Saturday, 31 August 2013

SkyBet League Two - Morecambe vs Plymouth Argyle - Match Preview

Can Plymouth Argyle make it three consecutive victories when they travel to Morecambe on Saturday?

John Sheridan and his team will travel to Lancaster full of confidence after two back to back wins, a 3-1 away win at Cheltenham Town and a 1-0 victory at home to Rochdale Athletic.  Following the two wins, Argyle have made their best start to a season since 2006 when current Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway was in charge of the Pilgrims.   The SkyBet League Two table make better reading after recent years as the Pilgrims are placed in 9th position.   As of Saturday’s opponents, Morecambe, they are situated in 19th position.

The Lancaster side will be aiming to get back to winning ways against the Devon club after the defeat of Newcastle at the Globe Arena Stadium on Wednesday.  The televised fixture on SkySports 4 was part of this seasons Capital One Cup second round encounter.  The Shrimps lost 2-0 after the Ameobi brothers scored one each in the second half.  Plymouth Argyle were not in action in midweek after they lost in extra time to Birmingham in the first round at St Andrews.        

Plymouth Argyle last travelled to Morecambe nearing a year ago to this date as it was a game of two halves.  The home side had scored straight off from kick-off in the second minute after a goal from Jack Redshaw.  Following that goal the Shrimps went into the half time break 1-0.  In the second half Morecambe had made it 2-0 on the 51st minute following a Richard Brodie goal. The much travelled green army were seeing three goals in less than 20minutes from the Argyle players.  The first goal came from Ross Jenkins who volleyed the ball into the top hand corner.  The next two goals came from the penalty spot on the 80th and 87th minute, Warren Feeney scored both and Argyle had won the fixture 3-2. 

Midfielder Lewis Alessandra will be making his first ever trip back to the Goble Arena Stadium when his current club face his former club, Morecambe. Alessandra signed a 2-year contract with Plymouth as he reunited with his former manager John Sheridan, who he played under at Oldham Athletic.  Paul Wotton, Nick Chadwick and Matt LeCointe will miss the game due to injuries.  Matt LeCointe had an operation on his knee on Tuesday as he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in pre-season.  Jim Bentley will be without Jack Redshaw through a hip injury.  Defender Chris McCready and forward Marcus Marshall will be aiming to take some part in the fixture after recovering from            

Available: - Jake Cole, Luke McCormick, Durrell Berry, Guy Branston, Maxime Blanchard, Curtis Nelson, Jamie Richards, Neal Trotman, Andre Blackman, Ben Purrington, Andres Gurrieri, Conor Hourihane, Romuald Boco, Dominic Blizzard, Luke Young, Ryan Lane, Lewis Alessandra, Reuben Reid, Marvin Morgan, Tyler Harvey, Isaac Vassell. 

Unavailable: - Paul Wotton (broken rib), Matt LeCointe (knee injury), Nick Chadwick (knee injury)

 

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