Burton Albion vs Fleetwood Town match preview: Even contest expected at Pirelli Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

It hasn't been easy for Burton Albion so far, and the same description fits Fleetwood Town. These hardened teams would do anything for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have yet to win a game at home.
  • Fleetwood Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One

Burton Albion have less rest than Fleetwood Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Port Vale, so at least Burton are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Burton Albion form and stats

Three League One home games done for Burton Albion, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Burton Albion enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Port Vale's place. The match ended 3-2 with Seddon, Baah and Lubala scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, seven matches in a row. Crocombe loved the game against Port Vale. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory.

Heartbreak before that as Burton Albion lost 0-2 at Barnsley's place.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Burton, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Everton U21 is only three days away.

Burton Albion has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 3 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Fleetwood Town, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One, have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Oxford United with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Broom got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, top player of the team. Broom hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that one, the victory at home hosting Tranmere Rovers in the EFL Trophy (2-0).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fleetwood Town as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Fleetwood have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Burton Albion victories, zero draws and four Fleetwood Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionM. Helm
M. Helm
1 goals
BurtonM. Bennett
M. Bennett
1 goals
Burton AlbionS. Seddon
S. Seddon
1 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Burton Albion Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 2 4 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
5 1 0 Scored S 2 3 3
13 5 0 Conceded C 3 7 13
88% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 43%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 14%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 43%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
62% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 57%
 
3.1 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6.8 7.7
4.9 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.5 5.9
2.6 3.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.2 12.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11 11
3 3.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 2.9
21% 10% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 18% 15%
 
13.5 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 14.2 12.6
5.8 6.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burton Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Burton Albion have yet to win a game at home.
  • Fleetwood Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fleetwood Town have created more than twice as many corners as Burton Albion.
  • Fleetwood Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Burton Albion have scored home.
  • Fleetwood Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have yet to win a game.
  • Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fleetwood Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 8 4 4 0 13 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 2 2 0 8 3 8 16
2 Exeter City 8 5 1 2 10 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 3 0 1 6 1 6 16
3 Port Vale 8 5 1 2 10 13 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 10 -3 16
4 Oxford United 7 5 0 2 12 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 15
5 Stevenage 8 4 3 1 11 6 4 1 3 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 15
6 Barnsley 8 4 1 3 18 10 5 2 0 3 13 9 3 2 1 0 5 1 8 13
7 Bolton Wanderers 7 4 1 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 6 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 13
8 Peterborough United 8 4 1 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 13
9 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 1 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 13
10 Lincoln City 7 3 3 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 7 1 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 12
11 Cambridge United 7 4 0 3 9 6 4 3 0 1 6 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 12
12 Derby County 7 3 1 3 12 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 0 1 8 4 3 10
13 Bristol Rovers 7 2 3 2 8 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 0 9
14 Blackpool 7 2 3 2 4 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 5 -2 9
15 Shrewsbury Town 7 3 0 4 4 8 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 1 4 -4 9
16 Leyton Orient 8 2 2 4 7 13 3 1 0 2 2 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 -6 8
17 Charlton Athletic 7 2 1 4 8 10 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 7
18 Carlisle United 8 1 4 3 7 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 7
19 Northampton Town 7 2 1 4 5 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 -2 7
20 Wigan Athletic 7 4 1 2 12 8 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 5
21 Reading 7 3 0 4 6 6 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 5
22 Burton Albion 8 1 2 5 5 13 3 0 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 3 4 8 -8 5
23 Fleetwood Town 7 0 1 6 3 13 3 0 0 3 0 6 4 0 1 3 3 7 -10 1
24 Cheltenham Town 8 0 1 7 0 12 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 0 1 4 0 6 -12 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.