Fleetwood Town vs. Sheffield United - Part 2

Last updated : 30 September 2016 By @blades_mad1889

Highbury Stadium, home of Fleetwood Town FC

Woolford was allowed to leave Bramall Lane recently after only 12 months at Bramall Lane, seeking a new career at league One rivals Fleetwood Town.

Having acuminated 12 points from their first ten matches, the Cod Army lay 13th in the table. However they are without a win in their last three fixtures having lost to; Rochdale (2-1), MK Dons (4-1) and Bradford City (2-1).

Third placed Bradford City maintained their unbeaten start to the season - and ended a run of five successive draws - after coming behind to earn a 2-1 win over Fleetwood Town at Valley Parade. Bobby Grant put Fleetwood in front after 34 minutes, taking a pass from David Ball and cutting in from the right before beating keeper Colin Doyle with an angled shot high into the net.

The goal came after former Bradford striker Devante Cole had missed a great chance of scoring against his old club in the 14th minute. Cole looked certain to score after intercepting a loose pass from Josh Cullen, but Doyle dived full length to turn his low shot away for a corner. Bradford equalised in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half, three minutes after visitor’s keeper Chris Neal had made a fine save to stop Haris Vuckic's shot on the line.

However, Neal could nothing to prevent Filipe Morais' equaliser. The Portuguese winger raced on to a pass from substitute Billy Clarke and scored with a rasping shot from 10 yards to leave the sides level 1-1 at half-time. Bradford's winner came in the 62nd minute. Timothee Dieng was held by back in the penalty area by Amari'i Bell and Clarke scored from the spot.

Chris Long and Kyle Dempsey could return for Fleetwood in Saturday's Sky Bet League One clash with Sheffield United. The pair sat out Tuesday's defeat at Bradford after they were both forced off against MK Dons last weekend but manager Uwe Rosler is hopeful of good news on the injury front.

Ashley Hunter came off the bench in midweek despite sustaining a knock on Saturday and he could be in line for a return to the starting line-up. Rosler may decide to ring the changes following three straight defeats, with Alex Jakubiak and Victor Nirennold among his other options.

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