Striving Fleetwood Town are eager to pull off a surprise when they play top side Peterborough United in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate confidence.
- Fleetwood Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League One
- Peterborough United have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Fleetwood Town have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Highbury Stadium. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Highbury Stadium, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Accrington Stanley game.
A good away victory last time out for Fleetwood Town, who won 2-1 against Charlton Athletic (placed 12th). Finally, a league victory after four matches without. Midfielder Patterson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.74 (out of ten) in that game. Patterson served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, a home win hosting Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 13 latest league games reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There will be little rest for Fleetwood after this match as they are travelling to Plymouth Argyle for a League One game in only four days.
Fleetwood Town have scored {13 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot. Fleetwood Town have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Peterborough United form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses. That’s the product of Peterborough United playing as the away team in the League One this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Peterborough United, as they have won on their previous two travels.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Bolton Wanderers with 0-5 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Peterborough lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Midfield player Ward was the top player of the team with a match rating of 6.82/10. Ward hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Forest Green Rovers at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Morecambe.
Peterborough United find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Peterborough United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips. 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 records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Peterborough United - Fleetwood Town 0-1. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Fleetwood, one draw and five wins for Peterborough United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Rooney 5 goals |  C. Gomes 5 goals |  D. Batty 3 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Peterborough United missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Peterborough United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 33 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| 93% | 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 48% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 61% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 29% | 29% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 21% | 18% |
| 66% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 21% | 21% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 21% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 4.9 | 6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 12.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 12.1 | 14.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 35% |
| 12.6 | 12.2 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.9 | 10 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Fleetwood Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League One
- Fleetwood Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Peterborough United have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in League One
- Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 61 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 61 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 55 |
| 4 | Derby County | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 53 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 44 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -9 | 37 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 37 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -2 | 29 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 29 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 17 | -13 | 28 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -19 | 28 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -14 | 27 |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 26 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 30 | -23 | 26 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -33 | 21 |
