Goals and highlights: Fleetwood 2-1 Leeds pre-season friendly 21/22

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A fair win for Fleetwood, who did more for the match, had a lot of defensive order and managed to stop the Leeds offense.

With two goals in 3 minutes, the home team turned around a match where luck was not on their side and the score was too short.

Leeds, for their part, lost their unbeaten preseason and will have to improve a lot for their next match. 

This second half will be played for 2 more minutes.

It's still not shown how much added time will be in this game and Leeds can't find the ball to try and equalize in the last few minutes.

Possession goes to the Fishermen and we are at the hands of the referee who will end the game at any moment. 

The home team had another chance, Fleetwood almost scored the third goal, but once again luck did not work in their favor and Clark, alone in front of the goal, missed the ball and sent it to the stands where the fans celebrated the partial victory.

In the final stretch of the match, the home team continued to win, turning the game around in 3 minutes and that is enough for them to be the winner of this good preseason friendly.

Time is running out for Leeds, there is very little time left and they can't find a way through to an equalizer.

The home team is saved, a spectacular save by the Fleetwood goalkeeper prevents the equalizer.

There is a dangerous set piece for the home team, which is going to collect from the right flank and in three quarters of the field.

The possession is for the white team, which seeks to build a play and does not find space, so it ends up playing with the ball and dividing the ball to finally lose the ball and have to start over again.

There will be 20 minutes left for Leeds to get a draw and not lose their unbeaten run of the last few games where they have won 4 in a row in their last 5 matches.

Leeds get back into the game and look for an equalizer with wing play, so far their halftime changes don't look good, nor do they provide any solution to their style of play.

Cambios para Fleetwood cuando Halliday le da paso a Holgate, entran también Lane y Pilkington, salen por ellos Camps y Morris.

Garner takes the penalty kick to his right and over the top and changes the penalty kick into a goal to turn the game around and do justice to what was seen on the field.

There is a penalty for the home team, a play where the Leeds central defender arrives late and ends up fouling Rossiter.

Cresswell goes down due to a kick to the level of his face, after the evaluation of the doctors, they consider it pertinent for him to leave the field and then give way to Moore.

The home team ties it.

A strange play and a mistake by the visiting goalkeeper to tie the game.

A quick transition play by Fleetwood, which seemed to be controlled by the goalkeeper, but forward Morris took advantage of it and only had to push it into an empty net. 

The intensity of the game drops again, Leeds tries to have the ball and sleep a little, Fleetwood does not make it to the last quarter and the game is played a lot in the midfield, with a lot of fouls and the game is often cut short.

The same idea of play as at the end of the first half persisted, with the home team trying to equalize without having much definition and good finishing in the last quarter and Leeds failing to make plays with long possession.

Clarcke and Cresswell collide in a dispute for the ball in the air and the match has to be stopped for a moment, so that the doctors from each team can come in to check them out.

Several changes were made at halftime.

For the home team Garner entered and Morton came out, for the visitors it was a double change, Froshaw and Miller came out, to give way to Poveda and Bate.

The central referee gives the order and the second half of this exciting pre-season match between Fleetwood and Leeds is underway.

 

Leeds, which is still winning the game, is suffering, is not finding itself after scoring the goal and must have a change of attitude in the second half, if it wants to leave as the winner of the game.

On their side, the local team has done everything to tie the game, but they still lack luck, because they have the ability to build a play, but not to finish.

 

What Fleetwood missed!

It was the Fishermen's equaliser, but they were unlucky, Morris pulls the ball back just inside the box, Rossiter makes the initial effort to kick! but no one can get the final touch as the ball trickles over the visitors' goal line!

They only dedicated themselves to defending, they forgot about high pressure and just let time pass, looking for the first half to end and surely be able to rethink the game, which despite winning, they lost control and were unable to make three passes in a row.

We entered the final stretch of this first half, where Leeds lost all control after scoring the goal and Fleetwood did everything possible to equalize before going to the break.

Camps had a chance, who received the ball alone in three quarters of the field, ran into the area, when he wanted to score, hit it badly and sent it wide of the goal defended by goalkeeper Van Den Heuvel.

The one who tries the hardest at Fleetwood is Morton, but without much luck and without good help from his teammates.

Morton shot from half distance, the ball went well over the Leeds goal, but slowly but surely Fleetwood are closing in.

Leeds' intensity drops a little and the game is again played a lot in the middle of the pitch.

The home team was saved, with a great play on the left, the goalkeeper saved with a spectacular save.

The Whites continue to dominate the ball, and will try to score the second goal quickly and leave with a good advantage in the first half.

Goooooool for Leeds

And it couldn't be any other way than with a set piece, in such close games it is very important to take advantage of these moves and Leeds knows about it.

After a corner kick from the left, Cresswell jumped more than everyone, headed to the ground and that was enough to beat the goalkeeper and put the first of the match.

Now it is Leeds who try to impose conditions and take possession of the ball, but no matter how much they play and play, they do not manage to open spaces, to make a good attack through the middle, so they opt to use the wings, but there the team does not look so fast.

The teams still do not dare to take mid-distance shots, which is very opportune in such close games and where every opportunity to score a shot must be taken to make the difference.

The ball is Fleetwood's, who is in three-quarter court, gives a lot of circulation to the ball, but still does not dare to penetrate the defensive line with a filtered pass or a wall in the last quarter.

