Match ends, Morecambe 0, Swindon Town 1.
MorecambeMorecambe0SwindonSwindon Town1
Ten-man Swindon sealed their third win of the season with a battling victory over Morecambe at the Globe Arena.
Phil Brown's side overcame the first-half sending off of right back Kyle Knoyle to condemn the home side to their sixth defeat from seven league games and take the points.
Elijah Adebayo was Swindon's hero with the only goal of the game on 26 minutes, Marc Richards providing a neat lay off for the striker to run onto the ball and drill a low shot under Barry Roche.
Eight minutes later Knoyle was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Aaron Wilding that resulted in a straight red card.
Morecambe dominated the rest of the first half with Luke McCormick forced into a stunning save to deny Liam Mandeville's snapshot from Luke Conlan's left wing cross.
But it was Swindon who had the best chance to score again when Adebayo went through on goal, only to be denied by a fine save from Roche.
McCormick made three saves late on, the best being from a Joe Piggott header to maintain Swindon's advantage.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Morecambe
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Roche
- 2Mills
- 14Yarney
- 5OldBooked at 78mins
- 3Conlan
- 8FlemingSubstituted forOswellat 84'minutes
- 15Wildig
- 17Mandeville
- 28Leitch-SmithSubstituted forEllisonat 76'minutes
- 18OatesSubstituted forPiggottat 69'minutes
- 9Oliver
Substitutes
- 11Ellison
- 12Oswell
- 13Szczepaniak
- 16Lavelle
- 24Piggott
- 25Hedley
- 27Cranston
Swindon
Formation 4-3-3
- 23McCormick
- 2KnoyleBooked at 35mins
- 5Nelson
- 32Woolfenden
- 31Taylor
- 3Doughty
- 4McCourtBooked at 78mins
- 11AlzateSubstituted forIandoloat 79'minutes
- 10AndersonSubstituted forLancashireat 37'minutes
- 9RichardsSubstituted forMcGlashanat 71'minutes
- 17Adebayo
Substitutes
- 6Lancashire
- 7McGlashan
- 12Henry
- 14Iandolo
- 16Smith
- 24Twine
- 25Romanski
- Referee:
- Paul Marsden
- Attendance:
- 1,559
Match Stats
Home TeamMorecambeAway TeamSwindon
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away10
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Morecambe 0, Swindon Town 1.
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Attempt saved. Joe Piggott (Morecambe) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Luke Conlan (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Attempt blocked. Liam Mandeville (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Aaron Wildig (Morecambe).
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Michael Doughty (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. Aaron Wildig (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Attempt blocked. Liam Mandeville (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Morecambe. Jason Oswell replaces Andrew Fleming.
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Foul by Liam Mandeville (Morecambe).
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Elijah Adebayo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt saved. Aaron Wildig (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Andrew Fleming (Morecambe).
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Michael Doughty (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Swindon Town. Ellis Iandolo replaces Steven Alzate.
Booking
Jak McCourt (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Steven Old (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Steven Old (Morecambe).
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Jermaine McGlashan (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
