In a mid week match in week 35, on Tuesday Feb 22nd, Fleetwood Town will host Sheffield Wednesday in a clash of these two extremely mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 19th placed Fleetwood Town is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Cheltenham Town. Alfie May struck first for Cheltenham Town in the 41st minute, then Charlie Raglan added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Matthew Pollock At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fleetwood Town couldn’t manage to score, and Cheltenham Town took the shutout win. Fleetwood Town is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Sheffield Wednesday is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Rotherham United. Freddie Ladapo scored the first goal for Rotherham United in the 59th minute, then Michael Smith added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Michael Ihiekwe In the end, Sheffield Wednesday couldn’t muster any offence and Rotherham United ran away with the shutout win. Sheffield Wednesday should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 17th, Sheffield Wednesday hosted Fleetwood Town at the Hillsborough Stadium in their last match together. Sheffield Wednesday won by a score of 1 to 0. Lee Gregory struck first for Sheffield Wednesday in the 15th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fleetwood Town couldn’t manage to score, and Sheffield Wednesday took the shutout win.
Sheffield Wednesday’s most prolific scorer has been George Byers. The Scotish midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Patrick Lane has been the most effective weapon for Fleetwood Town lately. The English attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.