Fleetwood Town will hope to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The home team are currently 6 points behind Bolton Wanderers.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Fleetwood Town have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Fleetwood travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bristol Rovers that ended 2-2. Rooney (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.41/10. Rooney scored two goals and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match, a home victory hosting Oxford City in the FA Cup.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 16 league games, 12 have contained zero, one or two goals.
Fleetwood Town aren't scoring a lot here at Highbury Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fleetwood Town have conceded only 6 goals.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cambridge United (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Trafford got the top player rating of the team with 8.62/10. Trafford topped it up with a clean sheet.
The fixture before that was the FA Cup-duel against Barnsley, a home loss (1-2).
Look out: 12 of the last 16 league fixtures featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
A quick return to home after this game, as Wanderers are hosting Barrow in the EFL Trophy only two days away.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Bolton Wanderers as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Fleetwood Town victories, zero draws and five Bolton Wanderers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gomes 4 goals |  S. Rooney 3 goals |  D. Charles 3 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 89% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 82% |
| 67% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 61% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 22% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 41% |
| 5.7 | 6.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 9.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 11.9 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 34% | 28% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 38% |
| 12.3 | 11 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Derby County | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -9 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 13 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
