Cheltenham Town vs Burton Albion betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Fixate on their own match tactics or focus more on the opponent? Both Cheltenham Town and Burton Albion have to try something separate than what they have done uptil now. Read more!

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League One

The hosts Cheltenham Town saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. This match was also played here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Burton Albion have had more rest.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Cheltenham Town at their home stadium (Jonny-Rocks Stadium) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. When Cheltenham Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Cambridge United, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Cheltenham Town), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

The spoils were shared in Cheltenham's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sheffield Wednesday (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A disappointing finish for Cheltenham Town in their match versus Sheffield Wednesday as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in May, having scored in three games in a row. The gifted forward Keena outshone all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Keena scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Cheltenham Town had a home game versus Exeter City which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 Cheltenham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 1.

It should be considered that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Cheltenham Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Burton Albion so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 5-3-10 (win-draw-lose).

It's the second away game in a row for Burton Albion, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Port Vale (placed 16th) last time out. The attacker Smith got a match rating of 8.72 in that game. Smith scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-5 defeat against Peterborough United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Burton Albion in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Burton Albion, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Burton find the net regularly in their away games. 26 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. Burton Albion have conceded 41 goals in these games. When Burton Albion is visiting a side on the bottom half, 5 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Morecambe, Cambridge United, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Burton Albion.

Head 2 Head

Burton Albion have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when facing Cheltenham.

Burton Albion - Cheltenham Town 1-0 was the score in these participants' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
14 goals
Burton AlbionD. Taylor
D. Taylor
4 goals
Burton AlbionA. Oshilaja
A. Oshilaja
3 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Burton Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 18 36
12 7 2 Won W 1 5 11
8 5 2 Drew D 2 3 8
18 7 1 Lost L 3 10 17
34 19 4 Scored S 11 26 47
49 23 3 Conceded C 17 41 70
87% 79% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
53% 53% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 83%
42% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 72% 58%
24% 32% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 36%
11% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 25%
34% 37% 40% BTTS BTTS 83% 67% 53%
37% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 17%
42% 37% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 33%
 
3.7 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 5.7
5.3 4.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 5.2
2.2 1.7 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
10.6 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.2 11.8
3 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.6 3.8
30% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 79% 41% 34%
 
13.2 11.8 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.9 13.4
3.7 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals (41) away in League One
  • Burton Albion have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League One
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 38 23 10 5 66 30 19 13 5 1 42 14 19 10 5 4 24 16 36 79
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 37 22 6 9 61 34 18 13 1 4 36 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 27 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 38 14 10 14 56 49 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 5 5 9 24 28 7 52
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 8 18 34 49 19 7 5 7 19 23 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 44
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 38 23 10 5 66 30 19 13 5 1 42 14 19 10 5 4 24 16 36 79
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 37 22 6 9 61 34 18 13 1 4 36 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 27 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 38 14 10 14 56 49 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 5 5 9 24 28 7 52
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 8 18 34 49 19 7 5 7 19 23 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 44
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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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.