Morecambe vs Bradford City

19 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee Lewis Smith

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Michael Mellon 22’, 86’ (pen)
  • John Joshua Mckiernan 68’

Match summary

Morecambe won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Bradford City. Morecambe led 1-0 at half-time.

Michael Mellon put Morecambe ahead with a direct free kick in the 22nd minute, John Joshua Mckiernan made it 2-0 in the 68th minute, and Mellon made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 86th minute.

Shots finished 12-11 to Bradford City, with 3 on target for Morecambe and 5 for Bradford City.

Match stats

Morecambe Bradford City
11 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Morecambe Bradford City
Kick-off
Michael Mellon1-0 (Morecambe)
22’
Half-time1-0
John Joshua Mckiernan2-0 (Morecambe)
68’
Michael Mellon
Penalty
3-0 (Morecambe)
86’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Morecambe
  • Yann Songo'o
  • Adam Mayor
  • Michael Mellon
Bradford City
  • Sam Stubbs
  • Richard Smallwood
  • Alex Pattison

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bradford City attacking Morecambe attacking 
3’ Eli King (Morecambe), open play, blocked 5’ Tom Bloxham (Morecambe), from a corner, blocked 13’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), set piece, off target 16’ Eli King (Morecambe), open play, off target 22’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), direct free kick, goal 25’ Jacob Bedeau (Morecambe), from a corner, blocked 27’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, saved 48’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), open play, off target 48’ John Joshua Mckiernan (Morecambe), open play, blocked 58’ Matthew Platt (Bradford City), from a corner, saved 58’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, blocked 59’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 67’ Tom Bloxham (Morecambe), open play, blocked 67’ John Joshua Mckiernan (Morecambe), open play, blocked 67’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, blocked 68’ John Joshua Mckiernan (Morecambe), open play, goal 77’ Alex Pattison (Bradford City), open play, off target 77’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 77’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, blocked 79’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 84’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, saved 86’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), penalty, goal 89’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), direct free kick, off target 90+1’ Matt Derbyshire (Bradford City), open play, saved 90+5’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), set piece, saved 90+7’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), set piece, off target 3’ Eli King (Morecambe), open play, blocked 5’ Tom Bloxham (Morecambe), from a corner, blocked 13’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), set piece, off target 16’ Eli King (Morecambe), open play, off target 22’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), direct free kick, goal 25’ Jacob Bedeau (Morecambe), from a corner, blocked 27’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, saved 48’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), open play, off target 48’ John Joshua Mckiernan (Morecambe), open play, blocked 58’ Matthew Platt (Bradford City), from a corner, saved 58’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, blocked 59’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), from a corner, blocked 67’ Tom Bloxham (Morecambe), open play, blocked 67’ John Joshua Mckiernan (Morecambe), open play, blocked 67’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, blocked 68’ John Joshua Mckiernan (Morecambe), open play, goal 77’ Alex Pattison (Bradford City), open play, off target 77’ Bobby Pointon (Bradford City), open play, blocked 77’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, blocked 79’ Tyler Smith (Bradford City), open play, off target 84’ Clarke Oduor (Bradford City), open play, saved 86’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), penalty, goal 89’ Michael Mellon (Morecambe), direct free kick, off target 90+1’ Matt Derbyshire (Bradford City), open play, saved 90+5’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), set piece, saved 90+7’ Andy Cook (Bradford City), set piece, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Joel Senior Taken off
82′ – – – – – – –
Yann Songo'o Taken off
90′ – – – – – –
Eli King Taken off
70′ – – 2 – – – –
Tom Bloxham Taken off
83′ – – 2 – – – –
John Joshua Mckiernan Taken off
70′ 1 – 3 – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ 2 – 4 – – –
Jacob Davenport Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
Jake Taylor Came on as a substitute
20′ – – – – – – –
David Tutonda Came on as a substitute
8′ – – – – – – –
Jordan Slew Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Morecambe win 26% Avg odds 3.57
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37
Bradford City win 46% Avg odds 2.04

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.