On Feb 26th, Fleetwood Town and Portsmouth will play a match in Portsmouth in a clash of these two mismatched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 11th placed Portsmouth is fresh off their 2-1 win against Shrewsbury Town. Luke Leahy struck first for Shrewsbury Town in the 14th minute on a feed from Elliott Bennett, but Denver Hume got the equalizer for Portsmouth in the 29th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 84th minute on a goal by Louis Thompson to cap off a wild match. Portsmouth is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 19th placed Fleetwood Town, recorded a 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 In the end, Fleetwood Town couldn’t muster any offence and Cheltenham Town ran away with the shutout win. Fleetwood Town is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Portsmouth and Fleetwood Town last played eachother at the Highbury Stadium on Sat Aug 7th. Portsmouth was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Lee Brown scored the first goal for Portsmouth in the 60th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Fleetwood Town couldn’t muster any offence and Portsmouth ran away with the shutout win.
Fleetwood Town’s most prolific scorer has been Patrick Lane. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Portsmouth’s top weapon lately has been Michael Jacobs, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.