All the facts and stats for the EFL Trophy clash: Peterborough United - Burton Albion

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 08.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Road Stadium (15314 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Peterborough United or Burton Albion that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Peterborough nor Burton Albion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Last season, Peterborough United's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.

Peterborough United are steadily winning League One games and points here at London Road Stadium. 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Ever since the Gillingham game Peterborough has been unbeatable here at London Road Stadium producing five straight wins.

The Peterborough fans got no joy from their last match, a Carabao Cup game also here at London Road Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Cheltenham Town. Ahead of that match, Peterborough United won a home game hosting Portsmouth (2-0).

The manager D. Ferguson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Accrington Stanley in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Peterborough are scoring many of them at home; 41 on target from 17 league matches. Peterborough have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Burton delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Accrington Stanley (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in their previous match; a Carabao Cup game. A draw for Burton before that, at their own venue hosting Bolton Wanderers (2-2).

Burton has another fixture away, a League One game, against Fleetwood Town in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The travelling fans enjoy Burton's attacking play in away games, having scored 31 goals in 18 league matches away. Burton have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Peterborough United-Burton Albion H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Peterborough four wins, Burton Albion two wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedM. Eisa
M. Eisa
14 goals
PeterboroughM. Maddison
M. Maddison
9 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Peterborough United Burton Albion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
12 10   Won W   4 8
6 2   Drew D   2 9
7 2   Lost L   5 8
40 26   Scored S   17 38
25 7   Conceded C   22 42
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 80%
52% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 48%
28% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 48%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   45% 32%
40% 21%   BTTS BTTS   64% 68%
44% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 20%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   18% 16%
 
5.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6
4.6 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.7
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
4 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
339 212   Total Shots T S   128 297
137 90   Shots on Target S O   45 95
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

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