Stoke City vs Fleetwood Town Prediction and Betting Tips | September 17th 2024
Stoke City and Fleetwood Town return to action in the EFL Cup when they square off at the bet365 Stadium on Tuesday. Both sides met in the EFL Cup first round back in August 2021, when the Potters secured a 2-1 victory on home turf.
Stoke City continue to struggle for results in the new EFL Championship campaign as they fell to a 1-0 loss against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium last weekend. The Potters have now lost three of their most recent four league matches, with a 1-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on August 31 being the exception.
Stoke return to action in the EFL Cup where they picked up a 2-0 victory over Carlisle United on August 13, two weeks before thrashing Middlesbrough 5-0 in the second round.
Meanwhile, Fleetwood Town returned to winning ways last time out when they edged out Carlisle 3-2 in their League Two clash at Brunton Park.
Before that, Charlie Adam’s men were on a run of two consecutive defeats, including a 3-2 loss against Aston Villa Under-21 in the EFL Trophy on September 3.
Fleetwood kicked off their EFL Cup campaign with a 2-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion on August 13, two weeks before beating Rotherham United in the second round by the same scoreline.
Stoke City vs Fleetwood Town Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the second-ever meeting between the two teams, with Stoke City claiming a 2-1 win when they first met in August 2021.
- Fleetwood are unbeaten in six of their eight matches across all competitions this season, picking up four wins and two draws so far.
- Stoke City have lost just one of their last six competitive home games while claiming three wins and two draws since the start of April.
- Fleetwood have failed to win nine of their last 11 competitive away matches, losing five and picking up four draws since early February.
Stoke City vs Fleetwood Town Prediction
Having edged out Carlisle United last time out, Fleetwood will be hoping to return to action on a positive note as they look to pick up successive away wins for the first time since March 2021.
However, given the gulf in quality and experience between the two teams, we are backing Stoke City to come away with the desired result in front of their home supporters.
Prediction: Stoke City 2-0 Fleetwood Town
Stoke City vs Fleetwood Town Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Stoke City to win
Tip 2: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have been fewer than five bookings in nine of Stoke’s last 10 outings)
Tip 3: Over 10.5 corners - No (There have also been fewer than 11 corner kicks in five of the hosts’ last six matches)