shrimps.

Paul Mullin scored a consolation goal for Morecambe from a loose ball.

The Cobblers have now won five straight league matches, while Jim Bentley's Morecambe saw their four-game unbeaten streak ended as they fell to 14th.

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
• Live Text

Line-ups

Northampton

Formation 4-4-2

1Smith

2Moloney5Diamond18McDonald16Buchanan

11Holmes8Byrom21O'Toole20Martin

19Collins9Richards

• 1Smith
• 2Moloney
• 5Diamond
• 18McDonald
• 16BuchananBooked at 90mins
• 11Holmes
• 8Byrom
• 21O'Toole
• 20MartinSubstituted forAdamsat 84'minutes
• 19CollinsSubstituted forHoskinsat 89'minutes
• 9RichardsBooked at 27minsSubstituted forTaylorat 80'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Horwood
• 4Taylor
• 6Cresswell
• 10Adams
• 12Lelan
• 14Hoskins
• 26Clarke

Morecambe

Formation 4-2-3-1

30O'Hara

2Beeley5Dugdale22Parrish19Wilson

17Fleming4Kenyon

9Barkhuizen7Devitt11Ellison

16Miller

• 30O'Hara
• 2Beeley
• 5DugdaleBooked at 90mins
• 22Parrish
• 19WilsonBooked at 57mins
• 17FlemingBooked at 26mins
• 4Kenyon
• 9BarkhuizenSubstituted forConlanat 85'minutes
• 7DevittSubstituted forMolyneuxat 64'minutes
• 11EllisonBooked at 58mins
• 16MillerSubstituted forMullinat 65'minutes

Substitutes

• 6Edwards
• 10Molyneux
• 12Mullin
• 13Goodall
• 23Doyle
• 24Conlan
• 27Kelleher

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Attendance:

4,652

Match Stats

Home TeamNorthamptonAway TeamMorecambe

Possession

Home63%

Away37%

Shots

Home13

Away9

Shots on Target

Home7

Away4

Corners

Home7

Away2

Fouls

Home6

Away15

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Northampton Town 3, Morecambe 1.

2. 90'+5'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Northampton Town 3, Morecambe 1.

3. 90'+5'

   Booking

   Adam Dugdale (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

4. 90'+5'

   Post update

   Ricky Holmes (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

5. 90'+5'

   Post update

   Foul by Adam Dugdale (Morecambe).

6. 90'+3'

   Post update

   Attempt missed. Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

7. 90'+3'

   Post update

   Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Joel Byrom.

8. 90'+2'

   Booking

   David Buchanan (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.

9. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Foul by Jason Taylor (Northampton Town).

10. 90'+2'

    Post update

    Alex Kenyon (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11. 89'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Northampton Town. Sam Hoskins replaces James Collins.

12. 88'

    Post update

    John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

13. 88'

    Post update

    Foul by Alex Kenyon (Morecambe).

14. 86'

    Post update

    Hand ball by Andrew Fleming (Morecambe).

15. 85'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Morecambe. Luke Conlan replaces Tom Barkhuizen.

16. 84'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Northampton Town. Nicky Adams replaces Lee Martin.

17. 83'

    Post update

    Hand ball by Kevin Ellison (Morecambe).

18. 81'

    Post update

    Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Shaun Beeley.

19. 80'

    Substitution

    Substitution, Northampton Town. Jason Taylor replaces Marc Richards.

20. 77'

    Post update

    Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Adam Dugdale.

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