On Wednesday Mar 1st, Burnley hosts Fleetwood Town in a meeting of these two FA Cup teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Burnley is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Huddersfield Town. Ashley Barnes scored the first goal for Burnley in the 7th minute, then Connor Roberts added another in the 18th minute In the end, Huddersfield Town was frustrated by Burnley’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Burnley ended the match with the shutout victory. Burnley looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while fleetwood Town is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Morecambe. Carlos Gomes scored the first goal for Fleetwood Town in the 13th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Morecambe was frustrated by Fleetwood Town’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fleetwood Town ended the match with the shutout victory. Fleetwood Town is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Fleetwood Town’s most prolific scorer has been Shaun Rooney. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. For Burnley, their top scorers are Nathan Tella and Ashley Barnes, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches.