League One match preview: Fleetwood Town versus Swindon Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

With their 19 point advantage in the league table, Fleetwood Town fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Swindon Town.

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals (65) in League One

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ipswich Town, was also a home game here at Highbury Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

Fleetwood Town have collected 31 points from their League One home games so far after 8-7-3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Highbury Stadium.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Fleetwood Town, as their goalkeeper Alex Cairns has completely shut out the opponents for 379 minutes in the League One.

The Fleetwood supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ipswich Town in League One and win 2-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Blackpool the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Fleetwood matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat (from one game).

The Fleetwood Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 18 matches. Fleetwood have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Swindon Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Swindon Town's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 16 away games in the League One. Swindon Town, who have the most conceded goals (65) in League One, only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws. With the Swindon losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Swindon has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager J. Sheridan was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground The Energy Check County Ground. Swindon suffered a 1-3 loss to Gillingham (placed 9th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Oxford United.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Swindon Town playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, one draw and one home win.

The schedule is very tough for Swindon Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Bristol Rovers is waiting in only three days.

Swindon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 20 goals have been scored. The Swindon manager J. Sheridan has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Fleetwood and Swindon Town have met before this season: Swindon Town - Fleetwood Town 0-1. Last seven meetings between the teams: Fleetwood Town won two, Swindon Town won two and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownC. Camps
C. Camps
9 goals
Swindon TownB. Pitman
B. Pitman
8 goals
Fleetwood TownP. Madden
P. Madden
7 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fleetwood Town Swindon Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 16 35
13 8 2 Won W 0 2 9
11 7 3 Drew D 0 3 4
12 3 1 Lost L 6 11 22
41 24 4 Scored S 5 20 41
30 11 3 Conceded C 16 35 65
83% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 77%
28% 22% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 63%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 34%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 17%
42% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 60%
36% 39% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
39% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.9 13.3 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.4 9.1
3.7 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.2
31% 28% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 43% 37%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Swindon Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swindon Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League One
  • Swindon Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the fewest points (9) away in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals (35) away in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals (65) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most matches over the total-line (22) in League One
  • Swindon Town 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 Hull City 36 21 5 10 61 29 18 11 2 5 21 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 32 68
2 Peterborough United 34 20 5 9 54 31 17 13 2 2 36 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 23 65
3 Lincoln City 35 18 7 10 53 37 19 8 3 8 28 26 16 10 4 2 25 11 16 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 33 17 5 11 51 42 18 11 4 3 32 19 15 6 1 8 19 23 9 56
6 Charlton Athletic 36 15 10 11 52 48 18 6 5 7 30 33 18 9 5 4 22 15 4 55
7 Ipswich Town 34 16 6 12 38 35 19 10 3 6 20 16 15 6 3 6 18 19 3 54
8 Oxford United 34 15 8 11 49 39 16 8 4 4 22 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 10 53
9 Gillingham 36 16 5 15 51 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 8 3 7 26 21 4 53
10 Portsmouth 34 15 7 12 49 37 18 6 5 7 23 19 16 9 2 5 26 18 12 52
11 Fleetwood Town 36 13 11 12 41 30 18 8 7 3 24 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 11 50
12 Blackpool 32 14 8 10 37 29 15 7 5 3 17 13 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 50
13 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
14 Milton Keynes Dons 36 13 9 14 52 51 18 7 7 4 29 23 18 6 2 10 23 28 1 48
15 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
16 Plymouth Argyle 36 12 9 15 45 58 18 9 4 5 27 27 18 3 5 10 18 31 -13 45
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 12 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 20 20 17 6 6 5 16 17 -1 42
18 Burton Albion 34 11 8 15 44 57 16 5 2 9 21 32 18 6 6 6 23 25 -13 41
19 Bristol Rovers 35 9 7 19 36 56 17 6 2 9 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 34
20 Wigan Athletic 35 9 7 19 38 61 17 3 4 10 18 35 18 6 3 9 20 26 -23 34
21 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
22 AFC Wimbledon 34 7 11 16 33 57 15 3 3 9 16 28 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 32
23 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
24 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31

Swindon Town:
England:
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 Hull City 36 21 5 10 61 29 18 11 2 5 21 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 32 68
2 Peterborough United 34 20 5 9 54 31 17 13 2 2 36 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 23 65
3 Lincoln City 35 18 7 10 53 37 19 8 3 8 28 26 16 10 4 2 25 11 16 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 33 17 5 11 51 42 18 11 4 3 32 19 15 6 1 8 19 23 9 56
6 Charlton Athletic 36 15 10 11 52 48 18 6 5 7 30 33 18 9 5 4 22 15 4 55
7 Ipswich Town 34 16 6 12 38 35 19 10 3 6 20 16 15 6 3 6 18 19 3 54
8 Oxford United 34 15 8 11 49 39 16 8 4 4 22 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 10 53
9 Gillingham 36 16 5 15 51 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 18 8 3 7 26 21 4 53
10 Portsmouth 34 15 7 12 49 37 18 6 5 7 23 19 16 9 2 5 26 18 12 52
11 Fleetwood Town 36 13 11 12 41 30 18 8 7 3 24 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 11 50
12 Blackpool 32 14 8 10 37 29 15 7 5 3 17 13 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 50
13 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
14 Milton Keynes Dons 36 13 9 14 52 51 18 7 7 4 29 23 18 6 2 10 23 28 1 48
15 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
16 Plymouth Argyle 36 12 9 15 45 58 18 9 4 5 27 27 18 3 5 10 18 31 -13 45
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 12 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 20 20 17 6 6 5 16 17 -1 42
18 Burton Albion 34 11 8 15 44 57 16 5 2 9 21 32 18 6 6 6 23 25 -13 41
19 Bristol Rovers 35 9 7 19 36 56 17 6 2 9 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 34
20 Wigan Athletic 35 9 7 19 38 61 17 3 4 10 18 35 18 6 3 9 20 26 -23 34
21 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
22 AFC Wimbledon 34 7 11 16 33 57 15 3 3 9 16 28 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 32
23 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
24 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31

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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.