Cambridge United know they are going on a grim visit to Burton Albion and their Pirelli Stadium. This match preview has all the data you require before the match.
- Burton Albion have the most matches over the total-line (4) in League One
- Cambridge United have the most clean sheets (5) in League One
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Burton Albion last time playing, versus Wigan Athletic. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Powell (2) scoring for the victors. Powell (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.25/10. Powell scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Reading the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Burton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Burton Albion aren't scoring a lot here at Pirelli Stadium in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Burton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cambridge United form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (5) in League One, are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Okenabirhie was the last player to score for the away team. Cambridge United haven't scored a league goal in the last 204 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Cambridge in their previous game as they lost hosting Barnsley, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Barnsley was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfielder Thomas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Thomas hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 40 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Derby County.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Cambridge United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cambridge United, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cambridge as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Burton Albion victories, one draw and six Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() F. Okenabirhie 4 goals | ![]() J. Powell 3 goals | ![]() G. Ahadme 2 goals |
Burton Albion missing players
Cambridge United missing players
| Burton Albion | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 90% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 30% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 30% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 3 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 13 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 11.8 | 12.6 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 25% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 21% | 23% |
| 13.9 | 13.4 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12 | 10.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
- Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burton Albion have the most matches over the total-line (4) in League One
- Burton Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cambridge United have the most clean sheets (5) in League One
- Cambridge United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oxford United | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 22 | Reading | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 6 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 5 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -19 | 1 |