Predicted Edge

Fleetwood Town v Arsenal

Fleetwood Town won 2 of the last 516th1–1aet, 5–3 pensArsenal won 5 of the last 51st

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
Fleetwood Town Arsenal
3Shots26
2Shots on target7
2Corners5
14Fouls5
3Yellow cards0
0Red cards1
3Offsides3
180Passes641
48%Possession %52%
0.34xG2.28
Over 1.5
77%
Over 2.5
52%
Over 3.5
30%
Both score
49%
Model pick
Arsenal 62%
Likely score
0-2 12%
Expected goals
0.85 – 1.93

Advised bets

WonMembers’ pick, published now the day is over.

★ Members’ pick

Edge strength 3 of 5

Both teams to score — Yes

2.62Bet365 · fair 2.41 · qualifies at 2.53+ · 1.36u
Why this price?

Back both teams to score at 2.62 with Bet365 — each side scores at least once.

Our model puts the chance at 49% and the bookmakers' own consensus, margin removed, at 36%; we judge it at 42%, weighting the market more than the model, which is a fair price of 2.41. The offered 2.62 implies only 38%, so the price is 8.8% better than our estimate says it should be. That gap is the edge.

Stake 1.36 units of a 100-unit bank: the size follows the edge (a quarter-Kelly fraction), never more than 2 units.

Projected goals: Fleetwood Town 0.85, Arsenal 1.93.

The edge is an estimate and carries model error; it can be wrong, and a losing run is normal.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
MarketSelectionOursFairBest priceImpliedGap
Match resultFleetwood Town15.4%6.5134.00 Betfair2.9%+12.4
Match resultDraw22.4%4.4613.00 Bet3657.7%+14.7
Match resultArsenal62.2%1.611.09 Betano91.7%-29.5
Total goalsOver 1.577.0%1.301.11 Betano90.1%-13.1
Total goalsUnder 1.523.0%4.358.50 Betfair11.8%+11.2
Total goalsOver 2.552.5%1.911.36 Bet36573.5%-21.0
Total goalsUnder 2.547.5%2.103.50 Bet36528.6%+18.9
Total goalsOver 3.530.3%3.301.87 Betfair53.5%-23.2
Total goalsUnder 3.569.7%1.432.10 Betfair47.6%+22.1
Both teams to scoreBoth teams to score — Yes49.4%2.022.62 Bet36538.2%+11.2
Both teams to scoreBoth teams to score — No50.6%1.981.57 William Hill63.7%-13.1

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Arsenal favoured against Fleetwood Town

Our model makes Fleetwood Town 15% to win this EFL Cup fixture, with the draw at 22% and Arsenal at 62%. The goal projection is 0.85 for Fleetwood Town against 1.93 for Arsenal — a commanding edge to Arsenal on expected output. A combined 2.78 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 53% and both teams to score at 49%. The single most likely scoreline is 0-2 at 12%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. Arsenal is a strong favourite here on the numbers, but a 38% chance of not winning is not a remote possibility — it is roughly a one-in-three shot. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores
0-2 12%
0-1 11%
1-1 11%
1-2 10%
0-3 7%

This season

Season records for Fleetwood Town and Arsenal
Fleetwood Town Arsenal
14Played10
4-5-5W-D-L9-0-1
1.21Pts / game2.70
1.29Goals for / game1.50
1.29Goals against / game0.50
43%Over 2.540%
64%BTTS20%
29%Clean sheets70%
14%Failed to score10%
3-3-1Home record5-0-0
1-2-4Away record4-0-1
W1StreakW5

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Fleetwood Town · Arsenal

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
14.5Shots15.7
4.5Shots on target4.7
5.0Corners6.1
2.25Cards1.29
10.8Fouls9.0
51Possession %59
1.63xG1.68
8 matchessample7 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
11.9Shots11.0
3.5Shots on target2.7
5.1Corners4.7
1.79Cards3.43
11.9Fouls15.3
49Possession %41
1.23xG0.67
8 matchessample7 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
Fleetwood TownMetricArsenal
1.60Goals scored2.00 (better)
1.00 (better)Goals conceded1.20
2.71 (better)Expected goals (xG)1.70
Big chances
5.20 (better)Shots on target4.60
15.60 (better)Total shots12.20
Touches in opp. box
5.80 (better)Corners4.60
46.2Possession %61.6 (better)
345Passes556 (better)
Tackles
10.20 (better)Fouls11.40
1.80 (better)Offsides3.00
Throw-ins
2.60Yellow cards1.00 (better)
0.00Red cards0.00

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →
Fleetwood Town wins
0
Draws
1
Arsenal wins
0
Goals / game
2.00
Over 2.5
0%
Both score
100%