Fleetwood Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Portsmouth.
- Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Portsmouth has the the best goal difference (+17) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Fleetwood Town nor Portsmouth 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.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
Fleetwood Town have played 10 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Fleetwood.
No payout for Fleetwood Town in their previous match, an away game at Hull City that ended in defeat 2-3. 1-1 away at Crewe Alexandra before that.
Did Fleetwood Town get overconfident in their match against Hull City? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Heartbreak for Fleetwood in their last match as Hull City's L. Coyle scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
There will be little rest for Fleetwood after this match as they are travelling to Milton Keynes Dons for a League One game in only three days.
Fleetwood have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Highbury Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Fleetwood are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highbury Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth, who have the the best goal difference (+17) in League One, have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. Portsmouth has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
386 minutes! That's how long the Portsmouth goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Portsmouth lost away at Peterborough United (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It was a FA Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Bristol City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Portsmouth lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AFC Wimbledon in just three days.
Portsmouth have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 18 goals from 9 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Portsmouth - Fleetwood 0-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Fleetwood won three, Portsmouth won five and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Marquis 9 goals |  C. Camps 8 goals | P. Madden 5 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 74% |
| 35% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 42% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 42% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | 42% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.9 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 44% | 41% |
- Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Portsmouth has the the best goal difference (+11) away in League One
- Portsmouth has the the best goal difference (+17) in League One
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Hull City | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 26 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 22 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -15 | 20 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 16 |