Morecambe 0-4 Milton Keynes Dons

MK Dons produced a clinical display in front of goal to beat Morecambe 4-0 at the Mazuma Stadium.

Mo Eisa opened the scoring before a Matt O'Riley brace either side of Harry Darling's effort saw the Dons return to winning ways in style following their defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.

The visitors, who have now won four of five in League One, took the lead with their first threatening move after 23 minutes.

Eisa ran on to a long ball and showed great composure to cut inside Ryan Delaney and produce a neat finish past Jokull Andresson.

Morecambe looked to hit back with Jonah Ayunga drilling a shot across goal that just needed a touch but it was Liam Manning's side who found the target again five minutes before the break.

Scott Twine's cross was only half-cleared by Anthony O'Connor and O'Riley finished from eight yards out to make it 2-0.

The home side started the second half well and Dons goalkeeper Andy Fisher produced two superb saves in quick succession to deny Arthur Gnahoua and Alfie McCalmont.

But the Shrimps' attempted fightback was ended with a third goal for the Dons when Darling headed home a Twine corner from close range in the 64th minute.

The Dons' fourth goal came eight minutes from time with a quickly-taken free-kick that saw Twine through on goal before teeing up O'Riley for his second with a fine finish to beat Andresson from just inside the box.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Morecambe

Formation 4-3-3

20Andrésson
2McLaughlinSubstituted forGibsonat 45'minutes
4O'Connor
15Delaney
3Leigh
19McLoughlinBooked at 32mins
6Jones
25McCalmont
7McDonald
28DuffusSubstituted forGnahouaat 45'minutes
17Ayunga

Substitutes

8Diagouraga
12Da Silva Mendes
18Phillips
21Cooney
22Gibson
24Gnahoua
31Wootton

MK Dons

Formation 3-4-3

1Fisher
5O'HoraBooked at 34mins
6Darling
3Lewington
30Kioso
16McEachran
17RobsonSubstituted forBoatengat 64'minutes
21Harvie
7O'RileySubstituted forParrottat 90'minutes
10EisaSubstituted forBrownat 90+1'minutes
9Twine

Substitutes

2Watson
4Jules
11Brown
15Baldwin
18Boateng
20Parrott
23Ravizzoli

Referee:: Rebecca Welch
Attendance:: 3,700

Match Stats

Home TeamMorecambeAway TeamMK Dons

Possession: Home41%; Away59%

Shots: Home12; Away11

Shots on Target: Home5; Away8

Corners: Home7; Away4

Fouls: Home9; Away7

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Post update
Match ends, Morecambe 0, MK Dons 4.
90'+4'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Morecambe 0, MK Dons 4.

90'+3'
Post update
Daniel Harvie (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+3'
Post update
Foul by Wesley McDonald (Morecambe).
90'+1'
Substitution
Substitution, MK Dons. Charlie Brown replaces Mohamed Eisa.
90'
Substitution
Substitution, MK Dons. Troy Parrott replaces Matt O'Riley because of an injury.
88'
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Attempt missed. Peter Kioso (MK Dons) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Harvie with a cross.
84'
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Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Josh McEachran.
82'
Goal!
Goal! Morecambe 0, MK Dons 4. Matt O'Riley (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Scott Twine.
82'
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Daniel Harvie (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.
82'
Post update
Foul by Wesley McDonald (Morecambe).
81'
Post update
Attempt saved. Wesley McDonald (Morecambe) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Jones.
80'
Post update
Attempt missed. Jonah Ayunga (Morecambe) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arthur Gnahoua.
79'
Post update
Attempt saved. Jonah Ayunga (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arthur Gnahoua with a cross.
79'
Post update
Foul by Josh McEachran (MK Dons).
79'
Post update
Arthur Gnahoua (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
77'
Post update
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Liam Gibson.
74'
Post update
Attempt missed. Callum Jones (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shane McLoughlin.
70'
Post update
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Liam Gibson.
68'
Post update
Attempt missed. Arthur Gnahoua (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wesley McDonald.

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Rotherham	19	11	5	3	34	13	21	38
2	Wigan	18	12	2	4	34	16	18	38

3	Wycombe	20	11	5	4	32	23	9	38
4	Plymouth	20	10	6	4	33	22	11	36
5	Sunderland	18	11	2	5	30	23	7	35
6	MK Dons	19	10	4	5	37	24	13	34

7	Sheff Wed	20	8	9	3	28	21	7	33
8	Oxford Utd	18	9	5	4	29	18	11	32
9	Portsmouth	20	9	5	6	26	22	4	32
10	Burton	20	8	4	8	22	23	-1	28
11	Cheltenham	19	7	6	6	26	30	-4	27
12	Bolton	20	7	5	8	29	29	0	26
13	Ipswich	19	6	6	7	34	29	5	24
14	Accrington	19	7	3	9	23	36	-13	24
15	Charlton	20	6	5	9	26	27	-1	23
16	Cambridge	20	5	8	7	27	35	-8	23
17	Wimbledon	18	5	6	7	26	30	-4	21
18	Lincoln City	19	5	6	8	20	24	-4	21
19	Shrewsbury	19	5	4	10	18	25	-7	19
20	Morecambe	19	5	4	10	29	37	-8	19

21	Gillingham	20	3	8	9	16	27	-11	17
22	Fleetwood	18	3	6	9	30	34	-4	15
23	Doncaster	19	3	4	12	11	34	-23	13
24	Crewe	19	2	6	11	16	34	-18	12

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7 comments

Comment posted by nhspaul, at 18:17 27 Nov 2021
Keep getting points away from home, go MK!
Comment posted by The Real Graham, at 23:18 27 Nov 2021
This team is the most clinical we have had since promotion to the championship. 3rd time in a month we have scored 4 goals. Hopefully we can keep it up and stay playoff bound.
Reply posted by Franchise , at 15:49 28 Nov 2021
Franchise replied:
I think it all depends if we can keep the players in January...
Comment posted by vision, at 20:33 27 Nov 2021
Onwards and upwards
Comment posted by Peter, at 05:51 28 Nov 2021
Shrimps supporter here. Well done MK, Morecambe competed well in midfield but our defence and attacking play were awful. Your keeper was excellent when needed. No doubting you deserved to win, your finishing was clinical, but we were our own worst enemy. Thought the referee was sub-standard at times.

A big shout for all those fans who travelled by train and got no further north than Preston.
Reply posted by Franchise , at 15:46 28 Nov 2021
Franchise replied:
Yeh Peter we were clinical yesterday turning point was that superb double save in a minute on 58 mins, Good luck rest of the season.. 👍

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