The first ever league meeting between Morecambe and Barnsley ended in defeat for the Reds at the bottom of the table Shrimpers who won for only the second time in League One this season and for the first time at home.
This defeat ended Barnsley’s six game unbeaten away run in all competitions and after winning four in a row (home and away, all comps) they have won only one of the following four (W1 D2 L1)
The Reds have gone three League One games without a win (D1 L2) for the first time this season and first time at this level since a run of four between November and December 2018 (D2 L2)
Barnsley have now lost two of their three meetings with Morecambe in all competitions – the two previous clashes were in the first round of the League Cup with this the first ever meeting in Morecambe.
This was Barnsley’s fifth league defeat of the season and they have failed to score themselves in four of them (the one exception being the 2-1 defeat at Derby)
They have gone three league games without scoring for the first time since January/February 2022.
There were 5,270 in attendance, Morecambe’s biggest home crowd of 2022-2023 and biggest in their own stadium since their final home game of 2021-2022 when 5,831 saw them lose 1-0 to Sunderland.
There has only been a total of seven shots on target across Barnsley’s last two games and the Reds have restricted their opponents to just one on both occasions.
Morecambe are the second side to score against Barnsley with their own shot on target this season with Charlton being the other.
They have now restricted four teams to just one shot on target (Charlton, Fleetwood, Bolton, Morecambe) whilst Bristol Rovers failed to hit the target at all.
Barnsley won six corners, their joint most of the season (also at Plymouth) both have occurred in 1-0 away defeats.
Barnsley Team:
40. Brad Collins
24. Robbie Cundy
6. Mads Andersen (c)
5. Liam Kitching
3. Thomas Edwards
10. Josh Benson
48. Luca Connell
7. Nicky Cadden
30. Adam Phillips
44. Devante Cole
14. J Martin
Substitutes:
8. Herbie Kane (for Connell 45)
27. Jack Aitchison (for Phillips 59)
29. Fabio Jalo (for Martin 72)
26. Ziyad Larkeche (for Cundy 85)
Unused Substitutes:
1. Jack Walton, 15. Jasper Moon, 31. Slobodan Tedic
Morecambe Team:
1 Connor Ripley (c)
5. Farrend Rawson
16. Jacob Bedeau
6. Ryan Delaney
21. Ryan Cooney
20. Liam Shaw
15. Jensen Weir
8. Ousmane Fane
4. Liam Gibson
9. Cole Stockton
23. Kieran Phillips
Substitutions:
11. Dyan Connolly (for Stockton 80)
22. Anthony O'Connor (for Weir 80)
25. Adam Major (for Phillips 86)
Unused Substitutes:
2. Donald Love, 12. Adam Smith, 17. Caleb Watts, 18. Shane McLoughlin
Morecambe manager Derek Adams said:
"I think today, we deserved the three points, we played very well, we competed well which we had to because we were coming up against strong opposition just joining from the Championship.
"We stopped them playing and we obviously had opportunities in the game as well."
Match Reports:
Sky Bet League One Results
Friday 21st October 2022:
Ipswich Town (2nd) 1-0 Derby County (11th)
Burns 67
Saturday 22nd October 2022
Lincoln City (15th) 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (3rd)
Gregory 7
Mandroiu 46
Accrington Stanley (17th) 2-3 Bolton Wanderers (6th)
Whalley 8
Johnston og 48
Rodgers og 56
Lee 71
Afolayan 75
Bristol Rovers (13th) 2-2 Plymouth Argyle (1st)
Azaz 14
Randell 45+2
Coburn 47
Collins 57
Burton Albion (21st) 1-0 Cheltenham Town (20th)
Adeboyejo 77
Cambridge United (18th) 0-1 Port Vale (14th)
Digby og 79
Exeter City (8th) 2-1 Fleetwood Town (16th)
Mendes Gomes 28
Stansfield 30
Nombe 90+3
Forest Green Rovers (22nd) 0-1 Portsmouth (5th)
Raggett 17
Milton Keynes Dons (24th) 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers (12th)
Freeman 40
Morecambe (23rd) 1-0 BARNSLEY (9th)
Phillips 39
Oxford United (19th) 1-2 Peterborough United (4th)
Taylor 7
Poku 31
Bodin 52
Shrewsbury Town (10th) 0-1 Charlton Athletic (7th)
Rak-Sakyi 69
Barnsley lie in 9th place in Sky Bet League One with 21 points from 14 games. We are 3 points off the Play-Offs, 12 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 14 points off First Place and 9 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 22/10/22
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Fifteen: Barnsley v Lincoln City, Tuesday 25th October 2022 Kick Off: 7:45pm
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Seventeen: Shrewsbury Town v Barnsley, Saturday 12th November 2022 Kick Off: 3pm