The match started to become very disputed in the middle of the field, the intensity of the first minutes dropped and they were more concerned with having possession of the ball than with making quick attacks and looking for a goal.

 

First quarter of an hour and the match is still goalless, neither of the two teams has dominated possession of the ball and the only one that came close to the goal was Leeds, with an isolated play that looked more like an execution error.

Leeds try to press high with up to 5 players at the same time, but it is not very productive and when the ball breaks through that line of pressure, the team is split and badly stopped.

The first dangerous approach for Leeds, who made a move down the left flank, changed for Dean, who tried to cross, but the ball was blocked and the goalkeeper had to force himself to send it to the corner.

Fleetwood gradually began to steal the ball and started to attack on the right flank.

This is a very fast game as we are used to from the English, with back-and-forth play and there is still no clear dominator of the ball.

It is played very direct, without much construction and there are only approaches up to three quarters of the field. 

Now the set piece is for the fishermen, who will try to do damage from the air from the right flank in front of the opponent's box.

The first set-piece of the match went to Leeds, who took the ball from the right flank over three-quarters of the pitch, but the ball was quickly returned by the home side's defense.

The visitors dominate the ball and give a lot of ball circulation in their own half, the first few minutes they do not hurt each other and everything is to evaluate the opponent.

The central referee gave the order and the pre-season game between Fleetwood and Leeds was underway.

The teams are already on the field, all that is needed is for the central referee to give the order and the game begins.

Teams in the mixed zone, the players greet each other, they are friends and colleagues, only the order of the central referee is missing, so that they go out to the field and the match begins.

On paper, in the stats and by names in the headline, the favorite is Leeds, bookmakers are giving 2.05 times the bets for them, while for Fleetwood they give 2.95 and for the draw 3.55 the bets.

Everything is ready for the teams to take the field, it is expected that at any moment they will be in the mixed zone and together with the referee team, they will take the field to start tonight's match. 

The players will go to the dressing room, change and go out to the mixed zone where the referees will give the signal for them to take the field.

The warm-up continues, both teams play 'little games' with the ball and begin to end the warm-up. 

The teams are about to take the field to begin their respective warm-up, first they will do it physically, then they will work with the ball.
The goalkeepers are working separately. 

 

The teams are already living with intensity their next preseason game, where Leeds arrives as favorites and Fleetwood with the need to win and continue their good streak, the teams use social networks to live a preview with their fans.

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According to figures provided by multiple betting analysis and statistics applications, the 85.8% probability of victory is for the Club led by Marcelo Bielsa.

Odds of 9.3% indicate that the match would be tied.

And only 4.9% of the odds dictate a possible victory for Fleetwood. 

The standout for Leeds is Raphina, who has been playing for the team for a season, has 209 appearances on his record and scored 55 goals in his career so far.

In Leeds he already played 31 games and contributed with 6 goals in that amount of games. 

THE standout today for the home side is Jordan Rossiter, who has been playing for the team since 2019, has 127 games on his record and already scored 8 times. 

At Fleetwood he already played 55 games and scored 1 goal.

Marcelo Bielsa is a man who does not change his idea much and so we will use the last 11 that took the field against Blackburn, to guide us as to what may happen in this match.

ILLAN MESLIER
JUNIOR FIRPO
ROBIN KOCH
DIEGO LLORENTE
JAMIE SHACKLETON
PASCAL STRUIJK
MATEUSZ KLICH
JACK HARRISON
RAPHINHA
HELDER COSTA
RODRIGO
 

This was the 11 that was formed in the last game played by Fleetwood's team, the same formation that is expected to be used to face Leeds:

ALEX CAIRNS
BRAD HALLIDAY
DANNY ANDREW
TOM CLARKE
PADDY LANE
JORDAN ROSSITER
HARRISON HOLGATE
GED GARNER
JAY MATETE
SHAYDEN MORRIS
MAX CLARK

First let's start with the home team, of the last five games played by Fleetwood, three were wins and two draws.

The fishermen's team scored 8 goals in their last five games and conceded only 4.

On the other side, the story is no different, they are also unbeaten in their last five games, winning four in a row and drawing their last game.

Leeds' scoring history is much better, scoring 13 goals and conceding only 4.

So on paper, we will have an excellent game and full of goals.

 

The history between these two teams is very short, so short that it only goes back to a single match, which was valid for the English League Cup, it was in the 1/64 round and the victory was for Leeds, who played as visitors,

The match in the 90 minutes was 2-2, but in penalties, the white team was superior and did not take any of their penalties.

The match was so hard-fought that two goals were scored in extra time. And the final tie came in the 111th minute.

Marcelo Bielsa's team comes from a draw in their last preseason match, in which they faced Blackburn Rovers in a very disputed match and where they arrived as favorites, but which they had to come back because they started losing.

The final score was 1-1 and the goals came in the second half of the match.

The Lancashire team has been doing very well this preseason and their last game before facing Leeds was a victory.

At home they defeated Huddersfield Town of the second division of English soccer 2-1.

In that game the goals came very early and the rest of the game saw a number of players coming off the bench.

Highbury Stadium is a soccer stadium in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, with Wyre Borough Council as owners. It is the home stadium of Fleetwood Town and was also used for home matches by Blackpool FC reserves until 2014. As of the opening of the new Parkside Stand on April 16, 2011, the ground has a capacity of 5,327. Highbury Stadium is currently the 112th largest stadium by capacity in England and the 23rd largest in its league.

 

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