Soccer betting preview: Burton Albion welcomes Cambridge United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 09.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

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.

Insights:
  • 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!

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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.

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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

Cambridge UnitedF. Okenabirhie
F. Okenabirhie
4 goals
Burton AlbionJ. Powell
J. Powell
3 goals
Cambridge UnitedG. Ahadme
G. Ahadme
2 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Burton Albion Cambridge United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low 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
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.