Peterborough United will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 5-0 League One losing effort in their last game against Oxford United.
Mark Harris (19\'), Josh Murphy (31\'), Rúben Rodrigues (38\', 58\') and Billy Bodin (89\') scored for Oxford United.
Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Peterborough United have been involved. Opposing sides scored 7 of them in these games while Peterborough United managed to get a total of 11.
Fleetwood Town go into this game following a 2-0 League One win in the defeat of Northampton Town in their previous game.
The only player to score from Fleetwood Town was Promise Omochere (5\').
The strike force from Fleetwood Town have had real problems scoring goals over their last six games, recording the disappointing return of only 2. In those matches, The Fishermen have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 8. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend will be sustained in this upcoming match or not.
Going into this contest, Fleetwood Town have not won away from home in their last 6 league games.
Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 15/02/2020, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Peterborough United winning 3 of those games, Fleetwood Town 3 and 0 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
A total of 10 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 of them for The Posh and 5 netted by The Fishermen. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.
The previous league contest featuring these sides was League One match day 22 on 16/12/2023 and the score finished Fleetwood Town 0-1 Peterborough United.
The referee was Will Finnie.
Team News: Peterborough United
The Peterborough United boss Darren Ferguson has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this match thanks to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.
Team News: Fleetwood Town
With a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Fleetwood Town boss Charlie Adam doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this match.
Prediction
We’re of the view that Peterborough United should score at least once when they face Fleetwood Town, who won’t find it easy getting goals.
Our tip is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Peterborough United at the end of this one.
