League One: Fleetwood Town - Milton Keynes Dons preview and numbers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

Match preview: 24 points are the diference between the sides ahead of this match, Milton Keynes Dons on top. Will Fleetwood Town upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (20) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Fleetwood Town nor Milton Keynes Dons as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Fleetwood Town have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games. The last three games played by Fleetwood, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Fleetwood Town travelled for their previous game, a trip to Shrewsbury Town that ended 1-1. Pilkington, who usually features in attack, was the champion performer for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.33 (out of 10). Pilkington scored one goal and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).

In the match before that, Fleetwood Town hosted Cambridge United and drew the game 1-1.

Fleetwood Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Cheltenham Town awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Fleetwood Town in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded. When Fleetwood Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra and Cheltenham Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Milton Keynes Dons playing as the away team in the League One this season. Having won their last three away games Keynes has no reason to fear anyone.

Milton Keynes Dons go into this game after a win, the home game against Lincoln City that ended 2-1. O'Hora was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender O'Hora scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 2 of 3 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wycombe Wanderers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

A new game in only four days for Milton Keynes Dons, the League One home match versus Ipswich Town. Busy days.

As opposed to that, Keynes have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Milton Keynes Dons - Fleetwood Town 3-3 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Fleetwood Town victories, three draws and five Milton Keynes Dons wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Milton Keynes DonsS. Twine
S. Twine
13 goals
Fleetwood TownG. Garner
G. Garner
7 goals
Milton Keynes DonsM. Eisa
M. Eisa
7 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Fleetwood Town Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 6 15 30
7 5 1 Won W 4 8 16
10 4 3 Drew D 1 4 7
12 6 1 Lost L 1 3 7
43 25 11 Scored S 17 30 50
50 24 11 Conceded C 7 18 33
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
66% 73% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 67% 57%
38% 33% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 27%
24% 27% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 20%
66% 60% 80% BTTS BTTS 83% 73% 60%
17% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 20% 30%
21% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 13%
 
4.6 5.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.3 4.7
5.1 6.1 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.1 5.2
1.7 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 13.1 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 14 14.4
4.1 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.4 5.2
36% 37% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 37% 32%
 
12.5 13.3 16.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 11.2 10.2
4.4 5.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (20) in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most scored goals (30) away in League One
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 29 19 5 5 54 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 14 8 3 3 20 5 36 62
2 Wigan Athletic 26 17 5 4 48 25 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 10 2 1 29 12 23 56
3 Milton Keynes Dons 30 16 7 7 50 33 15 8 3 4 20 15 15 8 4 3 30 18 17 55
4 Sunderland 30 16 6 8 54 41 15 11 1 3 32 11 15 5 5 5 22 30 13 54
5 Oxford United 30 15 8 7 54 36 16 10 4 2 33 17 14 5 4 5 21 19 18 53
6 Wycombe Wanderers 29 15 7 7 46 34 14 9 2 3 24 18 15 6 5 4 22 16 12 52
7 Sheffield Wednesday 29 13 10 6 41 32 13 8 4 1 22 10 16 5 6 5 19 22 9 49
8 Plymouth Argyle 28 13 8 7 47 35 13 7 3 3 19 13 15 6 5 4 28 22 12 47
9 Ipswich Town 30 12 8 10 48 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 15 5 2 8 22 19 10 44
10 Bolton Wanderers 29 11 6 12 42 38 14 7 4 3 26 17 15 4 2 9 16 21 4 39
11 Charlton Athletic 29 11 6 12 39 35 15 7 3 5 24 17 14 4 3 7 15 18 4 39
12 Burton Albion 29 11 6 12 35 36 15 7 3 5 23 17 14 4 3 7 12 19 -1 39
13 Portsmouth 28 10 8 10 32 30 13 6 3 4 18 14 15 4 5 6 14 16 2 38
14 Cambridge United 29 9 10 10 38 42 15 5 6 4 19 19 14 4 4 6 19 23 -4 37
15 Accrington Stanley 29 10 7 12 35 46 15 7 4 4 23 22 14 3 3 8 12 24 -11 37
16 Shrewsbury Town 30 8 9 13 28 32 15 7 4 4 18 14 15 1 5 9 10 18 -4 33
17 Cheltenham Town 29 7 12 10 34 48 15 5 6 4 17 22 14 2 6 6 17 26 -14 33
18 Lincoln City 28 8 7 13 33 38 14 3 3 8 13 19 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 31
19 Fleetwood Town 29 7 10 12 43 50 15 5 4 6 25 24 14 2 6 6 18 26 -7 31
20 AFC Wimbledon 29 6 12 11 36 45 14 2 9 3 18 20 15 4 3 8 18 25 -9 30
21 Morecambe 30 7 8 15 41 58 16 5 5 6 24 27 14 2 3 9 17 31 -17 29
22 Crewe Alexandra 29 5 7 17 24 48 14 4 4 6 14 21 15 1 3 11 10 27 -24 22
23 Gillingham 30 4 10 16 24 52 15 3 4 8 11 28 15 1 6 8 13 24 -28 22
24 Doncaster Rovers 30 6 4 20 22 58 15 4 3 8 12 24 15 2 1 12 10 34 -36 22

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.