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Fleetwood Town beat Rotherham in a thrilling match
Fleetwood Town defeated Rotherham 2-1 in a League Cup second round encounter played at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood, Lancashire. The match was marked by the intensity and fight of both teams, with Fleetwood dominating the scoreboard thanks to a brace from R. Graydon.
The first goal came in the 16th minute, when R. Graydon capitalized on a pass from M. Virtue-Thick to open the scoring. In the 29th minute, Graydon scored again, this time with an assist from D. Mayor, to make it 2-0.
Rotherham tried to react and managed to pull one back in the 2nd minute thanks to a goal from J. McCart, assisted by C. Humphreys. However, they couldn’t find the equalizer.
The match was marked by the discipline of both teams, with Fleetwood receiving three yellow cards (B. Wiredu, T. Lonergan and M. Virtue-Thick) and Rotherham only one (H. Odoffin). Additionally, there were a total of 18 shots on goal, 8 of which were on target, and 6 were off target. Fleetwood had 46% possession of the ball, while Rotherham had 54%.
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Substitutions fleetwood town: at minute 45 T. Lonergan came in and R. Graydon went out., at minute 75 P. Patterson came in and M. Helm went out., at minute 75 R. Broom came in and D. Mayor went out., at minute 88 A. Odubeko came in and T. Lonergan went out.
Substitutions rotherham: at minute 46 S. McWilliams came in and J. Holmes went out., at minute 46 S. Nombe came in and J. Hungbo went out., at minute 46 R. James came in and C. Bramall went out., at minute 62 L. Kelly came in and J. Powell went out., at minute 87 D. E. Osong came in and M. Wilks went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Fleetwood Town
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