Can Rotherham United beat Fleetwood Town in AESSEAL New York Stadium clash?

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

6th position in the League One table for Rotherham United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Fleetwood Town visits AESSEAL New York Stadium.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Rotherham United are 3-2-4 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to AESSEAL New York Stadium after sharing the points with Southend United (placed 22nd) on their last time out; the League One game ended 2-2. Before that game, the home loss against Rochdale with the scoreline 0-1.

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 Rotherham United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 0 Lost 2.

Rotherham United has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Rotherham United have conceded only 8 goals.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

Fleetwood Town have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-1-5 (8 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Fleetwood Town are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Fleetwood Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Gillingham (placed 13th) in their previous match; a League One game. A 1-3 defeat away at Blackpool before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fleetwood Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Fleetwood Town wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Fleetwood Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. The Fleetwood Town manager J. Barton has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 3 Rotherham United victories, 1 draw and 2 Fleetwood Town wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownP. Madden
P. Madden
12 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
8 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Rotherham United Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 3 8 18
9 3 0 Won W 1 2 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
7 4 1 Lost L 2 5 6
32 13 1 Scored S 5 14 31
21 8 2 Conceded C 6 16 24
95% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
50% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 67%
25% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 28%
15% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
50% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 72%
30% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 17%
25% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 11%
 
6.5 7.2 7.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.3 5.4 5.5
5.5 6.3 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.7 3.2 3.8
2.1 2.3 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 1.8
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
264 128 23 Total Shots T S 40 111 245
96 42 6 Shots on Target S O 12 32 77
33% 31% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 44% 40%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Fleetwood Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fleetwood Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood 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 Wycombe Wanderers 20 12 7 1 30 14 11 9 2 0 22 10 9 3 5 1 8 4 16 43
2 Ipswich Town 19 10 6 3 29 15 9 3 4 2 13 9 10 7 2 1 16 6 14 36
3 Peterborough United 20 10 5 5 43 25 10 7 2 1 25 9 10 3 3 4 18 16 18 35
4 Bristol Rovers 19 10 4 5 29 25 10 5 4 1 17 11 9 5 0 4 12 14 4 34
5 Blackpool 20 8 9 3 30 23 10 6 2 2 18 13 10 2 7 1 12 10 7 33
6 Rotherham United 20 9 4 7 32 21 9 3 2 4 13 8 11 6 2 3 19 13 11 31
7 Coventry City 20 7 10 3 25 23 11 7 3 1 15 8 9 0 7 2 10 15 2 31
8 Oxford United 19 8 6 5 37 20 8 5 2 1 18 7 11 3 4 4 19 13 17 30
9 Fleetwood Town 18 9 3 6 31 24 10 7 2 1 17 8 8 2 1 5 14 16 7 30
10 Portsmouth 19 7 7 5 29 24 10 5 5 0 19 11 9 2 2 5 10 13 5 28
11 Shrewsbury Town 19 7 7 5 18 20 10 5 3 2 13 12 9 2 4 3 5 8 -2 28
12 Sunderland 19 7 6 6 25 21 10 5 4 1 18 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 27
13 Gillingham 20 6 7 7 23 22 10 5 1 4 16 11 10 1 6 3 7 11 1 25
14 Doncaster Rovers 17 6 6 5 26 20 10 5 3 2 16 11 7 1 3 3 10 9 6 24
15 Burton Albion 19 6 6 7 21 22 8 2 3 3 4 5 11 4 3 4 17 17 -1 24
16 Lincoln City 19 7 3 9 21 22 8 5 1 2 11 7 11 2 2 7 10 15 -1 24
17 Accrington Stanley 20 5 7 8 29 30 9 4 2 3 21 13 11 1 5 5 8 17 -1 22
18 Rochdale 20 6 4 10 22 33 10 2 3 5 8 14 10 4 1 5 14 19 -11 22
19 AFC Wimbledon 20 5 5 10 25 31 10 4 4 2 12 11 10 1 1 8 13 20 -6 20
20 Tranmere Rovers 19 4 5 10 22 34 9 2 4 3 15 13 10 2 1 7 7 21 -12 17
21 Milton Keynes Dons 20 5 2 13 17 30 11 4 1 6 9 17 9 1 1 7 8 13 -13 17
22 Southend United 21 1 4 16 22 59 10 0 2 8 9 32 11 1 2 8 13 27 -37 7
23 Bolton Wanderers 17 3 5 9 11 39 9 2 5 2 7 12 8 1 0 7 4 27 -28 2

Read more about League One

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.