Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fleetwood Town & Burton Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they played a League One game only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Wigan Athletic, was also a home game here at Highbury Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
Fleetwood was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Fleetwood Town have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Highbury Stadium.
The Fleetwood fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Highbury Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Wigan Athletic. Did Fleetwood get overconfident in their match against Wigan Athletic? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. The talented striker Callum Morton bested all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Morton scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Wycombe Wanderers that ended 3-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Fleetwood perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fleetwood Town as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Fleetwood Town has won eight of these, drawn four and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fleetwood, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Accrington Stanley is only three days away.
The Fleetwood Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Fleetwood Town have conceded 14 from these games.
Burton Albion form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Burton Albion so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Burton Albion as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League One match against Wigan Athletic (0-2). Adedeji Oshilaja was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Oshilaja won 7 of 9 duels.
A 1-3 loss hosting Oxford United before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Burton Albion in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Burton Albion, five draws and four defeats.
Burton have another match away in just three sleeps, a EFL Trophy fixture versus Wycombe Wanderers. A grim schedule for them!
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Burton Albion's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Burton Albion in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Fleetwood victories, zero draws and four Burton Albion wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Andrew 6 goals | G. Garner 5 goals | C. Morton 4 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| 12.8 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |