Salford City vs Fleetwood Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to marque it six league games unbeaten and ascent into the apical 3 of the League Two table, Salford City volition invited Fleetwood Town to the AIG Stadium connected Saturday.

The hosts person won their past 2 outings successful England's 4th tier, portion their visitors person suffered 3 consecutive defeats successful each competitions.

Match preview

Salford City instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday aiming to proceed an upturn successful signifier successful League Two, having climbed into the apical 7 aft a dilatory commencement to the season.

Following a playoff last decision past clip around, the Ammies replaced Karl Robinson with Peter Cklamovski implicit the summertime with the purpose of securing automatic promotion, but they failed to enactment a constituent connected the committee successful their archetypal 3 games nether the caller boss.

They look to person turned a country since, though, winning 4 and drafting 1 of their past 5 league games, lone interrupted by an EFL Trophy decision to Sheffield Wednesday aft wins implicit Newport County, Port Vale and Swindon Town and an distant gully against Rotherham United with 10 men.

A travel to Oldham Athletic followed past weekend, and the Ammies returned to winning ways and again made it back-to-back league wins, dishing retired a 4-1 beating having led 2-0 done Luke Molyneux and Kelly N'Mai earlier Brendan Wiredu made it 3-1 and Adebola Oluwo enactment the crippled retired of sight.

Now sat seventh and with momentum growing, portion lone trailing the apical 3 teams by 2 points, Salford City volition anticipation to proceed their winning streak connected Saturday with a accidental to ace the automatic promotion spots.

Their visitors, meanwhile, caput to the AIG Stadium hoping to apprehension a losing tally and ascent backmost towards League Two's playoff places.

Aiming to footwear of from a 15th-placed decorativeness past clip around, and heading into a archetypal afloat play nether the absorption of Matt Lawlor, Fleetwood Town made an encouraging commencement successful the 4th tier, going unbeaten successful their archetypal six matches and winning 2 of those to beryllium connected 10 points.

The Fishermen followed that up with a 1-0 EFL Cup triumph implicit second-tier Sheffield United but person since suffered their archetypal 3 losses of the play consecutively, firstly falling to a 3-1 decision successful a travel to Barnet.

Then connected the backmost of an EFL Trophy nonaccomplishment to Oldham Athletic, Lawlor's broadside hosted newly-promoted Rochdale past play and came distant empty-handed, having fallen 2-0 down to goals from Dajaune Brown and Aden Flint and failed to find a leveller aft Mark Helm halved the shortage connected the half-hour mark.

Now sat 14th, but inactive lone 3 points down their seventh-placed hosts astatine this aboriginal signifier of the season, Fleetwood Town volition bid to bounce backmost and statesman a ascent towards the close extremity of the part connected Saturday.

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Team News

Salford City whitethorn beryllium unchanged from past weekend's win, with defender Michael Rose remaining the lone semipermanent absentee done injury.

Kelly N'Mai volition proceed successful onslaught aft his extremity past clip out, apt again joining Ben Woodburn successful enactment of beforehand antheral Macaulay Langstaff.

Luke Molyneux offers further attacking menace from a wing-back role, portion midfielder Joe Powell has scored 3 times this play and should again spouse Brendan Wiredu contempt contention from Jorge Grant and Matt Butcher.

Fleetwood Town volition stay without Kane Thompson-Sommers, portion midfielder Andy Cannon has besides been sidelined since the opening of September.

Fulham loanee Aaron Loupalo-Bi volition anticipation to again get the motion up beforehand alongside seasoned Ched Evans, who has scored 4 goals truthful acold this season.

Adam Murphy volition anticipation to support his spot successful the mediate of their 3-5-2 setup alongside Harrison Neal and cardinal antheral Mark Helm.

Salford City imaginable starting lineup:

Norris; Aimson, Scarr, Allen; Molyneux, Wiredu, Powell, Odoh; Woodburn, Langstaff, N'Mai

Fleetwood Town imaginable starting lineup:

Lynch; Rooney, Potter, Hughes; Cirino, Murphy, Neal, Helm, McCann; Evans, Loupalo-Bi

We say: Salford City 3-1 Fleetwood Town

Fleetwood person seen their signifier dip successful caller weeks and get astatine a Salford City broadside who are starting to click and physique momentum portion making their immense array of prime show. We fancy the Ammies to marque it 5 league wins successful six astatine the weekend.

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