FLEETWOOD. Fleetwood Town was ultimately too strong for Burton Albion with the goal of C. Johnston (17′), P. Patterson (31′) and Tommy Lonergan (76′). Fleetwood Town made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Highbury Stadium stadium in Fleetwood on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Simon Mather assisted by Paul Newhouse and Mark Cunliffe. The 4th official was Paul Marsden. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.77 degrees Celsius or 51.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Fleetwood Town

3 - 0

Burton Albion

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 15 Total 13
  • 7 On Target 3
  • 5 Off Target 4
  • 4 Shots blocked 6
  • 94 Attack 99
  • 30 Dangerous attack 46
  • 89 Ball safe 72
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 11
  • 1 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Fleetwood Town had a superior ball possession 56% while Burton Albion was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Burton Albion had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Fleetwood Town was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Fleetwood Town shot 15 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Burton Albion shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fleetwood Town didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Burton Albion received 4 yellow cards (Mark Helm, D. Scott, Ryan Sweeney and Mason Bennett).

Match Timeline

8'
C. Johnston(goal)R. Graydon
17'
23'
Mason Bennett- Yellow
25'
Mark Helm- Yellow
31'
51'
Joe Hugill- sub ->Mustapha Carayol
Ronan Coughlan- sub ->R. Graydon
64'
Tommy Lonergan- sub ->Promise Omochere
64'
Danny Mayor- sub ->Gavin Kilkenny
64'
Tommy Lonergan(goal)Ronan Coughlan
76'
75'
Toto Nsiala- sub ->Rekeem Harper
Callum Dolan- sub ->Bosun Lawal
83'
85'
Ryan Sweeney- Yellow
90'
John Brayford - sub ->Adedeji Oshilaja
Junior Quitirna- sub ->Xavier Simons
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Portsmouth
97
46
Derby County
92
46
Bolton Wanderers
87
46
Peterborough United
84
46
Oxford United
77
46
Barnsley
76
46
Lincoln City
74
46
Blackpool
73
46
Stevenage
71
46
Wycombe Wanderers
65
46
Leyton Orient
65
46
Wigan Athletic
62
46
Exeter City
61
46
Northampton Town
60
46
Bristol Rovers
57
46
Charlton Athletic
53
46
Reading
53
46
Cambridge United
48
46
Shrewsbury Town
48
46
Burton Albion
46
46
Cheltenham Town
44
46
Fleetwood Town
43
46
Port Vale
41
46
Carlisle United
30
46

After this contest, Fleetwood Town has 43 points to hold in the 22nd place. Talking about the opposition, Burton Albion will stays with 46 points to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

Fleetwood Town – Formation

Fleetwood Town
G
D. Harrington 23.Republic of Ireland
7.1
D
Brendan Wiredu 4.England
7.1
D
Ben Heneghan 16.England
6.8
8'
D
Shaun Rooney 26.Scotland
6.7
M
Bosun Lawal 5.Northern Ireland
7.0
83'
M
C. Johnston 2.Northern Ireland
7.7
17'
M
Gavin Kilkenny 8.Republic of Ireland
6.7
64'
M
Xavier Simons 17.England
7.5
90'
M
P. Patterson 44.Scotland
8.5
31'
F
R. Graydon 19.Republic of Ireland
7.3
64'
F
Promise Omochere 20.Republic of Ireland
6.7
64'
Substitutes
G
S. McMullan 30.Northern Ireland
D
F. Potter 32.England
7.9
8'
M
Danny Mayor 10.England
6.3
64'
M
Junior Quitirna 15.England
M
Callum Dolan 22.England
6.8
83'
F
Tommy Lonergan 14.Republic of Ireland
7.5
64' 76'
F
Ronan Coughlan 33.Republic of Ireland
7.3
64'

Fleetwood Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Charlie Adam decided to play with the following team: D. Harrington (7.1), Shaun Rooney (6.7), Ben Heneghan (6.8), Brendan Wiredu (7.1), C. Johnston (7.7), Gavin Kilkenny (6.7), B. Lawal (7.0), Bosun Lawal (7.0), Xavier Simons (7.5), P. Patterson (8.5), Promise Omochere (6.7) and R. Graydon (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Danny Mayor (6.3), Tommy Lonergan (7.5), Junior Quitirna, Callum Dolan (6.8), S. McMullan, F. Potter (7.9) and Ronan Coughlan (7.3).

Fleetwood Town could not rely on the presence of F. Potter (injured) and Callum Dolan (injured).

Substitutions

Fleetwood Town made 6 changes: Ben Heneghan for F. Potter (8′), R. Graydon for Ronan Coughlan (64′), Promise Omochere for Tommy Lonergan (64′), Bosun Lawal for Callum Dolan (83′), Gavin Kilkenny for Danny Mayor (64′) and Xavier Simons for Junior Quitirna (90′).

Player of the match: P. Patterson​

The most impressive player for Fleetwood Town was P. Patterson.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 20 passes (85% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 9 crosses.

Burton Albion – Formation

Burton Albion
G
Max Crocombe 1.New Zealand
6.6
D
Steve Seddon 3.England
6.7
D
Sam Hughes 5.England
6.4
D
Ryan Sweeney 6.Republic of Ireland
7.7
85'
D
Jasper Moon 12.England
7.5
M
Adedeji Oshilaja 4.England
7.3
90'
M
Rekeem Harper 8.England
6.8
75'
M
Mark Helm 17.England
6.8
25'
M
Bobby Kamwa 18.Cameroon
7.0
65'
M
Mustapha Carayol 21.Gambia
6.3
51'
F
Mason Bennett 11.England
6.3
23'
Substitutes
G
Jamal Blackman 30.England
D
John Brayford 2.England
90'
D
Toto Nsiala 46.DR Congo
6.4
75'
M
Ciaran Gilligan 25.England
F
Ademola Ola-Adebomi 20.England
F
Joe Hugill 44.England
7.0
51'

Burton Albion started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Martin Paterson played with: Max Crocombe (6.6), Jasper Moon (7.5), Sam Hughes (6.4), Ryan Sweeney (7.7), Steve Seddon (6.7), Adedeji Oshilaja (7.3), Rekeem Harper (6.8), Bobby Kamwa (7.0), Mark Helm (6.8), Mustapha Carayol (6.3), Mason Bennett (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: John Brayford , Ademola Ola-Adebomi, Ciaran Gilligan, Jamal Blackman, D. Scott (6.6), Joe Hugill (7.0) and Toto Nsiala (6.4).

Burton Albion could not rely on the presence of Joe Hugill (injured), D. Scott (injured) and John Brayford  (injured).

Substitutions

Burton Albion made 3 changes: Mustapha Carayol for Joe Hugill (51′), Rekeem Harper for Toto Nsiala (75′) and Adedeji Oshilaja for John Brayford  (90′).

Player of the match: Ryan Sweeney​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Burton Albion was Ryan Sweeney.

His rating is 7.7 with 42 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​