Fleetwood Town face Wigan Athletic on Saturday 5 September at Highbury Stadium in the Carabao Cup, and we have all you need to know ahead of the 3pm kick-off in our match preview.
Fixture: Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic
Competition: Carabao Cup
Date: Saturday 5 September 2020
Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Highbury Stadium, Park Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 6TX
Match officials: Sebastian Stockbridge (Referee), Paul Graham & Simon Clayton (Assistant Referees), David Avent (Fourth Official)
FLEETWOOD TOWN
Fleetwood Town are going into this Carabao Cup Round One tie on the back of a 3-1 win over Carlisle United in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday night.
Callum Camps opened his tally for the season in the first half of that game – which happened to be his competitive debut for the club – after slotting the ball in the bottom right corner past Paul Farman.
Harvey Saunders also got his first two goals for the club after scoring two brilliant headers on the night. The first was a diving header at the back post to level up the scoreline, and for the second, he rose highest in the box, heading it over the keeper.
WIGAN ATHLETIC
Wigan are yet to start their competitive fixture schedule for the season and have been preparing with pre-season friendly ahead of their visit to Highbury Stadium.
Their last game saw them travel to Bradford City, where they played out a 3-2 win over the Bantams. Leam Richardson’s side took the lead one minute into the game as Kal Naismith finished off a corner routine straight from the training ground. He would later complete his brace in the game, with Gary Roberts also scoring on the day.
The Latics have been busy in the transfer market this summer and have lost the services of quite a few players. Here is a list of their outgoings this window: Anthony Barry (Retired), Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion), Alfie Devine (Tottenham Hotspur), Chey Dunkley (Sheffield Wednesday), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United), Dan Gyollai (Peterborough United), Cedric Kipre (West Brom) Callum Lang (Motherwell – loan), Jamal Lowe (Swansea City), Lewis MacLeod (Plymouth Argyle), David Marshall (Derby County), Kieffer Moore (Cardiff City), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Jensen Weir (Brighton & Hove Albion), Joe Williams (Bristol City), Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday).
COACHES QUOTES AHEAD OF THE GAME – JOEY BARTON
Head coach Joey Barton sat down and answered all questions from the press on Thursday afternoon ahead of Fleetwood Town’s Carabao Cup tie against Wigan Athletic.
On the Carabao Cup tie, he had this to say: “All we can do is prepare our boys for the game and, if we focus on us, we will have a good chance of getting a good result.
“You have to focus on yourselves and make sure you are the best version of you. We have a good idea about Wigan, we won’t going in the dark.
“Obviously, we want to beat them on Saturday, but we hope that they can get sorted out because nobody at that football club deserves what has happened to them. Your heart goes out to them and hopefully it turns round for them.”
Watch his interview on our iFollow HERE.
ONE TO WATCH – KAL NAISMITH
One for Fleetwood fans to keep an eye out for is midfielder, Kal Naismith. The 32-year-old managed to score two goals in Wigan’s last pre-season friendly against Bradford City last Saturday, netting the opener within a minute of starting the game, and getting his second ten minutes into the second half.
The midfielder has had a long career, which started in the 2011/12 season with Rangers. Whilst at The Gers, he spent time on loan at Cowdenbeath and Partick Thistle, before getting a chance at his parent club in a Challenge Cup game against Brechin City.
After that, featured in Accrington Stanley and Portsmouth sides before making the move to Wigan in 2018. Naismith joined The Latics back in May 2018 and has played in over 60 games since then.
WATCH THE GAME ON iFOLLOW
Supporters can now purchase video match passes for Fleetwood Town’s Carabao Cup Round One tie against Wigan Athletic on Saturday.
With games still being played behind closed doors, the match pass is your best option to watch the Cod Army during the early stages of the 2020/21 season.
Complimentary passes will be distributed to Onward Card holders for any home league games which are behind closed doors, but you can now stream live video of cup and away fixtures for just £10.
If you'd like to purchase your match pass, click HERE.
