Fleetwood Town overcomes Wigan Athletic after recovering from a 1-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

FLEETWOOD. Fleetwood Town found a way to reverse the scoreline against Wigan Athletic.

March 3, 2024

FLEETWOOD. Fleetwood Town was capable to turn the tables against Wigan Athletic. Wigan Athletic lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Highbury Stadium stadium in Fleetwood on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 3,827 spectators. The referee was Jeremy Simpson who had the assistance of G Read and Carl Fitch. The 4th official was Scott Simpson. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 3.2 degrees Celsius or 37.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.

Match Statistics

Fleetwood Town

4 - 2

Wigan Athletic

43 Ball Possession 57

Shots

12 Total 8
6 On Target 3
3 Off Target 3
3 Shots blocked 3

94 Attack 104
81 Dangerous attack 45
152 Ball safe 141

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4

Fouls

16 Total 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Wigan Athletic had a strong ball possession 57% while Fleetwood Town was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fleetwood Town had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fleetwood Town won the match.

Fleetwood Town shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Wigan Athletic shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Fleetwood Town didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card (Charlie Hughes).

Match Timeline

Bosun Lawal(goal)Jayden Stockley

15'

17'

Stephen Humphrys(goal)

26'

T. Aasgaard(goal)Martial Godo

Bosun Lawal(goal)Gavin Kilkenny

36'

Promise Omochere- sub ->Ronan Coughlan

51'

Gavin Kilkenny(goal)Danny Mayor

54'

Jayden Stockley(goal)Ryan Broom

61'

63'

Jordan Jones- sub ->Jason Kerr

63'

Josh Magennis- sub ->Stephen Humphrys

64'

Callum McManaman- sub ->Jonny Smith

64'

Scott Smith- sub ->Matthew Smith

C. Johnston- sub ->Ryan Broom

67'

72'

Charlie Hughes- sub ->Charlie Goode

80'

90'

Charlie Hughes- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Fleetwood Town has 31 points to hold in the 23rd place. Talking about the opposition, Wigan Athletic will stays with 44 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Fleetwood Town will play away against Stevenage on the 9th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Stevenage (0 draws).

Wigan Athletic will host Leyton Orient on the 9th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.

Fleetwood Town – Formation

Fleetwood Town

Jay Lynch 13.England

6.4

Brendan Wiredu 4.England

7.1

Elijah Campbell 6.England

7.0

Ben Heneghan 16.England

7.0

Bosun Lawal 5.Northern Ireland

8.9

15', 36'

Gavin Kilkenny 8.Republic of Ireland

8.7

54'

Danny Mayor 10.England

7.1

80'

Ryan Broom 11.Wales

6.4

67'

P. Patterson 44.Scotland

7.5

Jayden Stockley 9.England

8.1

61'

Ronan Coughlan 33.Republic of Ireland

6.4

51'

Substitutes

S. McMullan 30.Northern Ireland

C. Johnston 2.Northern Ireland

7.5

67'

Imari Samuels 12.England

Shaun Rooney 26.Scotland

Tommy Lonergan 14.Republic of Ireland

R. Graydon 19.Republic of Ireland

6.8

80'

Promise Omochere 20.Republic of Ireland

6.8

51'

Fleetwood Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Charlie Adam decided to play with the following team: Jay Lynch (6.4), Brendan Wiredu (7.1), Ben Heneghan (7.0), Elijah Campbell (7.0), Ryan Broom (6.4), Bosun Lawal (8.9), Danny Mayor (7.1), Gavin Kilkenny (8.7), Phoenix Patterson (7.5), Ronan Coughlan (6.4) and Jayden Stockley (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Carl Johnston (7.5), Imari Samuels, Tom Lonergan, Ryan Graydon (6.8), Promise Omochere (6.8), Shaun Rooney and Stephen McMullan.

Fleetwood Town could not rely on the presence of Promise Omochere (injured).

Substitutions

Fleetwood Town made 3 changes: Ronan Coughlan for Promise Omochere (51′), Danny Mayor for Ryan Graydon (80′) and Ryan Broom for Carl Johnston (67′).

Player of the match: Bosun Lawal

The player that probably impressed the most for Fleetwood Town was Bosun Lawal.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Wigan Athletic – Formation

Wigan Athletic

S. Tickle 1.England

5.7

Sean Clare 7.England

6.4

Jason Kerr 15.Scotland

6.1

63'

L. Chambers 24.England

6.4

Charlie Goode 29.England

6.3

72'

Matt Smith 8.England

6.3

64'

T. Aasgaard 10.Norway

6.4

26'

Martial Godo 17.England

6.7

Jonny Smith 18.England

6.8

64'

B. Adeeko 26.England

6.4

Stephen Humphrys 11.England

7.5

63'

17'

Substitutes

Ben Amos 12.England

Charlie Hughes 6.England

7.3

72'

90'

Callum McManaman 20.England

7.0

64'

Scott Smith 21.Wales

7.0

64'

Jordan Jones 14.Northern Ireland

7.0

63'

Charlie Kelman 23.England

Josh Magennis 28.Northern Ireland

6.8

63'

Wigan Athletic started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Shaun Maloney played with: Sam Tickle (5.7), Sean Clare (6.4), Charlie Goode (6.3), Jason Kerr (6.1), Luke Chambers (6.4), Babajide Adeeko (6.4), Matthew Smith (6.3), Martial Godo (6.7), Thelo Aasgaard (6.4), Jonny Smith (6.8) and Stephen Humphrys (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Charlie Hughes (7.3), Ben Amos, Jordan Jones (7.0), Callum McManaman (7.0), Scott Smith (7.0), Charlie Kelman and Josh Magennis (6.8).

Substitutions

Wigan Athletic made 5 changes: Charlie Goode for Charlie Hughes (72′), Jason Kerr for Jordan Jones (63′), Stephen Humphrys for Josh Magennis (63′), Jonny Smith for Callum McManaman (64′) and Matthew Smith for Scott Smith (64′).