Accrington Stanley vs Burton Albion: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

Enjoying a 5 point advantage in the league standings, Accrington Stanley fans crave to see their adored players win max points from this fixture against Burton Albion.

Insights:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only three days ago.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Accrington Stanley have collected 38 points from their League One home games so far after 11-5-5.

A good away victory last time out for Accrington, who won 2-1 against Fleetwood Town (placed 19th). Some amazing scenes last match, when Nottingham scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time. McConville (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.64/10. McConville scored one goal, hit seven key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Wigan Athletic.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Accrington Stanley handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and four defeats.

There will be little rest for Accrington after this match as they are travelling to Bolton Wanderers for a League One game in only three days.

Accrington Stanley have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wham Stadium with 39 goals in 21 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Accrington defense is not exactly impregnable. 32 goals conceded from 21 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Burton Albion form and stats

There's been little loot from Burton Albion's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 21 away games in the League One. Burton Albion only have 4 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 4 draws. Bitter travels for Burton Albion as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sunderland match.

Burton Albion have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 360 minutes ago. Niasse was the goal scorer. Burton have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matej Kovar. It's been 224 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

Burton Albion's last game was the home draw against Wigan Athletic (0-0). Powell, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Powell dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Plymouth Argyle.

Burton Albion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rotherham United in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Burton as they have only managed to score 17 times from 21 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Burton Albion rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 39 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other already this season, with the result Burton Albion - Accrington Stanley 4-0 registered in the official records. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Accrington won two, Burton Albion were winners in four and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
9 goals
Accrington StanleyH. Pell
H. Pell
6 goals
Accrington StanleyT. Leigh
T. Leigh
6 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Accrington Stanley Burton Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
15 11 3 Won W 1 4 13
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 10
18 5 2 Lost L 4 13 19
54 39 13 Scored S 3 17 48
73 32 8 Conceded C 11 39 63
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 93%
76% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 81% 79%
57% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 52% 50%
36% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 26%
24% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 12%
55% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 29% 52% 55%
21% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 29% 14% 19%
29% 5% 17% Failed to Score F T 57% 38% 33%
 
5.2 4.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.9 5.5
5.5 5.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 7.1 6.1
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.3 2
6 5 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
15.4 15.2 18 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.8 12.8
4.8 5.4 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.7
27% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 31%
 
12 10.9 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.6 16.2 13.9
4 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.5 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burton Albion have scored away.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Burton Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 21 9 6 6 35 26 27 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 14 2 4 40 15 21 7 8 6 29 34 20 73
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 20 73
8 Oxford United 42 20 9 13 76 54 21 12 5 4 45 26 21 8 4 9 31 28 22 69
9 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
10 Portsmouth 41 17 12 12 57 41 20 11 5 4 37 20 21 6 7 8 20 21 16 63
11 Bolton Wanderers 42 17 10 15 63 52 21 10 7 4 38 23 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 61
12 Cheltenham Town 42 13 15 14 61 71 21 10 6 5 30 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 54
13 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
14 Accrington Stanley 42 15 9 18 54 73 21 11 5 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 54
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 21 6 4 11 21 27 -3 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 13 17 42 40 21 9 6 6 27 19 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 49
17 Burton Albion 42 13 10 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 49
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 5 5 11 20 28 21 7 5 9 27 29 -10 46
19 Fleetwood Town 41 8 14 19 55 71 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 3 7 11 27 41 -16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 21 7 7 7 32 33 21 2 4 15 21 49 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 21 4 7 10 13 34 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 21 2 13 6 23 29 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 6 27 30 76 21 6 3 12 17 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -46 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 42 6 7 29 32 78 21 4 4 13 18 38 21 2 3 16 14 40 -46 25

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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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 21 9 6 6 35 26 27 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 14 2 4 40 15 21 7 8 6 29 34 20 73
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 20 73
8 Oxford United 42 20 9 13 76 54 21 12 5 4 45 26 21 8 4 9 31 28 22 69
9 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
10 Portsmouth 41 17 12 12 57 41 20 11 5 4 37 20 21 6 7 8 20 21 16 63
11 Bolton Wanderers 42 17 10 15 63 52 21 10 7 4 38 23 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 61
12 Cheltenham Town 42 13 15 14 61 71 21 10 6 5 30 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 54
13 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
14 Accrington Stanley 42 15 9 18 54 73 21 11 5 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 54
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 21 6 4 11 21 27 -3 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 13 17 42 40 21 9 6 6 27 19 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 49
17 Burton Albion 42 13 10 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 49
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 5 5 11 20 28 21 7 5 9 27 29 -10 46
19 Fleetwood Town 41 8 14 19 55 71 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 3 7 11 27 41 -16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 21 7 7 7 32 33 21 2 4 15 21 49 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 21 4 7 10 13 34 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 21 2 13 6 23 29 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 6 27 30 76 21 6 3 12 17 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -46 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 42 6 7 29 32 78 21 4 4 13 18 38 21 2 3 16 14 40 -46 25

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