Fleetwood Town v Portsmouth betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Fleetwood Town have their presumed home advantage while Portsmouth are ahead 2 points in the League One table.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 16 League One games here at Highbury Stadium for Fleetwood Town. The data says 9 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. The Fleetwood Town fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Highbury Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Fleetwood Town has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Fleetwood Town's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Peterborough United (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Wycombe Wanderers and winning 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fleetwood Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost two.

There will be little rest for Fleetwood Town after this match as they are travelling to Sunderland for a League One game in only three days.

Fleetwood Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Highbury Stadium with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Fleetwood Town have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

The supporters enjoyed Portsmouth's previous game versus Exeter City, a EFL Trophy 3-2 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Shrewsbury Town in the League One.

J. Marquis came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Exeter City last time out, making the manager K. Jackett feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when J. Marquis scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Exeter City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Portsmouth in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Portsmouth, three draws and four defeats.

A new game in only three days for Portsmouth, the League One home match versus Milton Keynes Dons. Busy days.

Portsmouth have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - zero - five (Fleetwood Town wins - draws - Portsmouth wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownP. Madden
P. Madden
15 goals
PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
11 goals
Fleetwood TownC. Evans
C. Evans
8 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fleetwood Town Portsmouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 16 5 Played P 5 15 30
14 9 1 Won W 2 5 15
9 6 3 Drew D 2 3 8
7 1 1 Lost L 1 7 7
46 24 4 Scored S 8 17 45
35 13 4 Conceded C 8 18 30
90% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
77% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 70%
60% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 40%
27% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 27%
13% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 13%
67% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 47% 47%
23% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 40%
20% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 17%
 
5.4 5.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.1 4.8
4.4 4.1 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.1 4.5
1.9 1.7 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
395 211 52 Total Shots T S 64 198 433
128 70 11 Shots on Target S O 21 60 145
36% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 31%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Portsmouth 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 31 17 6 8 56 32 16 8 4 4 30 15 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 57
2 Coventry City 30 15 12 3 43 28 15 10 4 1 20 10 15 5 8 2 23 18 15 57
3 Wycombe Wanderers 32 16 8 8 41 36 17 12 3 2 31 19 15 4 5 6 10 17 5 56
4 Peterborough United 33 16 7 10 65 39 16 11 3 2 39 13 17 5 4 8 26 26 26 55
5 Sunderland 31 15 9 7 42 26 16 9 6 1 29 10 15 6 3 6 13 16 16 54
6 Portsmouth 30 15 8 7 45 30 15 10 5 0 28 12 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 53
7 Ipswich Town 32 14 10 8 45 31 14 6 5 3 23 15 18 8 5 5 22 16 14 52
8 Fleetwood Town 30 14 9 7 46 35 16 9 6 1 24 13 14 5 3 6 22 22 11 51
9 Gillingham 32 12 13 7 39 30 16 9 3 4 26 15 16 3 10 3 13 15 9 49
10 Oxford United 31 13 9 9 52 34 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 4 6 6 24 22 18 48
11 Doncaster Rovers 31 13 9 9 47 31 18 9 5 4 27 18 13 4 4 5 20 13 16 48
12 Burton Albion 31 11 10 10 42 42 15 6 6 3 16 11 16 5 4 7 26 31 0 43
13 Bristol Rovers 31 11 9 11 35 42 16 6 6 4 21 18 15 5 3 7 14 24 -7 42
14 Accrington Stanley 31 10 9 12 45 46 15 7 2 6 31 23 16 3 7 6 14 23 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 33 11 5 17 41 44 15 9 2 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 38
16 Blackpool 30 9 10 11 39 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 16 2 8 6 17 20 0 37
17 Shrewsbury Town 30 8 11 11 25 36 14 5 5 4 16 18 16 3 6 7 9 18 -11 35
18 Milton Keynes Dons 31 9 6 16 33 42 16 8 1 7 19 20 15 1 5 9 14 22 -9 33
19 Rochdale 31 9 6 16 35 51 14 4 4 6 15 19 17 5 2 10 20 32 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 37 51 16 5 7 4 18 18 16 2 2 12 19 33 -14 30
21 Tranmere Rovers 30 5 8 17 28 53 17 3 6 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 23
22 Southend United 32 3 7 22 33 79 15 1 4 10 13 38 17 2 3 12 20 41 -46 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 29 5 8 16 24 61 16 4 7 5 17 23 13 1 1 11 7 38 -37 11

Table
  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 31 17 6 8 56 32 16 8 4 4 30 15 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 57
2 Coventry City 30 15 12 3 43 28 15 10 4 1 20 10 15 5 8 2 23 18 15 57
3 Wycombe Wanderers 32 16 8 8 41 36 17 12 3 2 31 19 15 4 5 6 10 17 5 56
4 Peterborough United 33 16 7 10 65 39 16 11 3 2 39 13 17 5 4 8 26 26 26 55
5 Sunderland 31 15 9 7 42 26 16 9 6 1 29 10 15 6 3 6 13 16 16 54
6 Portsmouth 30 15 8 7 45 30 15 10 5 0 28 12 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 53
7 Ipswich Town 32 14 10 8 45 31 14 6 5 3 23 15 18 8 5 5 22 16 14 52
8 Fleetwood Town 30 14 9 7 46 35 16 9 6 1 24 13 14 5 3 6 22 22 11 51
9 Gillingham 32 12 13 7 39 30 16 9 3 4 26 15 16 3 10 3 13 15 9 49
10 Oxford United 31 13 9 9 52 34 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 4 6 6 24 22 18 48
11 Doncaster Rovers 31 13 9 9 47 31 18 9 5 4 27 18 13 4 4 5 20 13 16 48
12 Burton Albion 31 11 10 10 42 42 15 6 6 3 16 11 16 5 4 7 26 31 0 43
13 Bristol Rovers 31 11 9 11 35 42 16 6 6 4 21 18 15 5 3 7 14 24 -7 42
14 Accrington Stanley 31 10 9 12 45 46 15 7 2 6 31 23 16 3 7 6 14 23 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 33 11 5 17 41 44 15 9 2 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 38
16 Blackpool 30 9 10 11 39 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 16 2 8 6 17 20 0 37
17 Shrewsbury Town 30 8 11 11 25 36 14 5 5 4 16 18 16 3 6 7 9 18 -11 35
18 Milton Keynes Dons 31 9 6 16 33 42 16 8 1 7 19 20 15 1 5 9 14 22 -9 33
19 Rochdale 31 9 6 16 35 51 14 4 4 6 15 19 17 5 2 10 20 32 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 37 51 16 5 7 4 18 18 16 2 2 12 19 33 -14 30
21 Tranmere Rovers 30 5 8 17 28 53 17 3 6 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 23
22 Southend United 32 3 7 22 33 79 15 1 4 10 13 38 17 2 3 12 20 41 -46 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 29 5 8 16 24 61 16 4 7 5 17 23 13 1 1 11 7 38 -37 11

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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.