On the 4th of February, Derby County hosts Morecambe in a clash of the League One. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Derby County is fresh off their 0-2 loss against West Ham United. Jarrod Bowen struck first for West Ham United in the 10th minute on a feed from Tomáš Souček, then Michail Antonio added another in the 50th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Derby County couldn’t manage to score, and West Ham United took the shutout win. Derby County is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 19th placed Morecambe, recorded a 5-1 win against Bristol Rovers. Dan Crowley struck first for Morecambe in the 20th minute on a feed from Liam Shaw, then Connolly added another on an own goal in the 47th minute. Morecambe is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Mazuma Stadium, Morecambe and Derby County battled to a 1-1 draw. Jensen Weir scored the first goal for Morecambe in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then in the 59th minute, Lewis Dobbin sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Louie Sibley squeezing out at least the one point for Derby County.
Morecambe is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Keiran Phillips and Jensen Weir each having 3 goals in their last 5. Both Tom Barkhuizen and Conor Hourihane have been the hottest scorers for Derby County in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.