Preview: Fleetwood Town vs. Harrogate Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Fleetwood Town tin triumph consecutive League Two location fixtures for the archetypal clip each play arsenic they extremity 2024 by hosting Harrogate Town connected Sunday from Highbury Stadium.

On Boxing Day, the Cod Army jumped to 16th successful the array acknowledgment to a 2-0 triumph implicit Chesterfield, portion Harrogate are 20th, pursuing a constrictive 2-1 decision astatine Grimsby Town.

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With Pete Wild watching from the stands, his caller Fleetwood players made a coagulated archetypal content connected their caller boss, winning for the sixth clip domestically successful 2024-25.

That ended the club's six-match losing tally crossed each competitions, with 15 of their 26 points this play coming astatine Highbury Stadium.

After 20 league games, the Fishermen person accumulated 9 points less than they had astatine this signifier of their erstwhile League Two run successful 2013-14.

Finding the backmost of the nett astatine Highbury Stadium has been a gangly task for them domestically frankincense far, with this broadside scoring less goals than anyone successful League Two astatine location this play (11 successful 11 matches).

They person mislaid their last shot league fixture successful a calendar twelvemonth connected 3 consecutive occasions, which is arsenic galore defeats arsenic they suffered successful their archetypal specified 9 games to extremity a year.

Seven of their past 9 shot league meetings against sides from Yorkshire person ended successful decision for the nine from Lancashire, including their erstwhile 1 versus Doncaster Rovers earlier this period (4-2).

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A miserable period astatine Harrogate Town volition extremity this weekend, with this broadside losing each 5 of their home encounters successful December.

That mediocre signifier has seen them inch person to the bottommost of the table, presently conscionable 4 points supra the relegation line.

Their 18 goals scored are the second-fewest among sides successful the 4th tier of English shot this season, 9 of which came distant from home.

Simon Weaver's men person suffered 3 successive distant defeats successful League Two, and different 1 connected Sunday would people their longest losing tally arsenic the visitors successful this contention since the 2022-23 play (four).

Since a 2-1 triumph versus Oldham successful 2020, the Yorkshire-based nine person mislaid their last league crippled successful a calendar twelvemonth connected 3 successive occasions, failing to people successful each of those instances.

Sunday volition beryllium the archetypal clip they look Fleetwood successful the shot league, with Harrogate losing their 3 erstwhile matches against them erstwhile they some featured successful the Conference North.

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Team News

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This weekend, the Cod Army could beryllium without Zech Medley, who is recovering from an Achilles tendon injury, portion Brendan Wiredu, Elliot Bonds and Carl Johnston were the 3 newcomers to their starting 11 connected Boxing Day and Jay Lynch played the last 15 minutes successful spot of chap goalkeeper David Harrington.

Matty Virtue netted the victor against Chesterfield, with Huddersfield Town loanee Kian Harratt adding an security marker 3 minutes from the end.

On Wednesday, Harrogate were missing Josh March done suspension, and Toby Sims was dropped to the bench, with James Daly and Stephen Duke-McKenna taking their places successful the starting 11.

We say: Fleetwood Town 1-0 Harrogate Town

Fleetwood are coming disconnected a beardown antiaircraft showing and volition beryllium keen to impressment their caller brag erstwhile again, which is wherefore we expect they volition extremity the twelvemonth positively.

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